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BLS Study Guide Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What should you do if an AED is available and advises a shock?
- Begin chest compressions immediately
- Wait for the AED to analyze the heart rhythm again
- Ensure no one is touching the victim, and deliver the shock
- Give 2 rescue breaths before delivering the shock
✔✔C) Ensure no one is touching the victim, and deliver the shock
How should you perform chest compressions on a pregnant woman?
- Apply more pressure to the abdomen
- Use one hand instead of two for compressions
- Avoid applying pressure to the abdomen and compress the chest as usual
- Perform chest compressions only with minimal force
✔✔C) Avoid applying pressure to the abdomen and compress the chest as usual
What is the recommended compression rate during CPR for both adults and children? 1 / 3
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- 80-100 compressions per minute
- 100-120 compressions per minute
- 120-140 compressions per minute
- 60-80 compressions per minute
✔✔B) 100-120 compressions per minute
When should you stop performing CPR?
- When the victim starts breathing on their own
- When emergency responders arrive
- When you become too exhausted to continue
- All of the above
✔✔D) All of the above
If you find an unresponsive adult who is not breathing and there is no AED available, what should you do?
- Start CPR with chest compressions and continue until help arrives
- Wait for emergency personnel to arrive
- Try to deliver rescue breaths only 2 / 3
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- Perform chest compressions for 1 minute before calling for help
✔✔A) Start CPR with chest compressions and continue until help arrives
How should you deliver rescue breaths to an infant during CPR?
- Pinch the infant’s nose and blow hard into the mouth
- Use a bag-mask device
- Give gentle puffs of air while covering both the nose and mouth
- Do not perform rescue breaths on an infant
✔✔C) Give gentle puffs of air while covering both the nose and mouth
If a victim is choking but still conscious, what should you do?
- Begin chest compressions immediately
- Perform the Heimlich maneuver or abdominal thrusts
- Start CPR immediately
- Perform back blows only
✔✔B) Perform the Heimlich maneuver or abdominal thrusts
What should you do if the chest does not rise during rescue breaths?
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