Ventilation Techniques Flashcards
3 ways to ventilate a patient with no advanced airway in place
Mouth to mouth
Bag-mask device
Pocket mask
Compressions rate adult and children 1 rescuer
100-120
Breath rate adult and children 1 rescuer
30:2
Compressions to breaths child and infant 2 rescuer
15:2
Rescue breathing for adults how often?
10-12 breaths/minute, 1 breath every 5-6 seconds
Rescue breathing for infants and children how often?
12-20 breaths per minute, 1 breath every 3-4 seconds
You are rescue breathing a child/infant, when do you start CPR?
When signs of poor perfusion despite adequate rescue breathing
Opioid overdose can cause what sx?
Unresponsiveness
Respiratory deprssion
Respiratory arrest
How long do you give breath in an adult?
About 1 second, watch chest rise
After 2 attemps to ventilate the victime, what do you do?
Return to chest compressions - promptly
What are preferred breathing techniques for infants?
Mouth to mouth
Mouth to nose
If chest does not rise, what do you do?
Repeat the head tilt-chin lift to open the airway and try again to make chest rise
Is there a risk of gastric inflation by giving the breaths too quickly or with too much force?
Yes
How do you avoid gastric inflation?
Give breath over 1 sec
Deliver just enough air to make chest rise
