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American Red Cross BLS Final Assessment Test with Answers Rated A
While orienting a new medical assistant to the facili-
ty,
you
find
a
patient
who
is
unresponsive
in
the
exam
room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!"
Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates
closed-loop communication?
The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines
she is choking. Which intervention should the nurse im-
plement?
After
immediately
initiating
the
emergency
response
sys-
tem,
what
is
the
next
link
in
the
Adult
In-Hospital
Cardiac
Chain of Survival?
You
are
providing
high-quality
CPR
on
a
6-year-old
patient
who
weighs
44
pounds.
The
AED
arrives.
It
does
not
have
a
pediatric
setting
and
includes
only
adult
AED
pads.
What
should you do?
You
have
assessed
your
patient
and
recognized
that
they
are
in
cardiac
arrest.
You
should
begin
CPR
.
You
enter
Ms.
Evers's
room
and
notice
she
is
slumped
over
in
her
chair
and
appears
unresponsive
and
cyanotic.
You
do
not
see
signs
of
life-threatening
bleeding.
Which
is
the
next appropriate action?
A
well-organized
team
response
when
performing
high-quality
CPR
includes
ensuring
that
providers
switch
ott performing compressions every
minutes.
You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a
72-year-old
patient,
Ben
Phillips.
When
Mr.
Phillips
shows
signs of ROSC, where should you perform the pulse check?
"I'll go
get the
AED."
Cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts
Early
high-quality
CPR
Use
the
adult
AED
pads.
Immediately
Check
for
responsiveness.
2
At
the
carotid
or
femoral
artery
Modified
jaw-thrust
maneuver
