BLS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year-old patient, Ben
Phillips. When Mr. Phillips shows signs of ROSC, where should you perform the
pulse check?
At the carotid or femoral artery
You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with an obstructed airway who
becomes unresponsive. Which action should you perform first?
Provide 30 chest compressions.
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each
member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most
appropriate action?
Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the members
of the BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient’s
status and the care already provided?
Team leader
You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider arrives to
take over compressions. When switching roles, you should minimize
interruptions in chest compressions to less than how many seconds?
10 seconds
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of
abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway?
, The patient is in a wheelchair.
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which
technique should you use to open the patient’s airway?
Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44
pounds. The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only
adult AED pads. What should you do?
Use the adult AED pads.
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and
correctly perform chest compressions at which rate?
100 to 120 compressions per minute
How is a child defined in terms of CPR care?
Someone from the age of 1 to the onset of puberty
You and your co-worker Jake are operating a BVM during multiple-provider CPR
for an adult. You manage the airway while Jake delivers ventilations. Which
statement correctly describes the appropriate technique for operating the BVM?
Seal the mask with two hands using the E-C technique.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes
ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions every _____
minutes.
2
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year-old patient, Ben
Phillips. When Mr. Phillips shows signs of ROSC, where should you perform the
pulse check?
At the carotid or femoral artery
You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with an obstructed airway who
becomes unresponsive. Which action should you perform first?
Provide 30 chest compressions.
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each
member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most
appropriate action?
Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the members
of the BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient’s
status and the care already provided?
Team leader
You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider arrives to
take over compressions. When switching roles, you should minimize
interruptions in chest compressions to less than how many seconds?
10 seconds
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of
abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway?
, The patient is in a wheelchair.
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which
technique should you use to open the patient’s airway?
Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44
pounds. The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only
adult AED pads. What should you do?
Use the adult AED pads.
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and
correctly perform chest compressions at which rate?
100 to 120 compressions per minute
How is a child defined in terms of CPR care?
Someone from the age of 1 to the onset of puberty
You and your co-worker Jake are operating a BVM during multiple-provider CPR
for an adult. You manage the airway while Jake delivers ventilations. Which
statement correctly describes the appropriate technique for operating the BVM?
Seal the mask with two hands using the E-C technique.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes
ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions every _____
minutes.
2
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
