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2026 American Red Cross Final Exam BLS 2026
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You and your colleagues have been providing high-quality CPR for and
using the AED on Mr. Sauer. While providing ventilations, you notice
that Mr. Sauer moves and appears to be breathing. What is the correct
course of action? - ANSWER -Stop CPR, check for breathing and a pulse
and monitor Mr. Sauer until the advanced cardiac life support team
takes over.
Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground,
unresponsive. After immediately initiating the emergency response
system, what is your next action according to the Adult In-Hospital
Cardiac Chain of Survival? - ANSWER -Early CPR
The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient
care includes which three elements? - ANSWER -Assess, Recognize,
Care
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury.
Which technique should you use to open the patient's airway? -
ANSWER -Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
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You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble,
suddenly goes into cardiac arrest. While preparing the AED, your
colleague reminds you that Mrs. Tribble is 28 weeks pregnant. Which
statement is true regarding the use of an AED on a pregnant patient? -
ANSWER -AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.
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 -In both children and infants, the compression-to-ventilation
ratio is 30:2 during single-provider CPR and 15:2 during multiple-
provider CPR.
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch splattered on the floor.
She is slumped over the bedside table and does not appear to be
breathing. You perform a visual survey and determine that the scene is
safe. Which is the next appropriate action? - ANSWER -Check for
responsiveness
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR
and correctly perform chest compressions at which rate? - ANSWER -
100 to 120 per minute.
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to
each member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is
the most appropriate action? - ANSWER -Alert the team leader
immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
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While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient
who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical
assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant
demonstrates closed-loop communication? - ANSWER -"I'll go get the
AED."
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of
abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway? - ANSWER -
The patient is in a wheelchair.
You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac
arrest. Which is the most effective CPR technique to perform until help
arrives? - ANSWER -When you are alone and performing CPR on an
infant, use the two-finger technique. Standing to the side of the infant,
place two fingers of your hand closest to the infant's feet in the center
of the exposed chest, just below the nipple line on the sternum. Then
provide 30 chest compressions. Compress to about 1½ inches deep at a
rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute. As you do this, allow for
complete chest recoil. Deliver 2 ventilations using a pocket mask.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR
includes ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions
every _____ minutes. - ANSWER -2
You and another provider are caring for a patient who is in cardiac
arrest. You suspect that your patient has overdosed on an opioid. When
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should you administer intranasal naloxone? - ANSWER -After initiating
CPR
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 alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider
arrives to take over compressions. When switching roles, you should
minimize interruptions in chest compressions to less than how many
seconds? - ANSWER -10
you and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year old patient,
ben phillips. When Mr. Phillips show signs of ROSC, where should you
perform the pulse check? - ANSWER -at the carotid or femoral artery
You are providing compressions on a 6-month-old who weighs 17
pounds. Which compression depth is appropriate for this patient? -
ANSWER -1 1/2in
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
2026 American Red Cross Final Exam BLS 2026
Update |Complete Exam Set Questions And
Verified Answers (solutions) | Get It 100%
Accurate!!| Already Passed A+
You and your colleagues have been providing high-quality CPR for and
using the AED on Mr. Sauer. While providing ventilations, you notice
that Mr. Sauer moves and appears to be breathing. What is the correct
course of action? - ANSWER -Stop CPR, check for breathing and a pulse
and monitor Mr. Sauer until the advanced cardiac life support team
takes over.
Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground,
unresponsive. After immediately initiating the emergency response
system, what is your next action according to the Adult In-Hospital
Cardiac Chain of Survival? - ANSWER -Early CPR
The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient
care includes which three elements? - ANSWER -Assess, Recognize,
Care
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury.
Which technique should you use to open the patient's airway? -
ANSWER -Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
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You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble,
suddenly goes into cardiac arrest. While preparing the AED, your
colleague reminds you that Mrs. Tribble is 28 weeks pregnant. Which
statement is true regarding the use of an AED on a pregnant patient? -
ANSWER -AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.
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 -In both children and infants, the compression-to-ventilation
ratio is 30:2 during single-provider CPR and 15:2 during multiple-
provider CPR.
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch splattered on the floor.
She is slumped over the bedside table and does not appear to be
breathing. You perform a visual survey and determine that the scene is
safe. Which is the next appropriate action? - ANSWER -Check for
responsiveness
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR
and correctly perform chest compressions at which rate? - ANSWER -
100 to 120 per minute.
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to
each member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is
the most appropriate action? - ANSWER -Alert the team leader
immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
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While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient
who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical
assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant
demonstrates closed-loop communication? - ANSWER -"I'll go get the
AED."
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of
abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway? - ANSWER -
The patient is in a wheelchair.
You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac
arrest. Which is the most effective CPR technique to perform until help
arrives? - ANSWER -When you are alone and performing CPR on an
infant, use the two-finger technique. Standing to the side of the infant,
place two fingers of your hand closest to the infant's feet in the center
of the exposed chest, just below the nipple line on the sternum. Then
provide 30 chest compressions. Compress to about 1½ inches deep at a
rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute. As you do this, allow for
complete chest recoil. Deliver 2 ventilations using a pocket mask.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR
includes ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions
every _____ minutes. - ANSWER -2
You and another provider are caring for a patient who is in cardiac
arrest. You suspect that your patient has overdosed on an opioid. When
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should you administer intranasal naloxone? - ANSWER -After initiating
CPR
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 alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider
arrives to take over compressions. When switching roles, you should
minimize interruptions in chest compressions to less than how many
seconds? - ANSWER -10
you and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year old patient,
ben phillips. When Mr. Phillips show signs of ROSC, where should you
perform the pulse check? - ANSWER -at the carotid or femoral artery
You are providing compressions on a 6-month-old who weighs 17
pounds. Which compression depth is appropriate for this patient? -
ANSWER -1 1/2in
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
