Chapter14: BLS Resuscitation

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a BLS Intervention?

Answer 1

Cardiac Monitoring

Question 2

Most prehospital cardia arrest i adults occur as the result of:

Answer 2

a cardiac dysthymia

Question 3

Which of the following maneuvers should be used to open a patient’s airway when a spinal injury is suspected

Answer 3

Jaw thrust

Question 4

A patent should be placed in the recovery position when he or she

Answer 4

is unresponsive, uninjured and breathing adequately

Question 5

When ventilating an apneic adult with a bag-mask device, you should deliver each breath:

Answer 5

while watching for adequate chest rise

Question 6

to ensure you will deliver the appropriate number of chest compressions during one-rescuer adult CPR, you should compress the patients chest at a rate of:

Answer 6

100 to 120 compressions per minute

Question 7

What is the correct ratio of compressions to ventilation’s when performing two-rescuer child CPR?

Answer 7

15:2

Question 8

In most cases. cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is caused by:

Answer 8

respiratory arrest

Question 9

When performing CPR on a child, you should compress the chest

Answer 9

with one or two hands

Question 10

Which of the following techniques shou;d you use to dislodge a foreign body airway obstruction in a patient who is in an advanced stage of pregnancy or who is very obese

Answer 10

chest thrust

Question 11

Which of the following is considered an obvious sign of death and would not require the initiation of CPR?

Answer 11

Dependent blood pooling

Question 12

When performing chest compressions on an adult, the EMT should compress:

Answer 12

at least 2 inches

Question 13

CPR will NOT be effective if the patient is

Answer 13

prone

Question 14

in two-rescuer adult CPR, you should deliver a compression to ventilation ratio of

Answer 14

30:2

Question 15

What is the minimum number of chest compressions that should be delivered per minute to a 4-month-old infant?

Answer 15

100

Question 16

When assessing the pulse of an unresponsive infant, you should palpate the _____ artery

Answer 16

brachial

Question 17

Initial treatment to dislodge a severe foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive infant involves

Answer 17

back slaps

Question 18

Gastric distention will MOST likely occur:

Answer 18

if you ventilate a patient too quickly

Question 19

You’re off duty at a park when you witness an apparently healthy 12-year-old child suddenly collapse. There are no bystanders around, and your mobile phone is in your car. After confirming that the child is in cardia arrest, you should

Answer 19

call 9-1-1 and then return to begin CPR on the child

Question 20

a 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should:

Answer 20

begin CPR until an AED is available