BLS

BLS: Qquestion and Answer by (NHCPS)

True or False: The jaw-thrust maneuver should be used to open the airway of an individual with a suspected head or neck injury.

Your Answer: True

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True or False: It is recommended to minimize interruptions in CPR for pulse checks and shocks.

Your Answer: True

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True or False: For infants, an AED is preferred to a manual defibrillator for defibrillation.

Your Answer: False

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True or False: If the individual is making high pitched wheezing noises and gasping for air you should encourage them to cough.

Your Answer: True

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True or False: An AED may be used normally even if the individual is lying on snow.

Your Answer: True

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True or False: CPR is performed while a second rescuer gets an AED.

Your Answer: True

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True or False: Interruptions in CPR for repeated defibrillator shocks provide better resuscitation in all individuals.

Your Answer: False

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True or False: If the individual has no pulse and the rhythm is NOT shockable, it is always recommended that you insert advanced airway; then start CPR.

Your Answer: False

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What is the compression to ventilation ratio you should use when giving CPR to any individual?

15:01

15:02

*30:02:00

30:01:00

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When performing two-rescuer CPR, how often should you switch roles?

After every 10 cycles of CPR

*After every five cycles of CPR

After every 15 cycles of CPR

After every cycle of CPR

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

Carotid or femoral artery

Temporal artery

Popliteal artery

*Brachial artery

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Why are breaths so important for children and infants in cardiac arrest?

*Because they often have respiratory failure that reduces the oxygen content in the blood before the onset of arrest.

Because they have smaller lungs.

Because breaths help to dislodge foreign bodies.

None of the above

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With an advanced airway in place during two-rescuer CPR, how often should breaths administered?

Every 2 to 3 seconds ( 20 to 30 breaths per minute)

*Every 6 to 8 seconds ( 8 to 10 breaths per minute)

Every 4 to 5 seconds ( 12 to 15 breaths per minute)

Every 10 to 12 seconds ( 5 to 6 breaths per minute)

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The rescuer’s exhaled air contains approximately _____ oxygen and _____ carbon dioxide.

10%, 8%

21%, 2%

6%, 12%

*17%, 4%

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Rescue breaths for children and infants should be administered how often?

*Every 3 to 5 seconds (12 to 20 breaths per minute)

Every 10 to 12 seconds (5 to 6 breaths per minute)

Every 5 to 6 seconds (10 to 12 breaths per minute)

Every 20 to 30 seconds (2 to 3 breaths per minute)

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How should you attempt to relieve choking in a responsive individual over the age of one year?

Back slaps

Finger sweep

None of the above

*Abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)

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What is the next step when an adult choking individual becomes unresponsive?

Defibrillate.

*Activate the emergency response system.

Give rescue breaths.

Check for pulse.

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What is the appropriate way to clear an object from an infant’s airway?

Abdominal thrusts

The Heimlich maneuver

Blind finger sweep

*Back blows and chest thrusts

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An AED can be used in which of the following special situations?

Individual with an implanted pacemaker

Individual with a transdermal medication patch on

Individual with an hairy chest

*All of the above

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What should you do if the individual chest is wet when using an AED?

*Quickly wipe it dry before proceeding with AED use.

Proceed with AED use as usual.

Do not use an AED device.

Rub isopropyl alcohol on the individual skin before proceeding with AED use.

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You are alone when you encounter an individual in what appears to be cardiac or respiratory arrest. What are the first three steps you should take to stabilize the individual? Check for danger, check for response, and ____________.

Administer an initial shock.

Insert an advanced airway.

*Activate EMS.

Start CPR.

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You are alone when you encounter an adult with cardiac arrest. Individual is not breathing, has no pulse, and has no suspected cervical spine trauma. Which maneuver should you use to open the airway?

Jaw-thrust maneuver

Blind finger-sweeps

*Head-tilt-chin-lift maneuver

Head-tilt maneuver only

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Which of the following may be essential to maintaining an individual’s airway open?

Chest thrusts

Rescue breaths

O2 administration

*An advanced airway

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Which of the following would be your next call to action if the rhythm is unshockable, and there is no pulse?