BLS CPR Exam Updated 2024/2025 Actual Questions and answers with complete solutions

1 rescuer compression technique and ratio for infants - 2-finger chest compression, 15:2 1-handed chest compressions - Child one hand compression 2 Rescuer Adult BLS - 1)R1 Start Chest compressions (30) 2)R2 maintains airway and gives 2 breaths (30:2) (instruct R1 in accurate compression technique. 3)If AED tells you to analyze, switch roles, or after every 5 cycles if No AED; switch should take no less than 5 seconds. 2 rescuer compression technique for infants - 2 thumb-encircling hands technique and 1/3 depth 6 critical concepts - start compressions within 10 sec, push hard and fast 100bpm 2 in. depth, allow chest recoil, less then 10 sec interuption, effective breaths for chest rise, avoid excessive ventilation AED - automated external defibrillator agonal gasps - Abnormal breathing. May happen in the first minutes after sudden cardiac arrest. AHA - American Heart Association Bag Mask - A hand-held device with a face mask BLS - Basic Life Support C-A-B (NOT A-B-C) - circulation, airway, breathingC-A-B-D - compression-airway-breathing-defibrillation carotid artery pulse - pulse found in the neck chest recoil - allows blood to flow to the heart Complete Sequence for 1 Rescuer: - 1)Hey, are you okay? 2) activate emergency response, grab an AED. 3)Check pulse <10 seconds. 4)Start chest compressions (30) 5)2 rescue breaths 6)Chest compressions (30) 7)2 rescue breaths REPEAT 6 & 7 until help arrives. Compression rate of: - 100/min CPR - cardiopulmonary resuscitation defibrillator - a machine that delivers an electroshock to the heart through electrodes placed on the chest wall ECC - emergency cardiovascular care EMS - emergency response system First, Check victim for 2 things simultaneously - Response & Breathinggastric inflation - when air enters the stomach instead of lungs if breathes are given to quickly. head position for infant CPR - sniffing or neutral position If adult is unresponsive and not breathing, or not breathing normally, - Start CPR