BLS CPR

The very first thing you do if you see a person who might need CPR is to _____.

• give 30 compressions and 2 breaths
• check for responsiveness
• check to make sure the scene is safe
• yell for help and send someone to call 911 and get an AED

When you administer CPR, the 2 body systems your actions temporarily replace are the _____. 

• nervous and endocrine system
• respiratory and cardiovascular system
• digestive and integumentary system
• special senses and urinary system

When assessing a person to see if they are breathing, you should check for ____.

• at least 5 seconds, no more than 10
• 30 seconds
• at least one minute
• 20 seconds

When giving breaths, compressions should NOT be interrupted for any more than

• 1 minute
• 10 seconds
• 30 seconds
• 2 minutes

If you find an infant or child who needs CPR and you have shouted for help but no one showed up/no one is around to send for help and you do not have a phone close by, what do you do next?

• Immediately start CPR doing 5 sets of compressions and breaths, then go and call 911 or activate EMS yourself.  (Infants and small children can be carried with you.)
• Immediately go call 911, then start CPR
• Keep shouting until someone shows up
• keep assessing for responsiveness and breathing and hope the child starts breathing on their own

The letters “AED” stand for ___.

• atrial external discombobulator
• automated external defibrillator
• atrial external defibrillator
• automated endogenous defibrillator

The song that is used to keep the compression rate at the correct speed is ___?

• Stayin' Alive
• Like a surgeon
• Haven't got a Prater
• Please Come Back to Me

In CPR, chest compressions on an infant should be about ___.

• 2 inches
• 2.5 inches
• 1.5 inches
• 1 inch

Which of the following actions would most increase the chance of survival after a cardiac arrest?

• delaying the use of an AED
• calling 911 and waiting for EMS to start CPR
• quick defibrillation
• using 2 fingers for compressions on an adult 

In CPR, the correct compression depth for an adult would be at least ____.

• 1.5 inches
• 3 inches
• 1 inch
• 2 inches