RQI 2025 BLS Healthcare Provider
Questions with Answers
You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does not respond.
What is your next step after calling for help?
o Wait for the code team to arrive
o Immediately being CPR
o Check for breathing and a pulse
o Turn on the AED Correct Answer o Check for breathing and a pulse
After check for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not breathing
normally but has a pulse and needs rescue breathing. What is the correct ventilation
rate?
o 2 breaths every 3-5 seconds, or about 24-40 breaths per minute
o 2 breaths every 6 seconds, or about 20 breaths per minute
o 1 breath every 3-5 seconds, or about 12-20 breaths per minute
o 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute Correct Answer o 1
breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute
After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a pulse check. What
immediate actions should be taken?
o Turn on the AED while your colleague attaches the pads to the patient's chest
o Continue providing rescue breaths and turn on the AED
o Immediately being CPR while your colleague counts compressions out loud
o Immediately being CPR and turn on the AED Correct Answer o Immediately being
CPR and turn on the AED
As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED, and follows the
prompts. The AED analyses the rhythm and does not advise a shock. After you
immediately resume CPR, how do you continue treating the patient?
o Continue CPR until you are fatigued, the code team arrives, or the patient starts to
move
o Continue CPR for 2 minutes, and then deliver rescue breathing until the code team
arrives or the patient starts to move
o Continue CPR until promoted by the AED to allow a rhythm check, the code team
arrives or the patient starts to move
o Continue CPR, power off the AED, remove the pads, and wait until the code team
arrives or the patient starts to move Correct Answer o Continue CPR until promoted
by the AED to allow a rhythm check, the code team arrives or the patient starts to
move
As you arrive at the patient's side, you assign individual roles, outlining what each
member needs to do during the resuscitation attempt. Which team members are
responsible for the following roles?
o Assess the patient and provides compressions - compressor
o Operates the AED - monitor/defibrillator
o Provides ventilation - airway Correct Answer o Assess the patient and provides
compressions - compressor
Questions with Answers
You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does not respond.
What is your next step after calling for help?
o Wait for the code team to arrive
o Immediately being CPR
o Check for breathing and a pulse
o Turn on the AED Correct Answer o Check for breathing and a pulse
After check for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not breathing
normally but has a pulse and needs rescue breathing. What is the correct ventilation
rate?
o 2 breaths every 3-5 seconds, or about 24-40 breaths per minute
o 2 breaths every 6 seconds, or about 20 breaths per minute
o 1 breath every 3-5 seconds, or about 12-20 breaths per minute
o 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute Correct Answer o 1
breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute
After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a pulse check. What
immediate actions should be taken?
o Turn on the AED while your colleague attaches the pads to the patient's chest
o Continue providing rescue breaths and turn on the AED
o Immediately being CPR while your colleague counts compressions out loud
o Immediately being CPR and turn on the AED Correct Answer o Immediately being
CPR and turn on the AED
As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED, and follows the
prompts. The AED analyses the rhythm and does not advise a shock. After you
immediately resume CPR, how do you continue treating the patient?
o Continue CPR until you are fatigued, the code team arrives, or the patient starts to
move
o Continue CPR for 2 minutes, and then deliver rescue breathing until the code team
arrives or the patient starts to move
o Continue CPR until promoted by the AED to allow a rhythm check, the code team
arrives or the patient starts to move
o Continue CPR, power off the AED, remove the pads, and wait until the code team
arrives or the patient starts to move Correct Answer o Continue CPR until promoted
by the AED to allow a rhythm check, the code team arrives or the patient starts to
move
As you arrive at the patient's side, you assign individual roles, outlining what each
member needs to do during the resuscitation attempt. Which team members are
responsible for the following roles?
o Assess the patient and provides compressions - compressor
o Operates the AED - monitor/defibrillator
o Provides ventilation - airway Correct Answer o Assess the patient and provides
compressions - compressor
