RQI BLS EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS
ANSWERS ACCURATE REVIEW SHEET
GRADED A+
●● What are 2 techniques you could use to open the airway to provide
effective ventilation?
Answer: Jaw thrust
Head tilt-chin lift
●● What is the correct chest compression rate for adults?
Answer: 100 to 120/min
●● Which of the following actions should you perform in a pulse check
for an unresponsive adult?
Answer: Assess for a pulse for at least 5 but no more than 10 seconds.
Use 2 or 3 fingers to locate the pulse.
Feel for a pulse in the groove of the neck, to the side of the trachea.
●● What is an AED used for?
Answer: To analyze the heart rhythm and provide a shock if needed.
●● Why is early defibrillation important?
,Answer: Increases the person's chance of survival
●● Scenario 1:
1) What is the first action you should take before approaching the
patient?
2) The scene is safe. What is the immediate next step you should
perform?
3) The patient is not responding. You tell your colleague to activate the
emergency response system and get an AED. What should you do next?
4) During the assessment, you determine that the patient is not breathing
normally, but a pulse is clearly present. What is the next appropriate
action to take?
5) After 2 minutes of providing ventilations, you check the patient's
pulse but you do not feel one. What should you do next?
6) Your colleague returned with the AED and applied the AED pads
while you continued CPR. The AED indicates that it is analyzing the
heart rhythm. What is the next step you should take?
, 7) If the AED indicates a shockable rhythm, what should you do
immediately after delivering the shock?
Answer: 1) Verify that the scene is safe, checking for any hazards.
2) Tap and should to check for responsiveness.
3) Simultaneously check for breathing and a pulse.
4) Provide 1 ventilation every 6 seconds.
5) Immediately begin CPR.
6) Stay clear of the patient, being sure not to touch the patient during
analysis.
7) Resume CPR and follow the AED prompts
●● You and your colleague respond to an adult who has collapsed. After
verifying scene safety, you check for responsiveness by tapping the
person's shoulders and shouting, "Are you OK? Are you OK?" The
person is unresponsive. What do you instruct your colleague to do?
Answer: Activate the emergency response system and get the AED
ANSWERS ACCURATE REVIEW SHEET
GRADED A+
●● What are 2 techniques you could use to open the airway to provide
effective ventilation?
Answer: Jaw thrust
Head tilt-chin lift
●● What is the correct chest compression rate for adults?
Answer: 100 to 120/min
●● Which of the following actions should you perform in a pulse check
for an unresponsive adult?
Answer: Assess for a pulse for at least 5 but no more than 10 seconds.
Use 2 or 3 fingers to locate the pulse.
Feel for a pulse in the groove of the neck, to the side of the trachea.
●● What is an AED used for?
Answer: To analyze the heart rhythm and provide a shock if needed.
●● Why is early defibrillation important?
,Answer: Increases the person's chance of survival
●● Scenario 1:
1) What is the first action you should take before approaching the
patient?
2) The scene is safe. What is the immediate next step you should
perform?
3) The patient is not responding. You tell your colleague to activate the
emergency response system and get an AED. What should you do next?
4) During the assessment, you determine that the patient is not breathing
normally, but a pulse is clearly present. What is the next appropriate
action to take?
5) After 2 minutes of providing ventilations, you check the patient's
pulse but you do not feel one. What should you do next?
6) Your colleague returned with the AED and applied the AED pads
while you continued CPR. The AED indicates that it is analyzing the
heart rhythm. What is the next step you should take?
, 7) If the AED indicates a shockable rhythm, what should you do
immediately after delivering the shock?
Answer: 1) Verify that the scene is safe, checking for any hazards.
2) Tap and should to check for responsiveness.
3) Simultaneously check for breathing and a pulse.
4) Provide 1 ventilation every 6 seconds.
5) Immediately begin CPR.
6) Stay clear of the patient, being sure not to touch the patient during
analysis.
7) Resume CPR and follow the AED prompts
●● You and your colleague respond to an adult who has collapsed. After
verifying scene safety, you check for responsiveness by tapping the
person's shoulders and shouting, "Are you OK? Are you OK?" The
person is unresponsive. What do you instruct your colleague to do?
Answer: Activate the emergency response system and get the AED
