BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) TEST A: QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
1) What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respiratory
arrest or failure -- Answer ✔✔ 1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds
2) How is a child defined in terms of CPR care? -- Answer ✔✔ Someone from the
age of 1 to the onset of puberty
3) You are providing compressions on a 6 month-old who weighs 17 pounds. Which
compression depth is appropriate for this patient -- Answer ✔✔ about 1.5 inches
4) A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and
correctly perform chest compressions at what rate -- Answer ✔✔ 100 to 120
compressions per minute
5) you are providing high-quality CPR on a 6 year-old patient who weighs 44
pounds. The AED arrives it does not have a pediatric setting and only includes
adult AED pads, what should you do -- Answer ✔✔ use the adult aed pads
ANSWERS
1) What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respiratory
arrest or failure -- Answer ✔✔ 1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds
2) How is a child defined in terms of CPR care? -- Answer ✔✔ Someone from the
age of 1 to the onset of puberty
3) You are providing compressions on a 6 month-old who weighs 17 pounds. Which
compression depth is appropriate for this patient -- Answer ✔✔ about 1.5 inches
4) A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and
correctly perform chest compressions at what rate -- Answer ✔✔ 100 to 120
compressions per minute
5) you are providing high-quality CPR on a 6 year-old patient who weighs 44
pounds. The AED arrives it does not have a pediatric setting and only includes
adult AED pads, what should you do -- Answer ✔✔ use the adult aed pads
