BLS AMERICAN RED CROSS FINAL EXAM LATEST VERSION
02/03/2026
2026/2027|
American Red Cross BLS Final Exam Latest Version
2026/2027|Questions and Correct Answers (Verified, Exam
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?
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?
Early CPR
The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient care includes which three
elements?
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?
Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
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?
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AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.
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, BLS AMERICAN RED CROSS FINAL EXAM LATEST VERSION
02/03/2026
2026/2027|
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the compression-to-
ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
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?
Check for responsiveness
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and correctly perform chest
compressions at which rate?
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?
Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
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?
"I'll go get the AED."
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02/03/2026
2026/2027|
American Red Cross BLS Final Exam Latest Version
2026/2027|Questions and Correct Answers (Verified, Exam
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?
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?
Early CPR
The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient care includes which three
elements?
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?
Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
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?
2/3/2026
AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.
1
, BLS AMERICAN RED CROSS FINAL EXAM LATEST VERSION
02/03/2026
2026/2027|
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the compression-to-
ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
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?
Check for responsiveness
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and correctly perform chest
compressions at which rate?
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?
Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
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?
"I'll go get the AED."
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