CPR Certification Exam Questions and
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What is the purpose of early CPR? ✔✔To prevent cellular damage and give the emergency
responders more time to arrive
For what reasons can you stop CPR one starting CPR on a victim? ✔✔Someone with more
training arrives, the victim wake up, the area becomes unsafe, you physically are unable to do it,
and the AED says to stop CPR
Why is the head tilt, chin lift procedure performed? ✔✔To open the airway
What is the best way to determine if air goes into the victim during rescue breathing? ✔✔The
chest slightly rises
The American Heart Association states that CPR child guidelines are to be used for children
from age 1 to puberty. What are the signs of puberty AHA suggests looking for? ✔✔Facial hair,
armpit hair in males
Breast development in females
, List 2 modifications for CPR for children? ✔✔15 compressions and 2 breaths if there are 2
responders present and the witness vs. unwitnessed rules
Discuss the guidelines for activating the emergency response system with regards to children.
✔✔If you saw the child collapse, you have about 3 minutes to begin the emergency response
system before CPR is critical. If you did not see the child collapse, complete 5 full sets of CPR
before beginning the emergency response system
What is the rate of breaths when performing rescue breathing for an adult and for a child?
✔✔Adult- 1 breath every 5-6 seconds
Child- 1 breath every 3-5 seconds
What conditions indicate respiratory arrest? ✔✔Pulse but no breathing, vice versa, gasping
The earlier the AED occurs, the _______________ the survival rate. ✔✔Higher
You are to use AEDs only when victims have 3 clinical findings; what are those 3? ✔✔No pulse,
no breathing, unresponsive
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What is the purpose of early CPR? ✔✔To prevent cellular damage and give the emergency
responders more time to arrive
For what reasons can you stop CPR one starting CPR on a victim? ✔✔Someone with more
training arrives, the victim wake up, the area becomes unsafe, you physically are unable to do it,
and the AED says to stop CPR
Why is the head tilt, chin lift procedure performed? ✔✔To open the airway
What is the best way to determine if air goes into the victim during rescue breathing? ✔✔The
chest slightly rises
The American Heart Association states that CPR child guidelines are to be used for children
from age 1 to puberty. What are the signs of puberty AHA suggests looking for? ✔✔Facial hair,
armpit hair in males
Breast development in females
, List 2 modifications for CPR for children? ✔✔15 compressions and 2 breaths if there are 2
responders present and the witness vs. unwitnessed rules
Discuss the guidelines for activating the emergency response system with regards to children.
✔✔If you saw the child collapse, you have about 3 minutes to begin the emergency response
system before CPR is critical. If you did not see the child collapse, complete 5 full sets of CPR
before beginning the emergency response system
What is the rate of breaths when performing rescue breathing for an adult and for a child?
✔✔Adult- 1 breath every 5-6 seconds
Child- 1 breath every 3-5 seconds
What conditions indicate respiratory arrest? ✔✔Pulse but no breathing, vice versa, gasping
The earlier the AED occurs, the _______________ the survival rate. ✔✔Higher
You are to use AEDs only when victims have 3 clinical findings; what are those 3? ✔✔No pulse,
no breathing, unresponsive
