BLS LESSON 3: BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
FOR ADULTS EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
You have been performing multiple-provider CPR and using an AED on an adult patient in
cardiac arrest. The patient is now showing signs of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).
Which action(s) would the team perform? - ANS Stop CPR/AED.
Check for breathing and a carotid or femoral pulse.
Monitor the patient until the advanced cardiac life support team takes over.
You and another provider are delivering ventilations with a bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator
to an adult patient in cardiac arrest. Which of the following statements are correct? -
ANS Ensure that the chest begins to rise.
Hold the mask in place with the E-C hand position.
Seal the mask and open the airway by lifting the jaw into the mask.
Bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilations should be performed as a two-person technique to provide
a better seal and ventilation volume.
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, An adult patient with an endotracheal tube (ET) in place experiences cardiac arrest and requires
CPR. Which of the following statements are true when performing high-quality CPR with an ET
tube in place? - ANS The providers deliver 1 ventilation every 6 seconds.
The providers perform continuous compressions without pausing for ventilations.
You demonstrate high-quality CPR by keeping interruptions in CPR to less than _____ seconds. -
ANS 10
Identify the situations in which it is safe to use an AED. - ANS If the patient is lying on a metal
surface, providing the AED pads do not touch the surface and no one is touching the patient
during shock
If the patient is wearing jewelry or has body piercings, providing the AED pads are not placed
directly over any metallic jewelry or piercings
If the patient has a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), providing the
AED pads are not placed directly over the device
If the patient is pregnant, providing the AED pads do not incorporate any breast tissue
An adult patient suffers cardiac arrest in bed and requires CPR. When compressing the patient's
chest, which technique promotes high-quality CPR? - ANS Place one hand on top of the other
and interlace your fingers or hold them up so that they are not resting on the patient's chest.
Place down a CPR board or activate the system in the bed to ensure a firm CPR surface.
Position yourself so your shoulders are directly over your hands.
Adjust the bed or use a secure step or stool so you are at an appropriate working height.
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FOR ADULTS EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
You have been performing multiple-provider CPR and using an AED on an adult patient in
cardiac arrest. The patient is now showing signs of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).
Which action(s) would the team perform? - ANS Stop CPR/AED.
Check for breathing and a carotid or femoral pulse.
Monitor the patient until the advanced cardiac life support team takes over.
You and another provider are delivering ventilations with a bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator
to an adult patient in cardiac arrest. Which of the following statements are correct? -
ANS Ensure that the chest begins to rise.
Hold the mask in place with the E-C hand position.
Seal the mask and open the airway by lifting the jaw into the mask.
Bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilations should be performed as a two-person technique to provide
a better seal and ventilation volume.
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, An adult patient with an endotracheal tube (ET) in place experiences cardiac arrest and requires
CPR. Which of the following statements are true when performing high-quality CPR with an ET
tube in place? - ANS The providers deliver 1 ventilation every 6 seconds.
The providers perform continuous compressions without pausing for ventilations.
You demonstrate high-quality CPR by keeping interruptions in CPR to less than _____ seconds. -
ANS 10
Identify the situations in which it is safe to use an AED. - ANS If the patient is lying on a metal
surface, providing the AED pads do not touch the surface and no one is touching the patient
during shock
If the patient is wearing jewelry or has body piercings, providing the AED pads are not placed
directly over any metallic jewelry or piercings
If the patient has a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), providing the
AED pads are not placed directly over the device
If the patient is pregnant, providing the AED pads do not incorporate any breast tissue
An adult patient suffers cardiac arrest in bed and requires CPR. When compressing the patient's
chest, which technique promotes high-quality CPR? - ANS Place one hand on top of the other
and interlace your fingers or hold them up so that they are not resting on the patient's chest.
Place down a CPR board or activate the system in the bed to ensure a firm CPR surface.
Position yourself so your shoulders are directly over your hands.
Adjust the bed or use a secure step or stool so you are at an appropriate working height.
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