ymca BLS test questions and answers 100% pass
The BLS program is intended to:
1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
5. Prepare ...
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages. - ✔️✔️- train BLS
providers in resuscitation
- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
what is BLS - ✔️✔️basic life support
When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver, the heart cannot pump
blood. These abnormal heart rhythms, or dysrhythmias, are known as
___________________ and _________________________.
You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The scene is safe, and you
have taken standard precautions. When you assess for breathing and pulse, you
definitely feel a pulse and see the person is breathing normally. You should:
1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
2. Provide rescue breathing.
3. Maintain an open airway.
4. Immediately use a nearby AED. - ✔️✔️Maintain an open airway.
When chest compressions stop, blood flow ______________________ significantly.
You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible adult cardiac arrest. The scene is
safe. You have taken standard precautions. The patient is unresponsive. You have
activated EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers are on the way. You have an AED. The
patient is occasionally gasping. You do not feel a carotid pulse. What should you do?
1. Immediately start CPR, beginning with chest compressions.
2. Power on the AED. Apply adult pads to the patient's bare chest.
3. Reassess the patient's responsiveness, airway, breathing, and pulse.
4. Open the airway and provide rescue breathing or bag-mask ventilation. - ✔️✔️Power
on the AED. Apply adult pads to the patient's bare chest.
You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible cardiac arrest. The scene is safe.
You have taken standard precautions. An untrained bystander heard the person
collapse. You have activated EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers are on the way. An
AED is located in the building, about 3 minutes away. The adult patient is unresponsive
and making gurgling sounds. You do not feel a carotid pulse. You have a CPR mask
with a one-way valve. What should you do?
1. Send the bystander to get the AED. Start high-quality CPR.
2. Get the AED. Tell the bystander to stay with the patient.
3. Open the airway and provide rescue breathing with the CPR mask.
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