HSI Basic Life Support (BLS) Exam Prep Guide
Maintain an open airway.
1. 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 breath-
ing normally. You should:
2. This BLS program is intended to: train BLS providers in re-
suscitation, in the context
of your setting, and pre-
pare you to recognize car-
diac arrest in patients of all
ages.
3. When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly Pulseless ventricular
or quiver, the heart cannot pump blood. These ab- tachycardia (VT), ventricu-
normal heart rhythms, or dysrhythmias, are known as lar fibrillation (VF)
and .
4. When chest compressions stop, blood flow decreases
significantly.
5. To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself: Above the patient's head.
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6. Too many rescue breaths too quickly or breaths that Excessive ventilation
are too large is , which can be
harmful.
7. You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible Power on the AED. Apply
adult cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You have taken adult pads to the patient's
standard precautions. The patient is unresponsive. You bare chest.
have activated EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers
are on the way. You have an AED. The patient is occa-
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Maintain an open airway.
1. 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 breath-
ing normally. You should:
2. This BLS program is intended to: train BLS providers in re-
suscitation, in the context
of your setting, and pre-
pare you to recognize car-
diac arrest in patients of all
ages.
3. When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly Pulseless ventricular
or quiver, the heart cannot pump blood. These ab- tachycardia (VT), ventricu-
normal heart rhythms, or dysrhythmias, are known as lar fibrillation (VF)
and .
4. When chest compressions stop, blood flow decreases
significantly.
5. To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself: Above the patient's head.
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6. Too many rescue breaths too quickly or breaths that Excessive ventilation
are too large is , which can be
harmful.
7. You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible Power on the AED. Apply
adult cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You have taken adult pads to the patient's
standard precautions. The patient is unresponsive. You bare chest.
have activated EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers
are on the way. You have an AED. The patient is occa-
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