CPR and AED Flashcards
Which of the following are components of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)?
a. Recognition and early access, early CPR, defibrillation, early advanced
care
b. Rescue breathing and external chest compression
c. Placing the automated external defibrillator (AED), clearing the
patient, defibrillation
d. Absence of pulse, absence of breathing
b. Rescue breathing and external chest compression
Which of the following statements is TRUE of rescue breathing?
a. It moves oxygen into the lungs where it can move through the body.
b. It requires external compression to work.
c. It is used only in nonbreathing patients.
d. It should not be supplemented with oxygen.
a. It moves oxygen into the lungs where it can move through the body.
Which of the following statements is TRUE of external compressions?
a. They work as effectively as the patient’s own heart.
b. They move the blood throughout the body.
c. They become more effective the longer you continue.
d. They help to sustain life indefinitely
b. They move the blood throughout the body.
Ventricular fibrillation is best corrected by which of the following?
a. Recognition and Early Access
b. Early CPR
c. Defibrillation
d. Early Advanced Care
c. Defibrillation
You respond to a patient who is found lying in bed. The family tells you they cannot wake
him. What is your first step?
a. Open the airway with a head-tilt chin-lift
b. Establish unresponsiveness
c. Provide rescue breathing
d. Check for signs of circulation
b. Establish unresponsiveness
As a single rescuer you initiate CPR on an adult. You should perform compressions and
respirations at which ratio?
a. 30 compressions to 2 ventilations
b. 30 ventilations to 1 compressions
c. 15 compressions to 2 ventilation
d. 15 ventilations to 1 compression
a. 30 compressions to 2 ventilations
Your patient is a 6-month-old infant in cardiopulmonary arrest. You initiate CPR.
Compressions should be performed using which of the following?
a. Two fingers
b. One thumb
c. One hand
d. Two hands
a. Two fingers
You should compress the chest of a 3-month-old infant at what rate?
a. 40-60 / minute
b. 60-80 / minute
c. 80-100 / minute
d. 100-120 / minute
d. 100-120 / minute
You should compress the chest of an 8-month-old child at what depth?
a. 2 inches
b. 1 1/2 inches
c. 1/3–1/2 depth of the chest
d. 1/4 inches
b. 1 1/2 inches
As a single rescuer, you should perform compressions and respirations at what ratio on a
4-month-old child?
a. 30 compressions to 2 ventilations
b. 30 compressions to 1 ventilation
c. 15 compressions to 2 ventilations
d. 15 compressions to 1 ventilation
a. 30 compressions to 2 ventilations
Your patient is a 4-year-old child in cardiopulmonary arrest. You initiate CPR. Compressions should be performed using which of the following?
a. Two fingers
b. One thumb
c. One hand
d. Two hands
c. One hand
You should compress the chest of a 6-year-old child at what depth?
a. 2 inches
b. 1 1/2–2 inches
c. 1/3–1/2 depth of the chest
d. 1/4 inches
a. 2 inches
As two rescuers, you should perform compressions and respirations at what ratio on an 8-
year-old child?
a. 30 compressions to 2 ventilations
b. 30 compressions to 1 ventilation
c. 15 compressions to 2 ventilations
d. 15 compressions to 1 ventilation
c. 15 compressions to 2 ventilations
when can an Emergency First Responder stop CPR?
a. When effective breathing and circulation have returned
b. When care is transferred to an equally trained person or when a greater trained
person takes over
c. CPR cannot be stopped in the field by an Emergency First Responder
d. Both a and b
d. both a and b
Your crew has initiated CPR on a patient. An AED is applied. What should you do while the patient is being analyzed?
a. Continue CPR
b. Attach the pads to the patient
c. Not touch the patient
d. Continue palpating a pulse until the shock is delivered.
c. Not touch the patient
