YMCA CPR FINAL EXAM 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Signs of a girl in puberty - ✔✔development of breasts
✔✔signs of a boy in puberty - ✔✔armpit hair
✔✔Sudden Cardiac Arrest means - ✔✔Electrical impulses in heart become crazy
✔✔Sudden Cardiac Arrest causes - ✔✔Ventricular Fibrillation - a chaotic quivering
condition
✔✔Result of Cardiac Arrest - ✔✔Blood flow to brain and organs stops, lack of flow
✔✔CPR - ✔✔restores some oxygen to the brain via combo of compressions and rescue
breathing
✔✔Defibrillation is the - ✔✔most effective treatment for ventricular fibrillation
✔✔proper adult chest compressions are - ✔✔1. Patient is on her back on firm surface
2. sit near the patient and place heel of one hand on lower-center of chest and other
heel on top
3. Bring your body up and over the patient so your shoulders are directly above your
hands
4. straighten arms/ lock elbows
5. use upper body weight, push straight down 2 inches
6. lift hands to allow chest to rise back up fully
7. Compress fast and deep
8. Allow chest to rebound to normal
9. BP is built and maintained constant w/Chest compressions
10. you may hear noises in chest, its normal during compressions
✔✔Adult compression
child compression
infant compression - ✔✔100 per minute - 2 inch deep
100 per minute - 1/3 depth or 3 inch deep
100 per minute - 1/3 depth or 1.5 inch deep
✔✔common blockage of airways - ✔✔the tongue
✔✔To open airway - ✔✔lift jaw to move the tongue
head tilt chin lift technique
hand of forehead, other hands fingers on chin bone lift chin to open airway; tilt head by
forehead
, ✔✔Primary assessment - ✔✔assess scene for hazards
tap or squeeze victims shoulder
ask "are you ok"
can tap foot on infant...
check for normal breathing
✔✔always give a child _____ minutes of CPR before leaving to get help - ✔✔2 minutes
✔✔10 seconds of no response start - ✔✔CPR
✔✔When alone - ✔✔Call EMS
Get AED
Return to victim and begin
✔✔Unwitnessed collapse of child/infant - ✔✔give 2 minutes of CPR before leaving for
help
✔✔Witnessed collapse : - ✔✔send a friend to activate EMS and get AED
you check for carotid pulse and provide care
✔✔Blue pale skin color means and less than 60 beats/minute means... - ✔✔Poor
Profusion
✔✔Poor profusion you should - ✔✔begin CPR start with Compressions then rescue
breaths.
✔✔Unresponsive breathing Pt; Causes could be - ✔✔Stroke - Seizure - Alcohol - drugs
✔✔If breathing with pulse but NOT responding - ✔✔1.place in recovery position (No
CPR Needed)
2.Raise Pt's arm closest to you above their head
3.bring other arm across chest and rest palm to forearm w/ back of hand against cheek
4. lift leg up till foot flat knee bent
5. grab shoulder and hip and roll without twisting
6. keep head on arm in forward down position to allow gravity to drain fluids from
mouth/airway clear
7. position their elbow and knee to stabilize head and body
8. no pressure on chest or body to restrict breathing
✔✔Respiratory Arrest can lead to - ✔✔Cardiac Arrest
✔✔Adult: NO response, NO breath, Has pulse - ✔✔Activate EMS - Get AED
Check if unconscious (tap and ask are you ok)
check for breathing
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Signs of a girl in puberty - ✔✔development of breasts
✔✔signs of a boy in puberty - ✔✔armpit hair
✔✔Sudden Cardiac Arrest means - ✔✔Electrical impulses in heart become crazy
✔✔Sudden Cardiac Arrest causes - ✔✔Ventricular Fibrillation - a chaotic quivering
condition
✔✔Result of Cardiac Arrest - ✔✔Blood flow to brain and organs stops, lack of flow
✔✔CPR - ✔✔restores some oxygen to the brain via combo of compressions and rescue
breathing
✔✔Defibrillation is the - ✔✔most effective treatment for ventricular fibrillation
✔✔proper adult chest compressions are - ✔✔1. Patient is on her back on firm surface
2. sit near the patient and place heel of one hand on lower-center of chest and other
heel on top
3. Bring your body up and over the patient so your shoulders are directly above your
hands
4. straighten arms/ lock elbows
5. use upper body weight, push straight down 2 inches
6. lift hands to allow chest to rise back up fully
7. Compress fast and deep
8. Allow chest to rebound to normal
9. BP is built and maintained constant w/Chest compressions
10. you may hear noises in chest, its normal during compressions
✔✔Adult compression
child compression
infant compression - ✔✔100 per minute - 2 inch deep
100 per minute - 1/3 depth or 3 inch deep
100 per minute - 1/3 depth or 1.5 inch deep
✔✔common blockage of airways - ✔✔the tongue
✔✔To open airway - ✔✔lift jaw to move the tongue
head tilt chin lift technique
hand of forehead, other hands fingers on chin bone lift chin to open airway; tilt head by
forehead
, ✔✔Primary assessment - ✔✔assess scene for hazards
tap or squeeze victims shoulder
ask "are you ok"
can tap foot on infant...
check for normal breathing
✔✔always give a child _____ minutes of CPR before leaving to get help - ✔✔2 minutes
✔✔10 seconds of no response start - ✔✔CPR
✔✔When alone - ✔✔Call EMS
Get AED
Return to victim and begin
✔✔Unwitnessed collapse of child/infant - ✔✔give 2 minutes of CPR before leaving for
help
✔✔Witnessed collapse : - ✔✔send a friend to activate EMS and get AED
you check for carotid pulse and provide care
✔✔Blue pale skin color means and less than 60 beats/minute means... - ✔✔Poor
Profusion
✔✔Poor profusion you should - ✔✔begin CPR start with Compressions then rescue
breaths.
✔✔Unresponsive breathing Pt; Causes could be - ✔✔Stroke - Seizure - Alcohol - drugs
✔✔If breathing with pulse but NOT responding - ✔✔1.place in recovery position (No
CPR Needed)
2.Raise Pt's arm closest to you above their head
3.bring other arm across chest and rest palm to forearm w/ back of hand against cheek
4. lift leg up till foot flat knee bent
5. grab shoulder and hip and roll without twisting
6. keep head on arm in forward down position to allow gravity to drain fluids from
mouth/airway clear
7. position their elbow and knee to stabilize head and body
8. no pressure on chest or body to restrict breathing
✔✔Respiratory Arrest can lead to - ✔✔Cardiac Arrest
✔✔Adult: NO response, NO breath, Has pulse - ✔✔Activate EMS - Get AED
Check if unconscious (tap and ask are you ok)
check for breathing
