BLS RECERTIFICATION ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
BLS - ANSWER the care healthcare providers and public safety professionals provide to patients who are
experiencing respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, or airway obstruction
What is the first step when confronted with an emergency situation? - ANSWER Size up the scene
What is involved with sizing up the scene? - ANSWER Determine if the scene is safe, how many
individuals are involved, the nature of illness/mechanism of injury; make initial impression; call for more
resources as needed
When is it acceptable to move ill or injured patients - ANSWER An individual is not to be moved unless
there is immediate danger present to him/her or the rescuer
What is to be checked while making a primary assessment of an unresponsive individual? - ANSWER
LOC, breathing, circulation
What do you do after deciding that the scene is safe? - ANSWER Perform a primary assessment, shake
the individual's shoulder, and shout "are you OK?"
What are the techniques used to open the airway? - ANSWER Head tilt-chin lift
Jaw-thrust maneuver
How do you open the airway of someone suspected of having sustained a head, neck, or spinal cord
injury? - ANSWER Jaw thrust maneuver
How long should you check the breathing and pulse of an unresponsive individual? - ANSWER At least 5
but no longer than 10 seconds
What are agonal breaths? - ANSWER Isolated or infrequent gasping in absence of normal breathing of an
unconscious patient
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
BLS - ANSWER the care healthcare providers and public safety professionals provide to patients who are
experiencing respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, or airway obstruction
What is the first step when confronted with an emergency situation? - ANSWER Size up the scene
What is involved with sizing up the scene? - ANSWER Determine if the scene is safe, how many
individuals are involved, the nature of illness/mechanism of injury; make initial impression; call for more
resources as needed
When is it acceptable to move ill or injured patients - ANSWER An individual is not to be moved unless
there is immediate danger present to him/her or the rescuer
What is to be checked while making a primary assessment of an unresponsive individual? - ANSWER
LOC, breathing, circulation
What do you do after deciding that the scene is safe? - ANSWER Perform a primary assessment, shake
the individual's shoulder, and shout "are you OK?"
What are the techniques used to open the airway? - ANSWER Head tilt-chin lift
Jaw-thrust maneuver
How do you open the airway of someone suspected of having sustained a head, neck, or spinal cord
injury? - ANSWER Jaw thrust maneuver
How long should you check the breathing and pulse of an unresponsive individual? - ANSWER At least 5
but no longer than 10 seconds
What are agonal breaths? - ANSWER Isolated or infrequent gasping in absence of normal breathing of an
unconscious patient
