YMCA CPR UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔You are attending a person who is unresponsive, not breathing, but you can clearly
feel a carotid pulse. What is the determined problem? - ✔✔Respiratory arrest
✔✔CPR is being performed on a child who was removed from a swimming pool. An
AED arrives and is positioned near the child's head. The next step is to: - ✔✔Wipe his
chest dry before attaching the pads
✔✔During CPR, you are opening the airway of a person who you suspect has had
significant trauma to the head, neck, and back. You should: - ✔✔Place your palms and
thumbs on both sides of a CPR mask, hook your fingers underneath the angles of the
jaw, and displace the jaw with your fingers, moving it upward without lifting the head.
✔✔When providing CPR on a child or infant: - ✔✔Ensure the child or infant has an
open airway and provide effective rescue breaths along with chest compressions.
✔✔A roofer was electrocuted when his aluminum ladder contacted an energized power
line. The scene has been made safe. An AED has been attached to the patient. The
AED has analyzed the heart and a shock is advised. You should: - ✔✔Clear the patient
and deliver the shock
✔✔You are attending to an unresponsive 4-year-old child who is not breathing normally,
but definitely has a carotid pulse. Using a CPR mask or bag-mask device, you should: -
✔✔20 to 30 rescue breaths per minute
✔✔For proper chest compressions, a patient should be positioned: - ✔✔Face-up on a
firm, flat surface.
✔✔During CPR, if a child's chest does not rise with the first rescue breath you need to?
- ✔✔Reposition the airway and give a second rescue breath.
✔✔You are attending to a 54-year-old man who collapsed suddenly and is
unresponsive. It does not look like he is breathing normally and there is no pulse. There
is no suspicion of trauma. You should: - ✔✔Immediately provide CPR, activate EMS.
✔✔When giving rescue breaths, make sure to: - ✔✔Avoid excessive volume.
✔✔The links in the "chain of survival" in children are: - ✔✔Prevention, early CPR, early
activation of EMS, early pediatric advanced life support, and integrated post-cardiac
arrest care.
, ✔✔The links in the "chain of survival" in adults are: - ✔✔Early recognition and activation
of EMS, early CPR, early defibrillation, early advanced life support, and integrated post-
cardiac arrest care.
✔✔You are performing CPR on an adult man who has collapsed. EMS has been
activated and another provider shows up with an AED. She turns on the device and the
voice prompts begin. What is the next step? - ✔✔Cut open or tear away the patient's
shirt to allow for the application of the defibrillation pads to a bare chest.
✔✔Sudden cardiac arrest in an adult is MOST LIKELY caused by __________, and
requires __________. - ✔✔Ventricular fibrillation, defibrillation.
✔✔Prompt defibrillation in sudden cardiac arrest is: - ✔✔The most effective treatment
for ventricular fibrillation.
✔✔What is the compression per minute rate for CPR (for all age groups)? - ✔✔At least
100
✔✔Chest compressions during CPR should be: - ✔✔Hard and fast, interrupted as little
as possible
✔✔You are giving rescue breaths by yourself with a bag-mask device. You should: -
✔✔Position the mask on the patient's face using the thumb and index finger of one
hand in a "C" shape.
✔✔Standing in line at a local government facility, a middle-aged man suddenly
collapses. The man is unresponsive and he occasionally gasps for breath. He looks
dead. This condition is most likely caused by and treated with: - ✔✔Sudden cardiac
arrest, CPR, defibrillation.
✔✔The proper depth of chest compression for an adult patient is: - ✔✔At least 2 inches
✔✔The proper hand position for chest compression on a 7-year-old child is: - ✔✔Lower
half of the breastbone, 1 or 2 hands
✔✔The proper hand position for one-rescuer chest compressions on a 3-month-old
infant is: - ✔✔2 fingertips, just below the nipple line.
✔✔You have been performing CPR on a 9-year-old child for about four minutes. An
AED has just arrived. You should: - ✔✔Attach the AED quickly and follow the voice
prompts.
✔✔Under 1 year old is considered an - ✔✔infant
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔You are attending a person who is unresponsive, not breathing, but you can clearly
feel a carotid pulse. What is the determined problem? - ✔✔Respiratory arrest
✔✔CPR is being performed on a child who was removed from a swimming pool. An
AED arrives and is positioned near the child's head. The next step is to: - ✔✔Wipe his
chest dry before attaching the pads
✔✔During CPR, you are opening the airway of a person who you suspect has had
significant trauma to the head, neck, and back. You should: - ✔✔Place your palms and
thumbs on both sides of a CPR mask, hook your fingers underneath the angles of the
jaw, and displace the jaw with your fingers, moving it upward without lifting the head.
✔✔When providing CPR on a child or infant: - ✔✔Ensure the child or infant has an
open airway and provide effective rescue breaths along with chest compressions.
✔✔A roofer was electrocuted when his aluminum ladder contacted an energized power
line. The scene has been made safe. An AED has been attached to the patient. The
AED has analyzed the heart and a shock is advised. You should: - ✔✔Clear the patient
and deliver the shock
✔✔You are attending to an unresponsive 4-year-old child who is not breathing normally,
but definitely has a carotid pulse. Using a CPR mask or bag-mask device, you should: -
✔✔20 to 30 rescue breaths per minute
✔✔For proper chest compressions, a patient should be positioned: - ✔✔Face-up on a
firm, flat surface.
✔✔During CPR, if a child's chest does not rise with the first rescue breath you need to?
- ✔✔Reposition the airway and give a second rescue breath.
✔✔You are attending to a 54-year-old man who collapsed suddenly and is
unresponsive. It does not look like he is breathing normally and there is no pulse. There
is no suspicion of trauma. You should: - ✔✔Immediately provide CPR, activate EMS.
✔✔When giving rescue breaths, make sure to: - ✔✔Avoid excessive volume.
✔✔The links in the "chain of survival" in children are: - ✔✔Prevention, early CPR, early
activation of EMS, early pediatric advanced life support, and integrated post-cardiac
arrest care.
, ✔✔The links in the "chain of survival" in adults are: - ✔✔Early recognition and activation
of EMS, early CPR, early defibrillation, early advanced life support, and integrated post-
cardiac arrest care.
✔✔You are performing CPR on an adult man who has collapsed. EMS has been
activated and another provider shows up with an AED. She turns on the device and the
voice prompts begin. What is the next step? - ✔✔Cut open or tear away the patient's
shirt to allow for the application of the defibrillation pads to a bare chest.
✔✔Sudden cardiac arrest in an adult is MOST LIKELY caused by __________, and
requires __________. - ✔✔Ventricular fibrillation, defibrillation.
✔✔Prompt defibrillation in sudden cardiac arrest is: - ✔✔The most effective treatment
for ventricular fibrillation.
✔✔What is the compression per minute rate for CPR (for all age groups)? - ✔✔At least
100
✔✔Chest compressions during CPR should be: - ✔✔Hard and fast, interrupted as little
as possible
✔✔You are giving rescue breaths by yourself with a bag-mask device. You should: -
✔✔Position the mask on the patient's face using the thumb and index finger of one
hand in a "C" shape.
✔✔Standing in line at a local government facility, a middle-aged man suddenly
collapses. The man is unresponsive and he occasionally gasps for breath. He looks
dead. This condition is most likely caused by and treated with: - ✔✔Sudden cardiac
arrest, CPR, defibrillation.
✔✔The proper depth of chest compression for an adult patient is: - ✔✔At least 2 inches
✔✔The proper hand position for chest compression on a 7-year-old child is: - ✔✔Lower
half of the breastbone, 1 or 2 hands
✔✔The proper hand position for one-rescuer chest compressions on a 3-month-old
infant is: - ✔✔2 fingertips, just below the nipple line.
✔✔You have been performing CPR on a 9-year-old child for about four minutes. An
AED has just arrived. You should: - ✔✔Attach the AED quickly and follow the voice
prompts.
✔✔Under 1 year old is considered an - ✔✔infant
