YMCA CPR Exam Prep Guide: Practice Questions & Study Tips
Grasp the shoulder and
hip and roll the child onto
his side.
Start CPR; 30:2 compres-
sions to ventilations.
1. You are caring for a child who is unresponsive but
breathing normally. No trauma is suspected, and the
scene is safe. You want to protect the child's open
airway. You have extended the arm nearest to you up
alongside the head, brought the other arm across his
chest, and have the back of his hand against his cheek.
What is your next step?
2. You and another provider are attending to a
17-year-old boy found unresponsive with occasional
gasps. You are not certain if a pulse is present. What
should you do?
3. High-performance CPR includes: High-quality CPR skills and
an eflcient team approach
4. You are attending to a person who is unresponsive and Place the person in a
is breathing normally. You are alone and need to leave side-lying recovery posi-
to activate EMS. Before leaving, what should you do? tion.
5. You are attending to a person who is unresponsive, not Respiratory arrest
breathing normally, but you can clearly feel a carotid
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pulse. What is the determined problem?
6. You have been performing CPR on a 9-year-old child Attach the AED quickly and
for about 4 minutes. An AED has just arrived. What follow the voice instruc-
should you do? tions.
7. You respond as an EMS provider to a 51-year-old man Perform CPR with ettective
found collapsed near a car with its engine running rescue breaths.
inside a closed garage. Bystanders have dragged him
outside onto the lawn. He is unresponsive and does
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Grasp the shoulder and
hip and roll the child onto
his side.
Start CPR; 30:2 compres-
sions to ventilations.
1. You are caring for a child who is unresponsive but
breathing normally. No trauma is suspected, and the
scene is safe. You want to protect the child's open
airway. You have extended the arm nearest to you up
alongside the head, brought the other arm across his
chest, and have the back of his hand against his cheek.
What is your next step?
2. You and another provider are attending to a
17-year-old boy found unresponsive with occasional
gasps. You are not certain if a pulse is present. What
should you do?
3. High-performance CPR includes: High-quality CPR skills and
an eflcient team approach
4. You are attending to a person who is unresponsive and Place the person in a
is breathing normally. You are alone and need to leave side-lying recovery posi-
to activate EMS. Before leaving, what should you do? tion.
5. You are attending to a person who is unresponsive, not Respiratory arrest
breathing normally, but you can clearly feel a carotid
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, YMCA CPR Exam Prep Guide: Practice Questions & Study Tips
pulse. What is the determined problem?
6. You have been performing CPR on a 9-year-old child Attach the AED quickly and
for about 4 minutes. An AED has just arrived. What follow the voice instruc-
should you do? tions.
7. You respond as an EMS provider to a 51-year-old man Perform CPR with ettective
found collapsed near a car with its engine running rescue breaths.
inside a closed garage. Bystanders have dragged him
outside onto the lawn. He is unresponsive and does
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