BASIC LIFE SUPPORT ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
How is a child is fine in terms of CPR/ AED care?
A child is defined as someone from the age of one to the onset of puberty as evidenced
by breast development and girls and under arm hair development and boys
You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72 year old patient then
Phillips when Mr. Phillips shows signs of ROS see where should you perform the
pulse check
At the carotid or femoral artery
You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider arrives to
take over compression when switching roles you should minimize interruptions
in chess compressions to less than how many seconds?
10 seconds
You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is experiencing
cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to
improve the patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and
rationally identifying the connection between information and actions?
Critical thinking
While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility you find a patient who is
unresponsive in the exam room you tell the medical assistant go get the AED
which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed loop
communication?
, "I'll go get the AED."
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 have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest.
You should begin CPR __________.
Immediately
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and
appears unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening
bleeding. Which is the next appropriate action?
Check for responsiveness.
You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing
respiratory arrest. You should give 1 ventilation every:
Six seconds
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link
in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?
Early high-quality CPR
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
How is a child is fine in terms of CPR/ AED care?
A child is defined as someone from the age of one to the onset of puberty as evidenced
by breast development and girls and under arm hair development and boys
You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72 year old patient then
Phillips when Mr. Phillips shows signs of ROS see where should you perform the
pulse check
At the carotid or femoral artery
You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider arrives to
take over compression when switching roles you should minimize interruptions
in chess compressions to less than how many seconds?
10 seconds
You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is experiencing
cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to
improve the patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and
rationally identifying the connection between information and actions?
Critical thinking
While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility you find a patient who is
unresponsive in the exam room you tell the medical assistant go get the AED
which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed loop
communication?
, "I'll go get the AED."
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 have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest.
You should begin CPR __________.
Immediately
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and
appears unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening
bleeding. Which is the next appropriate action?
Check for responsiveness.
You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing
respiratory arrest. You should give 1 ventilation every:
Six seconds
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link
in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?
Early high-quality CPR
