AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|GRADED A+ (GUARANTEED PASS)
AED Operator Role - ANSWER-this team member manages AED and relieves the compressor
AED Safety (Patient Considerations) - ANSWER-Pregnancy - it is safe to use AED
Trauma - use AED
Pacemakers or ICDs - you should use AED, however adjust placement of pads to ensure it's not placed
over device
Transdermal Medication Patches - before applying AED, remove with gloved hands, and wipe away
additional medication
Chest Hair - Quickly shave prior to placing pads
Jewelry and piercings - AED can still be used, just adjust pad placement if necessary (don't place directly
over metal)
AED's Deliver defibrillation(s) to patients with two specific arrhythmias - ANSWER-Ventrical fibrillation
(VF) and Ventrical tachycardia (VT)
Airway Manager Role - ANSWER-This team member maintains an open airway and seals the mask
Anterior/Lateral Pad Placement - ANSWER-place one pad on the upper right chest, below right clavicle
to the right of the sternum
Place the other pad on the left side of the chest along the midaxillary line a few inches below the armpit
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|GRADED A+ (GUARANTEED PASS)
, AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|GRADED A+ (GUARANTEED PASS)
anterior/posterior pad placement - ANSWER-place one pad to the center of the patient's chest--on the
sternum
place one pad to the patient's back between the scapulae
Assess, Recognize and Care Concept - ANSWER-a systematic, continuous approach for responding to
emergency situations
Atypical Warning Signs of MI - ANSWER-Occurs most often in women, diabetics, and older patients
symptoms: shortness of breath, stomach back or jaw pain, unexplained fatigue or malaise
May occur with or without chest pain - may be atypical chest pain - sudden, sharp, but shortlived
outside the breastbone
Automated External Difibrillator (AED) - ANSWER-portable electronic device that automatically analyzes
the patient's heart rhythm and provides DEFIBRILLATION (electric shock that may help the heart re-
establish a perfusing rhythm
BVM - ANSWER-Bag-Valve-Mask Resuscitator
hand held device attached to a resuscitation mask that is used to ventilate a victim in respiratory arrest
or when performing CPR.
capnography - ANSWER-measures the end-tidal carbon dioxide level, is a noninvasive way of obtaining
an objective measure of compression quality with every ventilation.
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|GRADED A+ (GUARANTEED PASS)
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|GRADED A+ (GUARANTEED PASS)
AED Operator Role - ANSWER-this team member manages AED and relieves the compressor
AED Safety (Patient Considerations) - ANSWER-Pregnancy - it is safe to use AED
Trauma - use AED
Pacemakers or ICDs - you should use AED, however adjust placement of pads to ensure it's not placed
over device
Transdermal Medication Patches - before applying AED, remove with gloved hands, and wipe away
additional medication
Chest Hair - Quickly shave prior to placing pads
Jewelry and piercings - AED can still be used, just adjust pad placement if necessary (don't place directly
over metal)
AED's Deliver defibrillation(s) to patients with two specific arrhythmias - ANSWER-Ventrical fibrillation
(VF) and Ventrical tachycardia (VT)
Airway Manager Role - ANSWER-This team member maintains an open airway and seals the mask
Anterior/Lateral Pad Placement - ANSWER-place one pad on the upper right chest, below right clavicle
to the right of the sternum
Place the other pad on the left side of the chest along the midaxillary line a few inches below the armpit
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|GRADED A+ (GUARANTEED PASS)
, AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|GRADED A+ (GUARANTEED PASS)
anterior/posterior pad placement - ANSWER-place one pad to the center of the patient's chest--on the
sternum
place one pad to the patient's back between the scapulae
Assess, Recognize and Care Concept - ANSWER-a systematic, continuous approach for responding to
emergency situations
Atypical Warning Signs of MI - ANSWER-Occurs most often in women, diabetics, and older patients
symptoms: shortness of breath, stomach back or jaw pain, unexplained fatigue or malaise
May occur with or without chest pain - may be atypical chest pain - sudden, sharp, but shortlived
outside the breastbone
Automated External Difibrillator (AED) - ANSWER-portable electronic device that automatically analyzes
the patient's heart rhythm and provides DEFIBRILLATION (electric shock that may help the heart re-
establish a perfusing rhythm
BVM - ANSWER-Bag-Valve-Mask Resuscitator
hand held device attached to a resuscitation mask that is used to ventilate a victim in respiratory arrest
or when performing CPR.
capnography - ANSWER-measures the end-tidal carbon dioxide level, is a noninvasive way of obtaining
an objective measure of compression quality with every ventilation.
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
|GRADED A+ (GUARANTEED PASS)
