BLS CPR Exam Questions and Answers
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First, Check victim for 2 things simultaneously ✔✔Response & Breathing
If adult is unresponsive and not breathing, or not breathing normally, ✔✔Start CPR.
Compression rate
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BLS CPR Exam Questions and Answers
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First, Check victim for 2 things simultaneously ✔✔Response & Breathing
If adult is unresponsive and not breathing, or not breathing normally, ✔✔Start CPR.
Compression rate of: ✔✔100/min
infants
Adults ✔✔1.5 for infants
2 inches for adults
(or 1/3 of the chest circumference)
Lay people:
Medical Professionals: ✔✔Do not check for pulse.
Only up to 10 seconds to search for pulse.
Complete Sequence for 1 Rescuer: ✔✔1)Hey, are you okay?
2) activate emergency response, grab an AED.
3)Check pulse <10 seconds.
4)Start chest compressions (30)
5)2 rescue breaths
6)Chest compressions (30)
7)2 rescue breaths
REPEAT 6 & 7 until help arrives.
2 Rescuer Adult BLS ✔✔1)R1 Start Chest compressions (30)
2)R2 maintains airway and gives 2 breaths (30:2) (instruct R1 in accurate compression
technique.
3)If AED tells you to analyze, switch roles, or after every 5 cycles if No AED; switch should
take no less than 5 seconds.
1 rescuer compression technique and ratio for infants ✔✔2-finger chest compression, 15:2
2 rescuer compression technique for infants ✔✔2 thumb-encircling hands technique and 1/3
depth
AED ✔✔automated external defibrillator
agonal gasps ✔✔Abnormal breathing. May happen in the first minutes after sudden cardiac
arrest.
AHA ✔✔American Heart Association
Bag Mask ✔✔A hand-held device with a face mask
BLS ✔✔Basic Life Support
pulse check for infants ✔✔Brachial Artery found on infants upper arm
1-handed chest compressions ✔✔Child one hand compression
carotid artery pulse ✔✔pulse found in the neck
CPR ✔✔cardiopulmonary resuscitation
defibrillator ✔✔a machine that delivers an electroshock to the heart through electrodes placed on
the chest wall
ECC ✔✔emergency cardiovascular care
gastric inflation ✔✔when air enters the stomach instead of lungs if breathes are given to quickly.
mouth to mouth breathing ✔✔artificial respiration
rescue breathing ✔✔give air to someone who is not breathing
respiratory arrest ✔✔breathing stops but heart action continues for several minutes
C-A-B (NOT A-B-C) ✔✔circulation, airway, breathing
ratio for adult CPR ✔✔30:2
Universal Choking Sign ✔✔When they cross their hands around their neck
universal compressions ✔✔regular compressions when performing CPR-2 inches and 30:2
head position for infant CPR ✔✔sniffing or neutral position
chest recoil ✔✔allows blood to flow to the heart
witnessed child arrest, rescuer should ✔✔activate EMS and then begin 5 cycles of CPR
unwitnessed child arrest, rescuer should ✔✔immediatly begin 5 cycles CPR and then activate
EMS
C-A-B-D ✔✔compression-airway-breathing-defibrillation
6 critical concepts ✔✔start compressions within 10 sec, push hard and fast 100bpm 2 in. depth,
allow chest recoil, less then 10 sec interuption, effective breaths for chest rise, avoid excessive
ventilation
EMS ✔✔emergency response system
rescue breathing for adults ✔✔give 1 breath every 5-6 sec
rescue breathing in infants and children ✔✔give 1 breath every 3-5 seconds
if adult, child, or infant has a pulse but is not breathing effectively, rescuer should ✔✔give
breaths w/o chest compressions. this is rescue breathing
mouth to mouth ✔✔head tilt-chin lift, pinch nose closed, 1 second breath watching for chest rise
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