American Red Cross BLS Exam
Question/Answer Graded A+ 2024/2025
Size up the Scene Involves - ✔️✔️1. scene safe
2. PPE
3.number of patients
4.nature of illness or injury
5.inital impression (sick, moving)
Primary Assessment: Infant level of consciousness - ✔️✔️Ask for consent, tap and shout,
tap on foot
Primary Assessment Level of consciousness - ✔️✔️tap and shout, alert, verbal, painful,
unresponsive
Primary Assessment: Airway - ✔️✔️-Supine
-Head- tilt/chin lift: past neutral position for an adult
- if head, neck or spine injury suspected use modified jaw-thrust maneuver
Primary Assessment: Adult Simultaneous Breathing and Pulse Check - ✔️✔️-Look(chest
rise), listen(escaping air), feel (side of cheek)
-carotid pulse for 5-10 sec
Primary Assessment: Infant Simultaneous Breathing and Pulse Check - ✔️✔️-look listen
feel
-BRACHIAL PULSE
-5-10 sec
Respiratory Arrest - ✔️✔️-No normal breathing but pulse
-give ventilations to supply oxygen
- Adult: 1 ventilation every 5-6 sec
Cardiac Arrest - ✔️✔️-no breathing and no pulse
-cpr to circulate blood to organs
-adult 30 chest compressions followed by 2 ventilations
Keys to good chest compressions for Adults - ✔️✔️- firm flat surface
-expose the chest
-hands in center of chest, lower half of the sternum
-arms straight, shoulders directly over hands
-rate of 100-120 compressions per min
-compressions depth of at least 2 inch
-full chest recoil
-minimize interruptions of compressions
Question/Answer Graded A+ 2024/2025
Size up the Scene Involves - ✔️✔️1. scene safe
2. PPE
3.number of patients
4.nature of illness or injury
5.inital impression (sick, moving)
Primary Assessment: Infant level of consciousness - ✔️✔️Ask for consent, tap and shout,
tap on foot
Primary Assessment Level of consciousness - ✔️✔️tap and shout, alert, verbal, painful,
unresponsive
Primary Assessment: Airway - ✔️✔️-Supine
-Head- tilt/chin lift: past neutral position for an adult
- if head, neck or spine injury suspected use modified jaw-thrust maneuver
Primary Assessment: Adult Simultaneous Breathing and Pulse Check - ✔️✔️-Look(chest
rise), listen(escaping air), feel (side of cheek)
-carotid pulse for 5-10 sec
Primary Assessment: Infant Simultaneous Breathing and Pulse Check - ✔️✔️-look listen
feel
-BRACHIAL PULSE
-5-10 sec
Respiratory Arrest - ✔️✔️-No normal breathing but pulse
-give ventilations to supply oxygen
- Adult: 1 ventilation every 5-6 sec
Cardiac Arrest - ✔️✔️-no breathing and no pulse
-cpr to circulate blood to organs
-adult 30 chest compressions followed by 2 ventilations
Keys to good chest compressions for Adults - ✔️✔️- firm flat surface
-expose the chest
-hands in center of chest, lower half of the sternum
-arms straight, shoulders directly over hands
-rate of 100-120 compressions per min
-compressions depth of at least 2 inch
-full chest recoil
-minimize interruptions of compressions
