Emergency Medicine YMCA CPR Exam I Answered
latest spring 2022
You are caring for a child who is unresponsive but breathing normally. No trauma is suspected, and
the scene is safe. You want to protect the child's open airway. You have extended the arm nearest to
you up alongside the head, brought the other arm across his chest, and have the back of his hand
against his cheek. What is your next step?
Grasp the shoulder and hip and roll the child onto his side.
You and another provider are attending to a 17-year-old boy found unresponsive with occasional
gasps. You are not certain if a pulse is present. What should you do?
Start CPR; 30:2 compressions to ventilations.
High-performance CPR includes:
High-quality CPR skills and an efficient team approach
You are attending to a person who is unresponsive and is breathing normally. You are alone and
need to leave to activate EMS. Before leaving, what should you do?
Place the person in a side-lying recovery position.
You are attending to a person who is unresponsive, not breathing normally, but you can clearly feel a
carotid pulse. What is the determined problem?
Respiratory arrest
You have been performing CPR on a 9-year-old child for about 4 minutes. An AED has just arrived.
What should you do?
Attach the AED quickly and follow the voice instructions.
You respond as an EMS provider to a 51-year-old man found collapsed near a car with its engine
running inside a closed garage. Bystanders have dragged him outside onto the lawn. He is
unresponsive and does not appear to be breathing normally. You cannot feel his carotid pulse. What
is the indicated care?
Perform CPR with effective rescue breaths.
latest spring 2022
You are caring for a child who is unresponsive but breathing normally. No trauma is suspected, and
the scene is safe. You want to protect the child's open airway. You have extended the arm nearest to
you up alongside the head, brought the other arm across his chest, and have the back of his hand
against his cheek. What is your next step?
Grasp the shoulder and hip and roll the child onto his side.
You and another provider are attending to a 17-year-old boy found unresponsive with occasional
gasps. You are not certain if a pulse is present. What should you do?
Start CPR; 30:2 compressions to ventilations.
High-performance CPR includes:
High-quality CPR skills and an efficient team approach
You are attending to a person who is unresponsive and is breathing normally. You are alone and
need to leave to activate EMS. Before leaving, what should you do?
Place the person in a side-lying recovery position.
You are attending to a person who is unresponsive, not breathing normally, but you can clearly feel a
carotid pulse. What is the determined problem?
Respiratory arrest
You have been performing CPR on a 9-year-old child for about 4 minutes. An AED has just arrived.
What should you do?
Attach the AED quickly and follow the voice instructions.
You respond as an EMS provider to a 51-year-old man found collapsed near a car with its engine
running inside a closed garage. Bystanders have dragged him outside onto the lawn. He is
unresponsive and does not appear to be breathing normally. You cannot feel his carotid pulse. What
is the indicated care?
Perform CPR with effective rescue breaths.