American Red Cross: Emergency Medical
Response BLS Certification Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. When providing ventilations for an adult patient in cardiac arrest with an advanced airway in
place: - CORRECT ANSWERS d. Provide continuous compressions with 1 ventilation
every 6 seconds
2. All of the following are components of scene size-up except: - CORRECT
ANSWERS b. Checking for responsiveness
3. To ensure effective high-quality CPR for an adult, which of the following is most appropriate?
- CORRECT ANSWERS b. Minimize interruptions of chest compressions to less than 10
seconds
4. Your initial impression of a patient is based on: - CORRECT ANSWERS a. How the
patient appears to you as you size up the scene
5. When assessing an unresponsive adult who has been pulled from the water, you find what he
has only occasional gasps, no definitive pulse and no severe life-threatening bleeding. Which of
the following should you do next? - CORRECT ANSWERS c. Open the airway and check
for breathing
6. How should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant during CPR
with two trained responders? - CORRECT ANSWERS c. Encircling thumbs technique
with thumbs just below the nipple line
Response BLS Certification Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. When providing ventilations for an adult patient in cardiac arrest with an advanced airway in
place: - CORRECT ANSWERS d. Provide continuous compressions with 1 ventilation
every 6 seconds
2. All of the following are components of scene size-up except: - CORRECT
ANSWERS b. Checking for responsiveness
3. To ensure effective high-quality CPR for an adult, which of the following is most appropriate?
- CORRECT ANSWERS b. Minimize interruptions of chest compressions to less than 10
seconds
4. Your initial impression of a patient is based on: - CORRECT ANSWERS a. How the
patient appears to you as you size up the scene
5. When assessing an unresponsive adult who has been pulled from the water, you find what he
has only occasional gasps, no definitive pulse and no severe life-threatening bleeding. Which of
the following should you do next? - CORRECT ANSWERS c. Open the airway and check
for breathing
6. How should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant during CPR
with two trained responders? - CORRECT ANSWERS c. Encircling thumbs technique
with thumbs just below the nipple line
