BLS - BLS for Adults

You and a team of trained providers are performing CPR on an adult patient. One team member has gone to get additional resources and the AED. Which of the following statements are true about AED use?

1. After the shock is delivered, the team should immediately resume CPR. They do not need to wait for the AED prompt. 2. Team members should rotate roles every 2 minutes, which is generally during the AED analysis, to prevent compressor fatigue. 3. The compressor should continue providing compressions until the AED pads are applied and the AED prompts that it is analyzing.

You are working as part of a high-performance BLS team. Which roles would you and the other providers most likely fill?

1. Airway manager/ventilator 2. Environmental technologist 3. Compressor 4. Team leader 5. AED operator

You are working with a BLS team performing CPR on a 62-year-old female patient. Which actions demonstrate high-quality CPR?

1. Allow for full chest recoil after each compression. 2. Deliver smooth ventilations that last about 1 second each and make the chest begin to rise. 3. Compress the chest at a rate of 100 to 120 per minute.

You are evaluating the quality of CPR provided by the BLS team. Which methods would you use for this evaluation?

1. Chest compression fraction 2. Capnography 3. Feedback device 4. Visual observation

You are delivering ventilations with a bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator to an adult patient in cardiac arrest. Which actions are correct?

1. Hold the mask in place with the E-C hand position. 2. Ensure that the chest begins to rise. 3. Seal the mask and open the airway by lifting the jaw into the mask.

An adult patient with an endotracheal tube (ET) in place experiences cardiac arrest and requires CPR. Which of the following statements are true when performing high-quality CPR with an ET tube in place?

1. The provider performs continuous compressions without pausing for ventilations. 2. The provider delivers 1 ventilation every 6 seconds.

Identify the situations in which it is safe to use an AED.

1. If the patient has a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), providing the AED pads are not placed directly over the device 2. If the patient is lying on a metal surface, providing the AED pads do not touch the surface and no one is touching the patient during shock 3. If the patient is wearing jewelry or has body piercings, providing the AED pads are not placed directly over any metallic jewelry or piercings 4. If the patient is pregnant 5. If the patient is experiencing cardiac arrest as a result of a traumatic injury

An adult patient suffers cardiac arrest in bed and requires CPR. When compressing the patient's chest, which technique promotes high-quality CPR?

1. Position yourself so your shoulders are directly over your hands. 2. Place one hand on top of the other and interlace your fingers or hold them up so that they are not resting on the patient's chest. 3. Keep your arms straight and lock your elbows. Compress the chest using a straight down-and-up motion.

You have been performing multiple-provider CPR on a patient in cardiac arrest. The patient is now showing signs of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Which action(s) would the team perform?

1. Stop CPR. 2. Check for breathing and pulse. 3. Monitor the patient until the advanced cardiac life support team takes over.

You and another provider are performing CPR on an adult patient in cardiac arrest. An advanced airway is not yet in place. Which actions demonstrate appropriate care?

1. You use a compression-to-ventilation ratio of 30:2. 2. You use the same hand position and compression rate and depth as you would for single-provider CPR. 3. One provider focuses on rapid assessment and starting CPR; the other calls for additional resources and gets the AED.

You demonstrate high-quality CPR by keeping interruptions in CPR to less than _____ seconds.

10

You arrive with an AED and prepare to apply the pads while the BLS team continues to provide CPR. You apply the pads using the anterior/lateral pad placement.

Patient's upper right chest, below the right clavicle to the right of the sternum Patient's lower left chest along the midaxillary line, a few inches below the left armpit

The team leader assigns roles, supports the team, monitors the delivery of CPR and makes adjustments in real time. The team members deliver expert care within their assigned roles, assist others as needed (as long as they can maintain their own assigned responsibilities) and communicate effectively with the team leader and each other. True or false?

True