AMERICAN RED CROSS FINAL EXAM BLS
LATEST 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
CORRECTLY ANSWERED WITH KEY
CONCEPTS
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts for an adult
with an obstructed airway?
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?
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.
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 should you administer intranasal naloxone?
After initiating CPR
You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place. How does this affect
compressions and ventilations?
The team should provide ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without pausing
compressions.
LATEST 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
CORRECTLY ANSWERED WITH KEY
CONCEPTS
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts for an adult
with an obstructed airway?
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?
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.
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 should you administer intranasal naloxone?
After initiating CPR
You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place. How does this affect
compressions and ventilations?
The team should provide ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without pausing
compressions.
