emergency test Flashcards
how long are breaths given for?
1 sec
Cycle for CPR:
30 chest compressions
` -2 rescue breaths
Chest pain for 3-5 min signals:
Heart attack
Reasons for giving CPR:
- Life
- usafe
- help arives
- exastion
4 links to cardiac chain of survival:
- EMS/ 9-1-1
- Early CPR
- Early defibrilation
- advanced medical care
Hand placement during CPR:
middle of chest
Chest compression effectiveness:
chest rises, and compressions are far enough down
How many cycles can you complete in 2 min:
5
Signs of an infant having difficulty breathing:
wheezing, high pitched sound
Forceful coughing in a person:
-encourage to continue
what are some causes of cardiac arrest in children/infants?
SIDS, injury, blocked airway, allergies/asthma
Chest compression depths:
Adult: 2+ in.
Child: about 2 in.
Infant: 1 ½ in.
Back blows and Abdominal thrusts:
Back: 5
Abdominal: 5
What comes first? Back blows or abdominal thrusts?
Back blows
Conscious choking hand placement:
middle of abdomen just above the navel
How to hold a conscious choking infant to give back blows:
face down, butt up. Lying on forearm.
Infant CPR hand placement
2 fingers in center of breast bone between the nipples
How to give CPR to an infant:
2 fingers. center of chest. !00 compressions per min. 1 ½ in. deep.
When to give CPR:
any age, no breathing and person is not choking
what should you do for an infant who can’t cough, cry, or breathe and you believe they are choking?
Perform choking care