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You are alone on your lunch break, and as you get ready to enter the elevator to go to the lunch room, you observe a middle-aged man standing near you clutch his chest in pain and collapse. The man is now laying on the ground.

1. What should be your first intervention with this type of emergency and with any cardiac arrest emergency?

• • begin CPR

• verify scene safety

• • verify unresponsiveness

• • get a defibrillator

2. You verify that the victim is in a safe place away from the elevator and you to begin the BLS healthcare provider adult cardiac arrest algorithm. What will you do now?

• • give 2 rescue breaths

• • check responsiveness

• • get a defibrillator

• • begin CPR

4. You push the code blue button that is nearby. No one has arrived to help yet. What should you do now since you are a single rescuer?

• Get an AED or defibrillator and emergency equipment

• begin CPR

• go find help

• call 911

If you DO NOT definitely feel a pulse within ______ seconds, you should begin CPR by starting with chest compressions.

• • 20

• • 15

• • 10

• • 5

The pulse check reveals that there is no pulse, and you begin CPR. What else should you do at this time? (Choose all correct answers)

• • Follow the AED instructions

• • b. ensure cycles of CPR are performed 15 compressions to 2 ventilations

• • e. compress at a rate of 90 to 100 per minute

• • f. allow the chest to recoil completely after each compression

The AED is turned on and you are performing high-quality CPR. Your helper places the AED pads on the patient, and you now pause chest compressions, and "clear" the victim while the AED analyzes the rhythm. The AED instructs you to provide a shock to the victim, and you provide the shock by pushing the shock button on the AED. What should you always do immediately after a shock?

• • turn the AED off

• • allow the AED to reanalyze the rhythm

  • begin CPR with chest compressions

  • chest for a pulse

• • begin CPR with chest compressions

• • check for a pulse

High-quality CPR continues. After approximately 90 seconds of continued CPR, the victim begins to moan and move their head.

Congratulations, you have performed a successful resuscitation on this patient!

Choose the two indications that allow for you to stop performing BLS CPR.

• • Stop when ALS providers take over

• • Stop when the patient has a pulse

• • Stop when the AED advises you to stop

• • Stop when the victim starts to move

A 2-year-old boy fell into a swimming pool and went unnoticed for a short period of time. Once noticed, the child was pulled out of the water by his mother who was in a panic. You are a BLS provider and you offer assistance. You first ensure that the scene is safe.

What will be your intervention at this point in the scenario?

• • begin CPR

• • check a pulse

• • check for responsiveness

• • give two rescue breaths

You establish that the child is unresponsive by tapping the child shoulder and shouting, "Are you OK?" since the child is unresponsive, what will be your next intervention?

• • instruct an onlooker to call 911 and get an AED

• • check for a pulse

• • give two rescue breaths

• • begin CPR

The onlooker calls 911 on the cell phone and then goes to find an AED. What is your next intervention?

• • begin CPR

• • wait for the AED

• • look for breathing and check for a pulse simultaneously

• • obtain a brief medical history from the mother