CPR/AED Skill Test Cheat Sheet
This outlines everything you need to pass your CPR/AED Skills test. Best of luck!
CPR/AED
BSI/PPE/Scene Safety
Dispatch/“Did any bystanders see what happened?”
Check AVPU
A — “Does PT track me as I approach?”
V — “Sir my name is ___. Can you hear me?”
P — Trap Pinch
U — PT is unconscious
Check carotid pulse looking, listening and feeling for breathing, chest rise and fall, and pulse for no more than 10 seconds.
*Call ALS, Send Partner to Retrieve AED
Begin Chest Compressions: 30:2
- Rate of 100–120 compressions a minute
- Depth of 2–2.4 inches
- Allowing Full Chest Recoil
Once partner arrives with AED, instruct partner to take over CPR 30:2
Set Up AED
Place pads
Plug in
Work around partner doing chest compressions and apply pads
Verbalize “stand clear” when AED states “analyzing shock”
When shock is delivered, immediately go back into CPR
Go until proctor says stop
