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First Aid/CPR UPDATED 2024 Tests
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You and another BLS provider have responded to a call for a 5-month-old infant with trouble
breathing. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. The infant is unresponsive
and gasping. You have activated EMS or your occupational emergency action plan. A weak
brachial pulse at about 40 beats per minute is felt. The infant's skin is mottled, and the hands
and feet are cool to touch. Other BLS providers are a few minutes away with an AED. What
should you do? - answer✔Start high-quality CPR.
When assessing an unresponsive adult, child, or infant, you should take no longer than ___
seconds to simultaneously assess breathing and pulse. - answer✔10
You are using a bag-mask device to ventilate a 16-year-old in cardiac arrest who suddenly
collapsed. An endotracheal tube has been placed by an advanced life support provider on the
resuscitation team. Proper ventilation technique in the situation requires that you: -
answer✔Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath every 6 seconds.
When breathing slows or stops, it leads to bradycardia, a slow heart rhythm of fewer than
____beats per minute. - answer✔60
You are attempting to resuscitate an unresponsive 25-year-old who overdosed on fentanyl. The
scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. EMS or your occupational emergency
action plan has been activated. The patient is making snorting sounds. The carotid pulse is
definitely felt. You have a bag-mask device, AED, and Narcan Nasal Spray. What should you do?
- answer✔Ventilate the patient and give naloxone per local medical protocol.
To locate the brachial pulse on an infant, place two or three fingers: - answer✔inside of the
upper arm, midway between the elbow and shoulder.
You are the only BLS provider responding to "baby not breathing." The scene is safe, and you
have taken standard precautions. The infant is unresponsive. You have activated EMS or your
occupational emergency action plan. Other providers are on the way with an AED. You do not
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feel a brachial pulse. What should you do? - answer✔Immediately start high-quality CPR,
beginning with chest compressions.
Early recognition of cardiac arrest and prompt activation of EMS is which link in the adult Out-
of-Hospital chain of survival? - answer✔Activation of Emergency Response
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself: - answer✔Above the patient's head.
Which link in the out-of-hospital adult chain of survival is critical to survival when a patient's
heart is in an abnormal rhythm like pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular
fibrillation (VF)? - answer✔Defibrillation
The first link in the out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest chain of survival is: -
answer✔Preventing causes of respiratory failure or respiratory arrest, which lead to cardiac
arrest.
When chest compressions stop, blood flow ___________significantly. - answer✔decreases
When ventilating a child with a bag-mask device, give 1 breath every 2-3 seconds. Deliver each
breath over ____ second(s) in length while watching for chest rise. - answer✔1
You are a lone BLS provider responding to a possible adult cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You
have taken standard precautions. An untrained bystander heard the person collapse. You have
activated EMS or your occupational emergency action plan. Other providers are on the way. An
AED is located in the building, about 3 minutes away. The patient is unresponsive and making
gurgling sounds. You do not feel a carotid pulse. You have a CPR mask with a one-way valve.
What should you do? - answer✔Send the bystander to get the AED. Start high-quality CPR.
You and another BLS provider are giving CPR to a 7-year-old child when the AED arrives. You
turn on the AED, switch the AED to pediatric energy levels, and apply the pads. The other BLS
provider should: - answer✔Continue high-quality compressions while the AED is charging.
Allow ________________ between chest compressions so the heart can refill. -
answer✔Complete chest recoil
You are the only BLS provider responding to witnessed collapse of a 11-year-old child during a
softball game. The scene is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. The patient is
unresponsive and gasping occasionally. You do not feel a carotid pulse and an AED is within
sight. What should you do? - answer✔Activate EMS or your occupational emergency action
plan and get the AED.
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First Aid/CPR UPDATED 2024 Tests
Questions With Verified Answers.
You and another BLS provider have responded to a call for a 5-month-old infant with trouble
breathing. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. The infant is unresponsive
and gasping. You have activated EMS or your occupational emergency action plan. A weak
brachial pulse at about 40 beats per minute is felt. The infant's skin is mottled, and the hands
and feet are cool to touch. Other BLS providers are a few minutes away with an AED. What
should you do? - answer✔Start high-quality CPR.
When assessing an unresponsive adult, child, or infant, you should take no longer than ___
seconds to simultaneously assess breathing and pulse. - answer✔10
You are using a bag-mask device to ventilate a 16-year-old in cardiac arrest who suddenly
collapsed. An endotracheal tube has been placed by an advanced life support provider on the
resuscitation team. Proper ventilation technique in the situation requires that you: -
answer✔Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath every 6 seconds.
When breathing slows or stops, it leads to bradycardia, a slow heart rhythm of fewer than
____beats per minute. - answer✔60
You are attempting to resuscitate an unresponsive 25-year-old who overdosed on fentanyl. The
scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. EMS or your occupational emergency
action plan has been activated. The patient is making snorting sounds. The carotid pulse is
definitely felt. You have a bag-mask device, AED, and Narcan Nasal Spray. What should you do?
- answer✔Ventilate the patient and give naloxone per local medical protocol.
To locate the brachial pulse on an infant, place two or three fingers: - answer✔inside of the
upper arm, midway between the elbow and shoulder.
You are the only BLS provider responding to "baby not breathing." The scene is safe, and you
have taken standard precautions. The infant is unresponsive. You have activated EMS or your
occupational emergency action plan. Other providers are on the way with an AED. You do not
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feel a brachial pulse. What should you do? - answer✔Immediately start high-quality CPR,
beginning with chest compressions.
Early recognition of cardiac arrest and prompt activation of EMS is which link in the adult Out-
of-Hospital chain of survival? - answer✔Activation of Emergency Response
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself: - answer✔Above the patient's head.
Which link in the out-of-hospital adult chain of survival is critical to survival when a patient's
heart is in an abnormal rhythm like pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular
fibrillation (VF)? - answer✔Defibrillation
The first link in the out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest chain of survival is: -
answer✔Preventing causes of respiratory failure or respiratory arrest, which lead to cardiac
arrest.
When chest compressions stop, blood flow ___________significantly. - answer✔decreases
When ventilating a child with a bag-mask device, give 1 breath every 2-3 seconds. Deliver each
breath over ____ second(s) in length while watching for chest rise. - answer✔1
You are a lone BLS provider responding to a possible adult cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You
have taken standard precautions. An untrained bystander heard the person collapse. You have
activated EMS or your occupational emergency action plan. Other providers are on the way. An
AED is located in the building, about 3 minutes away. The patient is unresponsive and making
gurgling sounds. You do not feel a carotid pulse. You have a CPR mask with a one-way valve.
What should you do? - answer✔Send the bystander to get the AED. Start high-quality CPR.
You and another BLS provider are giving CPR to a 7-year-old child when the AED arrives. You
turn on the AED, switch the AED to pediatric energy levels, and apply the pads. The other BLS
provider should: - answer✔Continue high-quality compressions while the AED is charging.
Allow ________________ between chest compressions so the heart can refill. -
answer✔Complete chest recoil
You are the only BLS provider responding to witnessed collapse of a 11-year-old child during a
softball game. The scene is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. The patient is
unresponsive and gasping occasionally. You do not feel a carotid pulse and an AED is within
sight. What should you do? - answer✔Activate EMS or your occupational emergency action
plan and get the AED.
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