CPR again Flashcards
When performing CPR on an infant (laying face-up), you should use:
2 Fingers.
For Adults/Adolescents, you should call/activate EMS:(Before or after CPR)
Before providing CPR.
If you witness a child collapse, you should:
Activate EMS
You can check tasks (breathing and pulse) simultaneously within 10 seconds. (T OR F)
TRUE
When a patient is unconscious and non-responsive CPR should be performed.(T OR F)
TRUE
What is the correct word for C in C.A.B.?
COMPRESSIONS
If the patient’s chest is not inflating during the breathing task you should check the patient’s:
AIRWAY
100-120 chest compressions should be performed on the patient per minute.(T OR F)
TRUE
During the Breathing task for Infants you should:
Place mouth over Infant’s mouth and nose.
You should ask the patient if He/She is okay before performing CPR.(T OR F)
TRUE
Due to the essential nature of washing your hands, how much time is recommended to wash your hands?
20 seconds
You come upon a person who has lost a significant amount of blood, has a very pale skin color, and is confused. What do you suspect the cause to be?
Shock
While dining out in a restaurant you hear a mother cry out that her six-month-old child, who was given some marbles by an older child, is gagging. His mouth area is turning blue and he’s unable to take a breath or cry out. What would you do first in this scenario?
Deliver back blows and chest thrusts
While performing CPR on an infant, another rescuer appears on the scene, what do you do next?
Have the second rescuer help with CPR, to minimize fatigue
How long should you check for breathing while performing CPR?*
No longer then 10 seconds
After finding an unresponsive child, yelling for help, and confirming the child isn’t breathing what would be your next course of action?*
Deliver 30 chest compressions
When you try to give an unresponsive adult a rescue breath and the chest does not appear to rise, what would you do next?
Repeat the head tilt/chin lift maneuver and attempt the breath again
After finding someone who is unresponsive, has a pulse but does not appear to be breathing, you find you are unable to give them CPR, what do you do next?
Repeat the head tilt/chin lift maneuver and attempt the breath again
Arriving first to the scene, you find an unresponsive person with no pulse that has thrown up. You feel CPR is not something you are comfortable giving them. What would be the next best thing for you to do?
Compression only CPR
At what rate should chest compressions occur?
100 to 120/min
What is the correct chest compression depth for an adult?
At least 2 inches
After each compression:
Allow complete chest recoil
Interruptions in chest compressions should be limited to:
Less than 10 seconds
Before responding to a first aid scenario, what is the first question you should ask at the scene?
Safety of the scene
Personal protective equipment consists of the following items:
Gloves
Mask
Eye shield
What would be the most likely scenario if a 20-year-old dove headfirst off a dock and once they reached the surface of the water didn’t appear to be moving?
Neck injury
You are first to the scene and you find an unresponsive person with no pulse that has thrown up. You feel CPR is not something you are comfortable giving them. What would be the next best thing for you to do?
Compression only CPR
What would your next step be after you are performing single-person CPR and the AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) advises a shock?
Resume CPR with chest compressions
As a daycare provider that is working alone, one of your three-year-old children isn’t feeling well and lays down for a nap. After checking on the child, you notice they are not breathing and are blue in color. What would be the best step to take?
Deliver two minutes of CPR.
What do you do if an infant is choking and while trying to assist them they become unresponsive?
Begin CPR.
Properly operating an AED include the following steps:
Power on the AED, attach electrode pads, analyze the rhythm, and shock the person
You are eating in a restaurant when a woman cries out. Her six-month-old child is turning blue around the mouth. He appears to be gagging but is not able to cry or take a breath. An older child had just given him some marbles to play with. What is the next step?
Deliver back blows and chest thrusts
You find a child that is unresponsive. After yelling for help, you check and find the child is not breathing. What is the next step?
Deliver 30 chest compressions
For any victim, the correct compression rate is
100 to 120 per minute
If performing rescue breathing, you should
Avoid excessive ventilation
What is the main difference in care when finding an unresponsive adult versus an unresponsive child if you must leave the person to activate EMS?
Perform two minutes of CPR when with a child, then go for help; call for help immediately when with an adult
To landmark, place 2 fingers in the center of the infant’s chest, just below the
nipple line
What are the BLS (Basic Life Support) steps used for adults?
Assess the individual, activate EMS and get AED, check pulse, and start CPR
When resting babys you
turn then to ther side and there head to the side also so droll and anyobejcts can coem out
The correct sequence in the AHA Adult Chain of survival is:
Activate the emergency response system; CPR; Defibrillation; Advanced Life Support; Post-Cardiac arrest care
You are alone and find an unconscious victim on the ground who may need CPR. The scene is safe. You assess the victim and determine he is not breathing and will not awaken. You should:
Call for help
An infant who had been choking becomes unresponsive. The rescuer should:
Begin CPR
Which of the following best describes how a defibrillator works?
It delivers an electrical shock to clear excessive electrical activity and allow the heart to regain its normal rhythm
