BLS FINAL EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
You are providing compressions on a 6-month-old who weighs 17 pounds. Which
compression depth is appropriate for this patient? - Answer-About 1½ inches
You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place. How does
this affect compressions and ventilations? - Answer-The team should provide
ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without pausing compressions.
You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing respiratory
arrest. You should give 1 ventilation every: - Answer-6 seconds
You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with an obstructed airway who
becomes unresponsive. Which action should you perform first? - Answer-Provide 30
chest compressions.
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the members of the
BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient's status and the
care already provided? - Answer-Team leader
You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is experiencing
cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to improve the
patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and rationally identifying the
connection between information and actions? - Answer-Critical thinking
How is a child defined in terms of CPR/AED care? - Answer-Someone from the age of 1
to the onset of puberty
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR? - Answer-15:2
Which statement about bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitators is true? - Answer-A two-
person technique is the preferred methodology for bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilations
as it provides better seal and ventilation volume.
Your adult patient is in respiratory arrest due to an opioid overdose. The team is
delivering 1 ventilation every 6 seconds. You administered the recommended dose of
naloxone: 2 mg IN. How often may this dose be repeated? - Answer-Every 2 to 3
minutes as needed
What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respiratory arrest or
failure? - Answer-1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
You are providing compressions on a 6-month-old who weighs 17 pounds. Which
compression depth is appropriate for this patient? - Answer-About 1½ inches
You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place. How does
this affect compressions and ventilations? - Answer-The team should provide
ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without pausing compressions.
You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing respiratory
arrest. You should give 1 ventilation every: - Answer-6 seconds
You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with an obstructed airway who
becomes unresponsive. Which action should you perform first? - Answer-Provide 30
chest compressions.
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the members of the
BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient's status and the
care already provided? - Answer-Team leader
You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is experiencing
cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to improve the
patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and rationally identifying the
connection between information and actions? - Answer-Critical thinking
How is a child defined in terms of CPR/AED care? - Answer-Someone from the age of 1
to the onset of puberty
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR? - Answer-15:2
Which statement about bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitators is true? - Answer-A two-
person technique is the preferred methodology for bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilations
as it provides better seal and ventilation volume.
Your adult patient is in respiratory arrest due to an opioid overdose. The team is
delivering 1 ventilation every 6 seconds. You administered the recommended dose of
naloxone: 2 mg IN. How often may this dose be repeated? - Answer-Every 2 to 3
minutes as needed
What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respiratory arrest or
failure? - Answer-1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds
