BLS ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
▶ Abdominal thrusts: adults and children Answer: 3 steps
▶ Step 1: abdominal thrusts: adults and children Answer: stand or kneel
behind the victim and place your arms around the victim's waist; with one
hand, locate the navel.
▶ Step 2: abdominal thrusts: adults and children Answer: make a fist with
the other hand and place the thumb side of your fist against the victim's
abdomen, just above the navel and well below the breastbone
▶ Step 3: abdominal thrusts: adults and children Answer: -grasp your fist
with the other hand and press your fist into the victim's abdomen with a
quick, forceful upward thrust
-repeat thrusts until the object is expelled from the airway or the victim
becomes unresponsive
▶ Choking in obese and pregnant victims Answer: if the victim is too large
for you to wrap your arms around the waist:
-wrap your arms around his or her chest
-perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts
▶ When providing rescue breaths to an adult victim, you should give _____
breath(s) every _____ seconds Answer: 1 & 6
▶ What is a sign of severe airway obstruction? Answer: inability to speak
▶ When providing rescue breaths to a child or infant victim, you should
give 1 breath every _____ to _____ seconds Answer: 2 to 3
▶ You respond to a collapsed pregnant female as the only rescuer
You follow the BLS sequence and find that she is unresponsive, is not
breathing, and has no pulse
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
▶ Abdominal thrusts: adults and children Answer: 3 steps
▶ Step 1: abdominal thrusts: adults and children Answer: stand or kneel
behind the victim and place your arms around the victim's waist; with one
hand, locate the navel.
▶ Step 2: abdominal thrusts: adults and children Answer: make a fist with
the other hand and place the thumb side of your fist against the victim's
abdomen, just above the navel and well below the breastbone
▶ Step 3: abdominal thrusts: adults and children Answer: -grasp your fist
with the other hand and press your fist into the victim's abdomen with a
quick, forceful upward thrust
-repeat thrusts until the object is expelled from the airway or the victim
becomes unresponsive
▶ Choking in obese and pregnant victims Answer: if the victim is too large
for you to wrap your arms around the waist:
-wrap your arms around his or her chest
-perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts
▶ When providing rescue breaths to an adult victim, you should give _____
breath(s) every _____ seconds Answer: 1 & 6
▶ What is a sign of severe airway obstruction? Answer: inability to speak
▶ When providing rescue breaths to a child or infant victim, you should
give 1 breath every _____ to _____ seconds Answer: 2 to 3
▶ You respond to a collapsed pregnant female as the only rescuer
You follow the BLS sequence and find that she is unresponsive, is not
breathing, and has no pulse
