FREE BLS Certification: Respiratory Arrest Questions and Answers

Question 1

Unnoticed for a short amount of time, a 2-year-old boy fell into a swimming pool. When the youngster was discovered, his mother, who was terrified, quickly took him out of the water. As a BLS provider, you provide help. You start by making sure the area is secure.
At this point in the scenario, what action will you take?

Accepted Answer

check for responsiveness

Answer

After ensuring scene safety, the very first action in any BLS scenario, including a drowning victim, is to check for responsiveness. This initial assessment determines if the child is conscious and requires further intervention. Only after confirming unresponsiveness do you proceed to call for help and assess for breathing and pulse.

Question 2

What would you do after establishing that the child is unresponsive by tapping the child's shoulder and asking, "Are you OK?" now that the kid is not responding?

Accepted Answer

instruct an onlooker to call 911 and get an AED

Answer

After determining that the child is unresponsive, the next critical step is to activate the emergency response system and retrieve an AED. If bystanders are present, you should instruct one to call 911 (or the local emergency number) and another to find an AED. This ensures professional help is on the way and life-saving equipment is brought to the scene.

Question 3

The bystander uses their cell phone to dial 911 and then goes in search of an AED. How will you intervene next?

Accepted Answer

look for breathing and check for a pulse simultaneously

Answer

While waiting for the bystander to call 911 and retrieve the AED, you should immediately assess the child's condition. This involves simultaneously looking for breathing and checking for a pulse for no more than 10 seconds. This assessment will guide whether to start CPR or provide rescue breaths.

Question 4

The pulse check confirms that the infant DOES have a pulse and that the child IS NOT breathing. The heartbeat is roughly 90 per minute.
(Is it correct?) As soon as the heart rate drops below 100 beats per minute, you should start chest compressions.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

False. Chest compressions should be started if the infant's heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute AND there are signs of poor perfusion (e.g., pallor, mottling, cyanosis). A heart rate of 90 beats per minute, even without breathing, is not an indication to start chest compressions. In this scenario, rescue breaths would be the appropriate intervention.

Question 5

An observer who had gone to get an AED returns. What will your following intervention be?

Accepted Answer

begin rescue breathing

Answer

When an observer returns with an AED, but the patient is still unresponsive and not breathing normally, the immediate priority is to provide ventilations. While the AED will be applied shortly, initiating rescue breathing is the critical next step to provide oxygen to the patient. This action addresses the immediate life threat of absent breathing.

BLS - Basic Life Support Practice Test

BLS - Basic Life Support Practice Test

FREE BLS Certification: Respiratory Arrest Questions and Answers