BLS CPR
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1. Which pulse check will be used to asses the pulse of Carotid pulse
the victim for an unresponsive adult victim? check
2. Your adult friend suddenly collapses at home, and you Pinch the nose
determine that he needs CPR. You begin CPR, starting closed and seal
with chest compressions, and are about to deliver your lips around
breaths by using the mouth-to-mouth technique. You his mouth before
open your friend's airway with a head tilt-chin lift. delivering a breath
What action should you take next?
3. When using a pocket mask, the rescuer would be True Yes, when
positioned at the side of the victim. Is this statement using the pocket
true or false? mask, the rescuer
should be posi-
tioned at the side
of the victim.
4. You and your colleague respond to an adult male Activate the emer-
victim and has no pulse, what do you instruct your gency response
colleague to do? who is unresponsive. After assess- system and get the
ing that the victim is not breathing AED
5. When should the rescuer operating the AED clear the During analysis
victim? and before shock
delivery.
6. 2. After the AED delivers a shock, what should the Resume CPR,
rescuers do next? starting with chest
compressions
7. When you are performing high-quality CPR on a child, About 2 inches
what is the correct depth of compressions?
8. If a rescuer is alone and witnessed a child collapse Activate the emer-
and the child is not breathing and does not have a gency response
pulse, what is the next step? system and get the
AED
9. In 2-rescuer BLS for a child with unwitnessed car- Initially, while get-
diac arrest, when does activation of the emergency ting the AED; 15:2
, BLS CPR
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response system occur, and what is the compres-
sion-to-ventilation ratio?
10. What are the correct chest compression depths for At least 2 inches
adult, child, and infant CPR? (5 cm) for adult,
about 2 inches (5
cm) for child, and
about 1 1/2 inch-
es (4 cm) for infant
CPR
11. How do you check for a brachial pulse on an infant? Place 2 or 3 fin-
gers on the in-
side of the upper
arm, midway be-
tween the infant's
elbow and shoul-
der
12. Which rescuer is performing chest compressions cor- 2 thumb-encircling
rectly on an infant when 2 rescuers are present? hands technique
13. For a pediatric victim, if the AED does not include Attach the adult
smaller-sized pads designed for children younger pads to the vic-
than 8 years, what should you do? tim's bare chest
14. What are considered to be the resuscitation triangle Compressor,
roles in a high-performance team? Airway, and
AED/Monitor/De-
fibrillator
15. What are the 2 team roles that alternate after every 5
cycles or 2 minutes to avoid fatigue?
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