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American Red Cross Final Exam BLS Questions & Answers, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive set of questions and answers related to the american red cross basic life support (bls) final exam. It covers various aspects of cpr, including airway management, chest compressions, ventilation, aed use, and team dynamics. Designed to help students prepare for the bls certification exam and enhance their understanding of cpr procedures.

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2024/2025

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American Red Cross Final Exam BLS
Questions & Answers
You and your colleagues have been providing high-quality CPR for and using the AED
on Mr. Sauer. While providing ventilations, you notice that Mr. Sauer moves and
appears to be breathing. What is the correct course of action? - ANSWERSStop CPR,
check for breathing and a pulse and monitor Mr. Sauer until the advanced cardiac life
support team takes over.
Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground, unresponsive. After
immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is your next action
according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival? - ANSWERSEarly CPR
The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient care includes
which three elements? - ANSWERSAssess, Recognize, Care
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which technique
should you use to open the patient's airway? - ANSWERSModified jaw-thrust maneuver
You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly goes
into cardiac arrest. While preparing the AED, your colleague reminds you that Mrs.
Tribble is 28 weeks pregnant. Which statement is true regarding the use of an AED on a
pregnant patient? - ANSWERSAED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know
that.
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR? - ANSWERSIn both
children and infants, the compression-to-ventilation ratio is 30:2 during single-provider
CPR and 15:2 during multiple-provider CPR.
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch splattered on the floor. She is slumped
over the bedside table and does not appear to be breathing. You perform a visual
survey and determine that the scene is safe. Which is the next appropriate action? -
ANSWERSCheck for responsiveness
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American Red Cross Final Exam BLS

Questions & Answers

You and your colleagues have been providing high-quality CPR for and using the AED on Mr. Sauer. While providing ventilations, you notice that Mr. Sauer moves and appears to be breathing. What is the correct course of action? - ANSWERSStop CPR, check for breathing and a pulse and monitor Mr. Sauer until the advanced cardiac life support team takes over. Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground, unresponsive. After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is your next action according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival? - ANSWERSEarly CPR The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient care includes which three elements? - ANSWERSAssess, Recognize, Care You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which technique should you use to open the patient's airway? - ANSWERSModified jaw-thrust maneuver You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly goes into cardiac arrest. While preparing the AED, your colleague reminds you that Mrs. Tribble is 28 weeks pregnant. Which statement is true regarding the use of an AED on a pregnant patient? - ANSWERSAED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that. You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR? - ANSWERSIn both children and infants, the compression-to-ventilation ratio is 30:2 during single-provider CPR and 15:2 during multiple-provider CPR. You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch splattered on the floor. She is slumped over the bedside table and does not appear to be breathing. You perform a visual survey and determine that the scene is safe. Which is the next appropriate action? - ANSWERSCheck for responsiveness

A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and correctly perform chest compressions at which rate? - ANSWERS100 to 120 per minute. During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most appropriate action? - ANSWERSAlert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked. While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop communication? - ANSWERS"I'll go get the AED." What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway? - ANSWERSThe patient is in a wheelchair. You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac arrest. Which is the most effective CPR technique to perform until help arrives? - ANSWERSWhen you are alone and performing CPR on an infant, use the two-finger technique. Standing to the side of the infant, place two fingers of your hand closest to the infant's feet in the center of the exposed chest, just below the nipple line on the sternum. Then provide 30 chest compressions. Compress to about 1½ inches deep at a rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute. As you do this, allow for complete chest recoil. Deliver 2 ventilations using a pocket mask. A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions every _____ minutes. - ANSWERS You and another provider are caring for a patient who is in cardiac arrest. You suspect that your patient has overdosed on an opioid. When should you administer intranasal naloxone? - ANSWERSAfter initiating CPR You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place. How does this affect compressions and ventilations? - ANSWERSThe team should provide ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without pausing compressions. You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider arrives to take over compressions. When switching roles, you should minimize interruptions in chest compressions to less than how many seconds? - ANSWERS you and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year old patient, ben phillips. When Mr. Phillips show signs of ROSC, where should you perform the pulse check? - ANSWERSat the carotid or femoral artery