BLS Precourse Self Assessment Questions Answers

After delivering a shock, what is the next step in caring for this patient?

The AED indicates shock advised. What is the next step?

A 49-year-old female suffers a witnessed cardiac arrest. She has a known cardiac history per her family. You notice a bulge in the upper left chest under the skin. There is a healed incision overlying that bulge. Which is true of AED use?

What does AED stand for?

The child begins to breathe spontaneously at a rate of 18. Her pulse is 50. What is the next step?

You are a daycare provider and find a 3-year-old child unresponsive. She had laid down for a nap because she was not feeling well and when you checked on her, she was not breathing and appeared blue. You are by yourself. What is the first step in managing this case?

Why are ventilations delivered to a pediatric arrest patient before seeking assistance in single rescuer scenarios?

What age is considered an infant for BLS purposes?

You assess that the patient still has a pulse, what is the next step in managing this case?

A 21-year-old intoxicated college student turns blue and collapses while eating a hot dog at a bar. What is the most likely cause?

The proper steps for operating an AED are:

In both infants and children, the compression to ventilation ratio for one-rescuer CPR is:

You are alone when you encounter a patient in what appears to be cardiac or respiratory arrest. What are the first three steps you should take to stabilize the patient? Check for danger, ____________, and send for help.

The 5 links in the adult Chain of Survival include all of the following EXCEPT:

An AED can be used safely in which of the following situations EXCEPT:

Where should you attempt to perform a pulse check in an adult?

The compression to ventilation ratio for the one-rescuer giving CPR to victims of ANY age is:

At what age is it necessary to use the child AED pads?

Critical characteristics of high-quality CPR include which of the following?

The 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR recommended BLS sequence of steps are:

A 7-year-old boy is struck by a car in front of your house. You find him unresponsive and bleeding from a wound on his forehead. How should you open his airway?

When you perform CPR, how do your chest compressions and rescue breathing help the victim of sudden cardiac arrest?

Which of the following most accurately characterizes when you should start chest compressions?

What is the correct rate or speed you should use to perform compressions for an adult victim of cardiac arrest?

You are performing CPR on an unresponsive man who was found in his bed. What is your ratio of compressions to ventilations?

Where should you place your hands on the chest of a victim when you are performing chest compressions?

A 52-year-old man collapses at the fitness center after a workout. To determine whether he is in cardiac arrest, you should check for signs of circulation. Part of this assessment is the pulse check. What is the preferred site for a pulse check in this adult victim?

You are performing 2-rescuer CPR. You are positioned at the victim's head. When you initially open the unresponsive victim's airway and find that he is not breathing adequately, how many initial breaths should you give?

You are performing rescue breathing with a bag-mask device and oxygen for a nonbreathing child with signs of circulation. How often should you provide rescue breaths for the child?

A 3-year-old child is eating in the hospital playroom. She suddenly begins coughing repeatedly. Her cough then quickly becomes soft and weak. She is making high-pitched noises while breathing in and seems to be in respiratory distress. Her skin is a bluish color. What is the most likely cause of her distress?

Healthcare providers are cautioned to look for "adequate" breathing when they open the airway and check for breathing in an unresponsive victim. What is the best explanation for the requirement that the healthcare provider look for more than just the presence or absence of breathing?

Before providing rescue breathing for an unresponsive victim, you must check for breathing. You do this by listening and feeling for airflow through the victim's nose or mouth and by:

You are responding to an emergency call for a child who was found unresponsive in her bed with no sign of trauma. How should you open her airway?

You have been talking with a 60-year-old man. He is alert and has been conversing normally. All at once, he becomes unresponsive and is not breathing. What should you do?

You work with an overweight 55-year-old dentist with no known history of heart disease. He begins to complain of sudden, severe, "crushing" pain under his breastbone, in the center of his chest. The pain has lasted more than 5 minutes. What problem should you think of right away, and what should you do?