Basic Life Support Exam B_ complete questions and answers
Updated 2022
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT EXAM REVIEW
**Describe the techniques for performing high-quality CPR on an adult. Include rate, ratio, and
compression depth.
-Start compressions within 10 seconds of recognition of cardiac arrest.
-push hard, push fast: compress at a rate of 100 to 120/min with a depth of at least 2 inches (5cm)
for adults.
-give 30 compression to 2 breaths ratio.
-Allow complete chest recoil after each compression.
-Minimize interruptions in compression (try to limit interruption to less than 10 seconds)
-Give effective breathes that make the chest rise
-Avoid excessive ventilation
**Describe the team dynamics based on the statement of “Members of the team know their
boundaries and ask for help before the resuscitation attempt worsens.”
- knowing your limitations. Team members should know their limitations of helping the other
person, which is knowing when to ask for more help.
**Describe what your first course if action if a victim of a foreign-body airway obstruction becomes
unresponsive.
- Start CPR beginning with chest compressions
**Describe why is defibrillation important
- It restore a normal cardiac rhythm
**You witness someone suddenly collapse. The person is unresponsive, you hear gasping sounds,
and there is no pulse. Describe what should you do next?
- Begin CPR, the gasps are not normal breathing
**Describe which actions are most likely to positively impact a victim’s survival if the victim is
unresponsive, is not breathing and has no pulse
- Performing high-quality CPR
**Describe how can rescuers ensure they are providing effective breaths when using a bag-mask
device
- Observing the chest rise with breaths
**Indicate the ratio for compressions to breaths that should be used for 1 rescuer infant CPR
- 30 compressions to 2 breaths
**Describe considerations to think about when using an AED
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Updated 2022
- On a hairy chest, the pads may not stick and may fail to deliver a shock. Need to shave it.
-If the chest is covered with water, quickly wipe the chest
-Avoid placing the AED pad directly over implanted device
**Describe the first step for using an AED
- Turn on the AED
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Updated 2022
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT EXAM REVIEW
**Describe the techniques for performing high-quality CPR on an adult. Include rate, ratio, and
compression depth.
-Start compressions within 10 seconds of recognition of cardiac arrest.
-push hard, push fast: compress at a rate of 100 to 120/min with a depth of at least 2 inches (5cm)
for adults.
-give 30 compression to 2 breaths ratio.
-Allow complete chest recoil after each compression.
-Minimize interruptions in compression (try to limit interruption to less than 10 seconds)
-Give effective breathes that make the chest rise
-Avoid excessive ventilation
**Describe the team dynamics based on the statement of “Members of the team know their
boundaries and ask for help before the resuscitation attempt worsens.”
- knowing your limitations. Team members should know their limitations of helping the other
person, which is knowing when to ask for more help.
**Describe what your first course if action if a victim of a foreign-body airway obstruction becomes
unresponsive.
- Start CPR beginning with chest compressions
**Describe why is defibrillation important
- It restore a normal cardiac rhythm
**You witness someone suddenly collapse. The person is unresponsive, you hear gasping sounds,
and there is no pulse. Describe what should you do next?
- Begin CPR, the gasps are not normal breathing
**Describe which actions are most likely to positively impact a victim’s survival if the victim is
unresponsive, is not breathing and has no pulse
- Performing high-quality CPR
**Describe how can rescuers ensure they are providing effective breaths when using a bag-mask
device
- Observing the chest rise with breaths
**Indicate the ratio for compressions to breaths that should be used for 1 rescuer infant CPR
- 30 compressions to 2 breaths
**Describe considerations to think about when using an AED
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, Basic Life Support Exam B_ complete questions and answers
Updated 2022
- On a hairy chest, the pads may not stick and may fail to deliver a shock. Need to shave it.
-If the chest is covered with water, quickly wipe the chest
-Avoid placing the AED pad directly over implanted device
**Describe the first step for using an AED
- Turn on the AED
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