American Red Cross BLS Final Assessment – Basic
Life Support Certification – Complete Exam
Material
While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who is
unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!"
Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop communication? -
correct answer -"I'll go get the AED."
The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which
intervention should the nurse implement? - correct answer -Cycles of 5 back blows and
5 abdominal thrusts
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link in the
Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival? - correct answer -Early high-quality CPR
You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44 pounds.
The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only adult AED pads.
What should you do? - correct answer -Use the adult AED pads.
You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest. You
should begin CPR __________. - correct answer -Immediately
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and appears
unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening bleeding. Which is
the next appropriate action? - correct answer -Check for responsiveness.
Life Support Certification – Complete Exam
Material
While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who is
unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!"
Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop communication? -
correct answer -"I'll go get the AED."
The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which
intervention should the nurse implement? - correct answer -Cycles of 5 back blows and
5 abdominal thrusts
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link in the
Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival? - correct answer -Early high-quality CPR
You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44 pounds.
The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only adult AED pads.
What should you do? - correct answer -Use the adult AED pads.
You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest. You
should begin CPR __________. - correct answer -Immediately
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and appears
unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening bleeding. Which is
the next appropriate action? - correct answer -Check for responsiveness.
