BLS 2024 with questions and correct answers
When should you start chest compressions after recognizing cardiac arrest? - correct
answer-within 10 seconds
How many chest compressions should be delivered in one minute? - correct answer-100-
120
How deep should chest compressions be? - correct answer-2 inches, 5 cm
Why should there be chest recoil? - correct answer-to allow the heart to refill with blood.
(this also carries any medication given to a patient, so if CPR isn't in the patients chart but
it says push drugs, you are just wasting medications)
If a cervical spine injury is suspected, which of the following maneuvers can be used? -
correct answer-Jaw thrust
Which of the following is not immediately a life-threatening event?
Cardiac arrest
Heart attack
Respiratory arrest
Airway obstruction - correct answer-Heart attack
Which of the following organs is irreversibly affected if CPR is delayed beyond three
minutes?
Kidney
Liver
Brain
Lungs - correct answer-Brain
When should you start chest compressions after recognizing cardiac arrest? - correct
answer-within 10 seconds
How many chest compressions should be delivered in one minute? - correct answer-100-
120
How deep should chest compressions be? - correct answer-2 inches, 5 cm
Why should there be chest recoil? - correct answer-to allow the heart to refill with blood.
(this also carries any medication given to a patient, so if CPR isn't in the patients chart but
it says push drugs, you are just wasting medications)
If a cervical spine injury is suspected, which of the following maneuvers can be used? -
correct answer-Jaw thrust
Which of the following is not immediately a life-threatening event?
Cardiac arrest
Heart attack
Respiratory arrest
Airway obstruction - correct answer-Heart attack
Which of the following organs is irreversibly affected if CPR is delayed beyond three
minutes?
Kidney
Liver
Brain
Lungs - correct answer-Brain
