CPR

Question 1

What is the rate of ventilation to chest compressions for children?

Answer 1

5 initial rescue breaths

15 chest compressions: 2 ventilations

Question 2

What is the ratio of ventilations to chest compressions for adults?

Answer 2

30 chest compressions: 2 ventilations

Question 3

When would you activate the AED?

Answer 3

After 5 cycles of chest compressions and ventilations

Question 4

What does SMART stand for?

Answer 4

Scene management

Mechanism of injury

Additional resources

Regulatory

Triage

Question 5

What is meant by scene management?

Answer 5

Where the patient is? Chest rising/falling? Breathing? Catastrophic haemorrhage?

USE YOUR SENSES

Question 6

What is meant by mechanism of injury?

Answer 6

What’s caused the trauma? Injury? What’s happened?

Question 7

What is meant by additional resources?

Answer 7

Who do I need? H.A.R.T? Police? Care team? Another crew? General public? Are they medically trained?

Question 8

What is meant by regulatory?

Answer 8

DNR in place? The trusts policies and procedures, uniform etc…

Question 9

What is meant by triage?

Answer 9

How many patients have we got?

Question 10

What does AVPU stand for?

Answer 10

Alert

Voice/verbal

Pain

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