Basic Life Support MCQ ALS for Pacific Family Medicine pre-course test. This is an open book exam, and candidates may refer to the Youtube videos, ALS handbook, or other resources. However, candidates may not ask other candidates for their answers - this is cheating! OK Question Title * 1. Please enter your name in the text box ... OK Question Title * 2. You witness a middle-aged man collapse on an escalator in an airport. He clutches his chest and slumps over a bystander behind him, who places him on the floor at the bottom of the down-going escalator. As first responder, your next action is to: Check for a pulse Phone triple-zero (000) for an ambulance Ask a bystander to locate and return with an AED Move the man out of the way of pedestrian traffic on the escalator OK Question Title * 3. You yell at him and rub his sternum, but receive no response. Your next action is: Begin high-quality CPR Ask a bystander to call 933 for an ambulance Perform head tilt/ chin lift, and check for breathing Check for a pulse OK Question Title * 4. The man remains unresponsive and gasps irregularly. Your next action is: Count his breaths per minute Check his pulse Begin high-quality CPR Check his pupils OK Question Title * 5. You have been working on the man for 2 minutes, but he remains unresponsive and an AED or ambulance hasn't yet arrived. Your next action is: Check his pulse Check his pupils Begin or continue one rescue breath every 5-6 seconds Begin or continue high-quality CPR OK Question Title * 6. After a further 2 minutes, you pause your efforts to check his response, but still cannot detect breathing or pulse after 10 seconds. Your next action is: Continue to check his response, breathing and pulse for a further 10 seconds Check his pupils Begin or continue high-quality CPR Begin or continue one rescue breath every 5-6 seconds OK Question Title * 7. An AED arrives and you open the man's shirt to find a hairy chest. The AED cannot get a good signal, even though you have pressed the pads down hard. Your next action is: Remove these pads, and apply new pads in the same location Apply pads to less hairy areas of the body, eg. inner left arm and right neck Find a razor and shave the man's chest hair Don't use the AED, but continue your resuscitation until the ambulance arrives OK Question Title * 8. With the pads applied, the voice prompt then analyses and advises a shock which is delivered. Your next action is: Check his response to voice commands and sternal rub Check his pulse and breathing Check his pupils Immediately resume high-quality CPR OK Question Title * 9. 2 minutes after delivering the shock, he is not obviously responsive. Your next action is: Begin or continue high-quality CPR Check his pulse and breathing Check his pupils Analyse his cardiac rhythm, and repeat shock if advised OK Question Title * 10. The man now has a pulse and is spontaneously breathing normally, but remains unresponsive to voice commands or sternal rub. Your next action is: Resume high-quality CPR for an additional 2 minutes Continue to monitor pulse and breathing until ambulance arrives Take off AED pads and wait for ambulance to arrive Expose and perform head-to-toe examination OK DONE