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