BASIC LIFE
SUPPORT 2020
(ONLINE EXAM)
Total points 19/21
INSTRUCTIONS: READ EACH OF THE
FOLLOWING QUESTION CAREFULLY AND
THEN CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER.
(YOU MAY REFER TO YOUR BLS PROVIDER
MANUAL)
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1. When Chest compression *1/1
stop, blood flow _______
significantly
increases
decreases
improves
circulates
2. You are using a bag-mask *1/1
device to ventilate a 16-year-
old in cardiac arrest who
suddenly collapsed. An
endotracheal tube has been
placed by an advanced life
support provider on the
resuscitation team. Proper
ventilation technique in the
situation requires that you:
Squeeze the bag to deliver 1
breath every 6 seconds
Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath
every 10 seconds
Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath
when the AED is analyzing the heart
rhythm
Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath
during each pause in compressions
3. This technique may be *1/1
useful for larger infants or
when the BLS provider has
difficulty compressing the
appropriate depth.
The 2-Finger Technique
The 2-Hands Technique
The Heel of One Hand
Technique
The 2-Thum-Encircling Hands
Technique
4.You are the only BLS *0/1
provider responding to
witnessed collapse of a 11-
year-old child during a softball
game. The scene is safe, and
you have taken standard
precautions. The patient is
unresponsive and gasping
occasionally. You do not feel a
carotid pulse and an AED is
within sight. What should you
do?
Assess for a femoral pulse and,
if absent, deliver about 2
minutes of CPR.
Open the airway and provide rescue
breathing or bag-mask ventilation
Immediately start high-quality CPR,
beginning with chest compressions
Activate EMS or your occupational
emergency action plan and get the
AED.
5. Which link in the out-of- *1/1
hospital adult chain of survival
is critical to survival when a
patient's heart is in an
abnormal rhythm like
pulseless ventricular
tachycardia (PVT) and
ventricular fibrillation (VF)?
DeSbrillation
Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
Prevention
Recovery
6. Supporting a patient's *1/1
physical and emotional needs
that are ongoing after hospital
discharge is which link in the
chain of survival?
Early Recognition and Prevention
Activation of Emergency Response
Advanced Resuscitation
Recovery
7. Your adult patient is making *1/1
abnormal gasping, snoring
sounds. You definitely feel a
carotid pulse. What should you
do?
Start high-quality CPR, beginning
with chest compressions.
Assess scene safety and take
standard precautions
Check the carotid pulse about every
two minutes.
Provide rescue breathing or bag-
mask ventilation.
8. When assessing an *1/1
unresponsive adult, child, or
infant, you should take no
longer than _____ seconds to
simultaneously assess
breathing and pulse.
10
20
9. When ventilating a child *1/1
with a bag-mask device, give 1
breath every 2-3 seconds.
Deliver each breath over ____
second(s) in length while
watching for chest rise.
0.5
1.5
10. You are the only BLS *1/1
provider responding to "baby
not breathing". The scene is
safe, and you have taken
standard precautions. The
infant is unresponsive. You
have activated EMS or your
occupational emergency
action plan. Other providers
are on the way with an AED.
You do not feel a brachial
pulse. What should you do?
Assess for a femoral pulse
Provide one breath every 2-3
seconds
Immediately start high-quality
CPR, beginning with chest
compressions
Check the brachial pulse every 2
minutes until other providers arrive
11.You and another BLS *1/1
provider have responded to a
call for a 5-month-old infant
with trouble breathing. The
scene is safe. You have taken
standard precautions. The
infant is unresponsive and
gasping. You have activated
EMS or your occupational
emergency action plan. A
weak brachial pulse at about
40 beats per minute is felt.
The infant's skin is mottled,
and the hands and feet are
cool to touch. Other BLS
providers are a few minutes
away with an AED. What
should you do?
Start high-quality CPR
Maintain an open airway
Re-assess responsiveness, airway,
breathing and pulse
Provide bag-mask ventilation and
check the pulse every 2 minutes
12. You are attempting to *1/1
resuscitate an unresponsive
25-year-old who overdosed on
fentanyl. The scene is safe.
You have taken standard
precautions. EMS or your
occupational emergency
action plan has been
activated. The patient is
making snorting sounds. The
carotid pulse is definitely felt.
You have a bag-mask device,
AED, and Narcan Nasal Spray.
What should you do?
Start high-quality CPR, beginning
with chest compressions
Power on the AED. Apply adult pads
to patient's bare chest.
Re-assess the patient's
responsiveness, airway breathing,
and pulse.
Ventilate the patient and give
naloxone per local medical
protocol.
13. You are alone BLS provider *1/1
responding to a possible
cardiac arrest. The scene is
safe, and you have taken
standard precautions. The
patient is unresponsive. You
have activated EMS or your
occupational emergency
action plan . Other providers
are on the way and you have
an AED. The patient is
occasionally gasping. You do
not feel a carotid pulse. What
should you do?
Immediately start CPR, beginning
with chest compressions
Power on the AED. Apply adult
pads to patient's bare chest.
Re-assess the patient's
responsiveness, airway, breathing
and pulse.
Open the airway and provide rescue
breathing or bag-mask ventilation.
14. You are providing CPR to a *1/1
child under 8 years of age
when the AED arrives, but
there are no child AED pads
available. What should you do?
Use the adult AED pads
Immediately resume CPR
Do not use the adult AED pads
Make sure adult pads overlap each
other
15. When using an AED on *1/1
pediatric patient, it may be
necessary to:
Adjust the attenuator after shock is
advised
Pause the compressions while the
device is charging
Turn off the attenuator to adjust the
energy setting higher
Activate the button or "key" to
adjust the shock level lower
16. You are working as part of *0/1
high-performance
resuscitation team. The BLS
provider ventilating an infant
with a bag-mask device
should:
Keep the infant's head tilted beyond
the neutral position
Ventilate fast, at a rate - 1 breath
every second, or 60 per minute
Encourage the compressor to
perform high quality compressions
Give a rescue breath by blowing
through the valve opening of the
mask
17. Teamwork in high- *1/1
performance resuscitation
requires the use of
____________.
an AED
two stopwatches
a bag-mask device
effective communication
18. Four BLS providers have *1/1
been performing CPR on a
cardiac arrest patient for 18
minutes. The last switch in
roles was only about a minute
ago, but the compressor says,
"I'm exhausted". What should
they do?
Coordinate to switch out the
compressor
Stop CPR for about 2 minutes to
rest
Encourage the compressor to
perform high-quality compressions
Stop compressions but continue to
ventilate once every 6 seconds
19. A teenager nearby is *1/1
eating and laughing with
friends when suddenly he
begins coughing. Then his
coughing stops, and he
stands, holding his hands to
his throat. The scene is safe,
and you have taken standard
precautions. You should:
Encourage him to continue
coughing to relieve a minor airway
obstruction
Have someone activate EMS or
your EAP while you begin
abdominal thrusts
Perform about 2 minutes of CPR
before leaving to activate EMS or
your EAP.
Open his mouth to check for an
object before delivering rescue
breaths.
20. A 6-year-old who was *1/1
eating suddenly begins
coughing loudly. The scene is
safe, and you have taken
standard precautions. You
approach and the child says, "I
choked...on my crackers." You
should:
Encourage the child to continue
coughing forcefully
Kneel behind the child and begin
abdominal thrusts
Attempt to sweep the obstruction
our of the mouth
Stand behind the child and
forcefully deliver 5 back slaps
21. You are attempting to *1/1
relieve a severe airway
obstruction in a responsive
pregnant patient. You should:
Give 5 forceful back slaps and 5
chest thrusts
Use chest thrusts instead of
abdominal thrusts
Perform about 2 minutes of CPR
before checking pulse
Reach into the mouth to sweep for
the obstructing object
NAME OF STUDENT *
Ann Margareth Parnada
COURSE DATE *
DD MM YYYY
22 / 01 / 2023
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