BLS TEST Actual Questions and Verified Answers

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BLS TEST Actual Questions and Verified Answers

• You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is ex-

periencing cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to improve the patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and rationally identifying the connection between information and actions?Answer Critical thinking

• While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, 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?Answer "I'll go get the AED.

• During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each

member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most appropriate action?Answer Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked. 1 / 2

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• The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the

members of the BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient's status and the care already provided?Answer Team leader

• You have assessed your patient for 5 seconds and recognized that they are in

cardiac arrest. You should begin CPR .Answer Immediately

• 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 and the scene is safe. Which is the next appropriate action?Answer Check for responsiveness.

• You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing

respiratory arrest. You should give 1 ventilation every Answer 6 seconds

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