, American Red Cross BLS Final Assessment Questions &
Answers 2026 | High-Yield Review | Graded A+
1. 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?
Timer/recorder
Team leader
Compressor
The most senior-level team member
2. Describe the importance of the team leader's role in communicating with the
code team during a BLS emergency.
The team leader ensures that the code team is informed about the
patient's status and the interventions performed, facilitating
coordinated care.
The team leader focuses solely on performing CPR without
communicating with others.
The team leader's role is to manage the airway exclusively.
The team leader delegates all communication tasks to the AED
operator.
3. 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?
Standing to the side of the infant, provide chest compressions using
the two-hand technique and deliver ventilations with a pocket mask or
face shield.
, Standing to the side of the infant, provide chest compressions using
the two-finger technique and deliver ventilations with a BVM.
Standing to the side of the infant, provide hands-only CPR.
Standing or kneeling at the side of the infant with your hips at a
slight angle, provide chest compressions using the encircling
thumbs technique and deliver ventilations with a pocket mask or
face shield.
4. What is the recommended compression-to-ventilation ratio for multiple-
provider CPR on a child aged 6 years?
5:1
30:2
10:1
15:2
5. What technique is recommended for opening the airway of an unresponsive
patient with a suspected neck injury?
Chest thrusts
Head-tilt, chin-lift
Jaw-thrust maneuver
Abdominal thrusts
6. You are giving ventilations to a 5-year-old child in respiratory arrest using a
resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every-
1 second
5-6 seconds
3 seconds
Answers 2026 | High-Yield Review | Graded A+
1. 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?
Timer/recorder
Team leader
Compressor
The most senior-level team member
2. Describe the importance of the team leader's role in communicating with the
code team during a BLS emergency.
The team leader ensures that the code team is informed about the
patient's status and the interventions performed, facilitating
coordinated care.
The team leader focuses solely on performing CPR without
communicating with others.
The team leader's role is to manage the airway exclusively.
The team leader delegates all communication tasks to the AED
operator.
3. 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?
Standing to the side of the infant, provide chest compressions using
the two-hand technique and deliver ventilations with a pocket mask or
face shield.
, Standing to the side of the infant, provide chest compressions using
the two-finger technique and deliver ventilations with a BVM.
Standing to the side of the infant, provide hands-only CPR.
Standing or kneeling at the side of the infant with your hips at a
slight angle, provide chest compressions using the encircling
thumbs technique and deliver ventilations with a pocket mask or
face shield.
4. What is the recommended compression-to-ventilation ratio for multiple-
provider CPR on a child aged 6 years?
5:1
30:2
10:1
15:2
5. What technique is recommended for opening the airway of an unresponsive
patient with a suspected neck injury?
Chest thrusts
Head-tilt, chin-lift
Jaw-thrust maneuver
Abdominal thrusts
6. You are giving ventilations to a 5-year-old child in respiratory arrest using a
resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every-
1 second
5-6 seconds
3 seconds
