Ch. 14 BLS Flashcards
Mechanical Piston Device
Depresses the sternum via a plunger mounted on a backboard
Abdominal Thrust Maneuver
Method of dislodging food or other material from the throat of a conscious choking victim
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Non-invasive emergency lifesaving car used to treat airway obstructions, respiratory arrests, and cardiac arrest
Advanced Life Support (ALS)
Procedures such as cardiac monitoring, IV medications, advanced airway adjuncts
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
The steps used to reestablish artificial ventilation and circulation in a patient who is not breathing and has no pulse
Gastric Distension
The stomach becoming filled with air
Impedance Threshold Device
A valve device that helps to draw more blood back to the heart during chest compressions
Head tilt-chin maneuver
Opening the airway in a patient who has not sustained trauma to the cervical spine
Jaw-thrust maneuver
Opening the airway without causing manipulation to the cervical spine
Recovery Position
Used to maintain an open airway in an adequately breathing patient with a decreased level of consciousness
Brain damage is likely after ______ min
4-6 min
All of the following are considered advanced lifesaving procedures EXCEPT
Bag-mask ventilation
There is a conscious infant who is choking, you would first give 5 back slaps followed by
5 chest thrusts
In most cases, cardiac arrest in infants and children results from:
Respiratory arrest
Common causes of respiratory arrest in infants and children
Foreign body obstruction (fbao)
Resuscitation would NOT be initiated if which if the following obvious signs of death were present:
Decapitation
Incorrect: bleeding, dependent edema, pale skin
Once you begin CPR in the field, you must continue until:
A person of equal or higher training relieves you
If you encounter a pregnant patient in cardiac arrest, your priorities are to provide high-quality CPR and:
Relive pressure off the aorta and vena cava
Fast aggressive ventilations could result in:
Gastric distention
Stoma
An opening that connects the trachea directly to the skin
In the adult, cardiac arrest is determined by the absence of the pulse at the ____
Carotid
In the adult, the proper hand replacement for chest compressions is accomplished by placing the heel of one hand:
On the lower half of the sternum
NOT a common complication from performing chest compressions?
Lacerated pancreas
Fractured ribs, lacerated liver, fractured sternum
When checking infant pulse, palpate the ______ artery
Brachial
Rate of compressions for infant
100:120
Ratio of compression for infant and children when performing 2 person CPR
15:2
Use ______ for women in advanced stages of pregnancy who are conscious and suffering from FBAO
Cheat thrusts
Mild airway obstruction, you should:
Not interfere with patients attempt to expel foreign body
Hard lump in the chest
Pace Maker
Four obvious signs of death
Rigor mortis, dependent lividity, putrefaction, decapitation
Five respiratory problems leading to cardiac arrest in children:
Injury (blunt or penetrating), respiratory tract infection (or organ infection), fbao, drowning, electrocution, SIDS
How to perform jaw-thrust maneuver
Placing fingers behind angle of the jaw and bringing jaw forward (cervical spine injury)
