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YMCA BLS FINAL TEST | 2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED | ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS | 100% RATED CORRECT |
100% VERFIED SOLTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
The BLS program is intended to:
1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages. - (ANSWER)- train BLS
providers in resuscitation
- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
what is BLS - (ANSWER)basic life support
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When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver, the heart cannot pump blood.
These abnormal heart rhythms, or dysrhythmias, are known as ___________________ and
_________________________.
1. Stroke, heart attack
2. Cardiac arrest, defibrillation
3. Secondary cardiac arrest, heart attack
4. Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF) - (ANSWER)Pulseless
ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF)
You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The scene is safe, and you have taken
standard precautions. When you assess for breathing and pulse, you definitely feel a pulse and
see the person is breathing normally. You should:
1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
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2. Provide rescue breathing.
3. Maintain an open airway.
4. Immediately use a nearby AED. - (ANSWER)Maintain an open airway.
When chest compressions stop, blood flow ______________________ significantly.
1. increases
2. decreases
3. improves
4. circulates - (ANSWER)decreases
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:
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1. Above the patient's head.
2. At the side of the patient, below the hips.
3. At the side of the patient, close to the chest.
4. At the side of the patient, close to the head. - (ANSWER)above the patients head
Too many rescue breaths too quickly or breaths that are too large is _______________________,
which can be harmful.
1. Respiratory distress
2. Excessive ventilation
3. Respiratory arrest
4. Bag-mask ventilation - (ANSWER)Excessive ventilation
YMCA BLS FINAL TEST | 2025-2026 LATEST UPDATED | ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS | 100% RATED CORRECT |
100% VERFIED SOLTIONS | ALREADY GRADED A+
The BLS program is intended to:
1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages. - (ANSWER)- train BLS
providers in resuscitation
- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
what is BLS - (ANSWER)basic life support
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When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver, the heart cannot pump blood.
These abnormal heart rhythms, or dysrhythmias, are known as ___________________ and
_________________________.
1. Stroke, heart attack
2. Cardiac arrest, defibrillation
3. Secondary cardiac arrest, heart attack
4. Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF) - (ANSWER)Pulseless
ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF)
You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The scene is safe, and you have taken
standard precautions. When you assess for breathing and pulse, you definitely feel a pulse and
see the person is breathing normally. You should:
1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
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2. Provide rescue breathing.
3. Maintain an open airway.
4. Immediately use a nearby AED. - (ANSWER)Maintain an open airway.
When chest compressions stop, blood flow ______________________ significantly.
1. increases
2. decreases
3. improves
4. circulates - (ANSWER)decreases
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:
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1. Above the patient's head.
2. At the side of the patient, below the hips.
3. At the side of the patient, close to the chest.
4. At the side of the patient, close to the head. - (ANSWER)above the patients head
Too many rescue breaths too quickly or breaths that are too large is _______________________,
which can be harmful.
1. Respiratory distress
2. Excessive ventilation
3. Respiratory arrest
4. Bag-mask ventilation - (ANSWER)Excessive ventilation
