EMT-B Ch. 14 Test (BLS Resuscitation)
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A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and
apneic. You should:
a. Being CPR until an AED is available
b. Determine if he has a valid living will
c. Start CPR and transport immediately
d. Withhold CPR until he is defibrillated - Correct Answers
✅a. Being CPR until an AED is available
A patient should be placed in the recovery position when he
or she:
a. Has experienced trauma but is breathing effectively
b. Has a pulse but is unresponsive and breathing shallowly
c. Is semiconscious, injured, and breathing adequately
d. Is unresponsive, uninjured, and breathing adequately -
Correct Answers ✅d. Is unresponsive, uninjured, and
breathing adequately
Complications associated with chest compressions include all
of the following except:
a. Rib fractures
b. Gastric distention
c. Liver laceration
d. A fractured sternum - Correct Answers ✅b. Gastric
distention
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CPR retraining is the most effective when it:
a. Involves hands-on practice
b. Is self-placed and brief
c. Is delivered by computer
d. Occurs every 24 months - Correct Answers ✅a. Involves
hands-on practice
CPR will not be effective if the patient is:
a. Supine
b. Horizontal
c. On a firm surface
d. Prone - Correct Answers ✅d. Prone
Gastric distention will most likely occur:
a. In patients who are intubated
b. When the airway is completely obstructed
c. If you ventilate a patient too quickly
d. When you deliver minimal tidal volume - Correct Answers
✅c. If you ventilate a patient too quickly
If gastric distention begins to make positive-pressure
ventilation difficult, you should:
, EMT-B Ch. 14 Test (BLS Resuscitation)
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a. Increase the rate of ventilation
b. Insert an oropharyngeal airway
c. Suction the patient's oropharynx
d. Reposition the patient's airway - Correct Answers ✅d.
Reposition the patient's airway
In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children
is caused by:
a. A cardiac dysrhythmia
b. Respiratory arrest
c. A drug overdose
d. Severe chest trauma - Correct Answers ✅b. Respiratory
arrest
In two-rescuer adult CPR, you should deliver a compression to
ventilation ratio of:
a. 5:1
b. 5:2
c. 15:2
d. 30:2 - Correct Answers ✅d. 30:2
Initial treatment to dislodge a severe foreign body airway
obstruction in a responsive infant involves:
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A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and
apneic. You should:
a. Being CPR until an AED is available
b. Determine if he has a valid living will
c. Start CPR and transport immediately
d. Withhold CPR until he is defibrillated - Correct Answers
✅a. Being CPR until an AED is available
A patient should be placed in the recovery position when he
or she:
a. Has experienced trauma but is breathing effectively
b. Has a pulse but is unresponsive and breathing shallowly
c. Is semiconscious, injured, and breathing adequately
d. Is unresponsive, uninjured, and breathing adequately -
Correct Answers ✅d. Is unresponsive, uninjured, and
breathing adequately
Complications associated with chest compressions include all
of the following except:
a. Rib fractures
b. Gastric distention
c. Liver laceration
d. A fractured sternum - Correct Answers ✅b. Gastric
distention
,EMT-B Ch. 14 Test (BLS Resuscitation)
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Papers)
CPR retraining is the most effective when it:
a. Involves hands-on practice
b. Is self-placed and brief
c. Is delivered by computer
d. Occurs every 24 months - Correct Answers ✅a. Involves
hands-on practice
CPR will not be effective if the patient is:
a. Supine
b. Horizontal
c. On a firm surface
d. Prone - Correct Answers ✅d. Prone
Gastric distention will most likely occur:
a. In patients who are intubated
b. When the airway is completely obstructed
c. If you ventilate a patient too quickly
d. When you deliver minimal tidal volume - Correct Answers
✅c. If you ventilate a patient too quickly
If gastric distention begins to make positive-pressure
ventilation difficult, you should:
, EMT-B Ch. 14 Test (BLS Resuscitation)
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a. Increase the rate of ventilation
b. Insert an oropharyngeal airway
c. Suction the patient's oropharynx
d. Reposition the patient's airway - Correct Answers ✅d.
Reposition the patient's airway
In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children
is caused by:
a. A cardiac dysrhythmia
b. Respiratory arrest
c. A drug overdose
d. Severe chest trauma - Correct Answers ✅b. Respiratory
arrest
In two-rescuer adult CPR, you should deliver a compression to
ventilation ratio of:
a. 5:1
b. 5:2
c. 15:2
d. 30:2 - Correct Answers ✅d. 30:2
Initial treatment to dislodge a severe foreign body airway
obstruction in a responsive infant involves:
