BLS 2025 -2026 ACTUAL EXAM TEST WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS RATED A+
The BLS program is intended to:
1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages.
Correct Answer - train BLS providers in resuscitation
- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
what is BLS Correct Answer basic life support
When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver,
the heart cannot pump blood. These abnormal heart rhythms, or
dysrhythmias, are known as ___________________ and
_________________________.
,1. Stroke, heart attack
2. Cardiac arrest, defibrillation
3. Secondary cardiac arrest, heart attack
4. Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation
(VF) Correct Answer Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT),
ventricular fibrillation (VF)
You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The
scene is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. When
you assess for breathing and pulse, you definitely feel a pulse and
see the person is breathing normally. You should:
1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
2. Provide rescue breathing.
3. Maintain an open airway.
4. Immediately use a nearby AED. Correct Answer Maintain an
open airway.
,When chest compressions stop, blood flow
______________________ significantly.
1. increases
2. decreases
3. improves
4. circulates Correct Answer decreases
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:
1. Above the patient's head.
2. At the side of the patient, below the hips.
3. At the side of the patient, close to the chest.
4. At the side of the patient, close to the head. Correct Answer
above the patients head
, Too many rescue breaths too quickly or breaths that are too large
is _______________________, which can be harmful.
1. Respiratory distress
2. Excessive ventilation
3. Respiratory arrest
4. Bag-mask ventilation Correct Answer Excessive ventilation
You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible adult
cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You have taken standard
precautions. The patient is unresponsive. You have activated
EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers are on the way. You have
an AED. The patient is occasionally gasping. You do not feel a
carotid pulse. What should you do?
1. Immediately start CPR, beginning with chest compressions.
2. Power on the AED. Apply adult pads to the patient's bare chest.
3. Reassess the patient's responsiveness, airway, breathing, and
pulse.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS RATED A+
The BLS program is intended to:
1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages.
Correct Answer - train BLS providers in resuscitation
- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
what is BLS Correct Answer basic life support
When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver,
the heart cannot pump blood. These abnormal heart rhythms, or
dysrhythmias, are known as ___________________ and
_________________________.
,1. Stroke, heart attack
2. Cardiac arrest, defibrillation
3. Secondary cardiac arrest, heart attack
4. Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation
(VF) Correct Answer Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT),
ventricular fibrillation (VF)
You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The
scene is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. When
you assess for breathing and pulse, you definitely feel a pulse and
see the person is breathing normally. You should:
1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
2. Provide rescue breathing.
3. Maintain an open airway.
4. Immediately use a nearby AED. Correct Answer Maintain an
open airway.
,When chest compressions stop, blood flow
______________________ significantly.
1. increases
2. decreases
3. improves
4. circulates Correct Answer decreases
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:
1. Above the patient's head.
2. At the side of the patient, below the hips.
3. At the side of the patient, close to the chest.
4. At the side of the patient, close to the head. Correct Answer
above the patients head
, Too many rescue breaths too quickly or breaths that are too large
is _______________________, which can be harmful.
1. Respiratory distress
2. Excessive ventilation
3. Respiratory arrest
4. Bag-mask ventilation Correct Answer Excessive ventilation
You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible adult
cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You have taken standard
precautions. The patient is unresponsive. You have activated
EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers are on the way. You have
an AED. The patient is occasionally gasping. You do not feel a
carotid pulse. What should you do?
1. Immediately start CPR, beginning with chest compressions.
2. Power on the AED. Apply adult pads to the patient's bare chest.
3. Reassess the patient's responsiveness, airway, breathing, and
pulse.
