BLS - BLS for Children

You would use pediatric AED pads for which children?

1. 5-year-old weighing 43 lbs 2. 2-year-old weighing 27 lbs

A child is unresponsive and not breathing. You and another provider are present. You stay with the child to begin CPR. Which actions would be appropriate for the second provider to do?

1. Activate EMS or the resuscitation team. 2. Retrieve the AED and BVM.

A 4-year-old child is unresponsive. Her pulse rate is 65 bpm, but she is not breathing normally. Which of the following actions are appropriate?

1. Deliver 1 ventilation every 3 to 5 seconds 2. Check the pulse and breathing about every 2 minutes

You are performing CPR on an 11-month-old infant. A second provider prepares to apply the AED pads, placing the pads at which locations?

1. Middle of the infant's chest on the sternum 2. On the back between the scapulae

You and another provider are performing CPR on an infant who is in cardiac arrest. He does not have an advanced airway in place. You demonstrate appropriate technique for high-quality CPR by performing _____ compressions and 2 ventilations.

15

A 5-year-old child experiences cardiac arrest and requires CPR. You ensure that high-quality CPR is administered when you compress the chest to which depth?

About 2 inches

You initiate CPR on an 11-year-old female patient who shows signs of puberty, including breast development. Which BLS guideline should you follow?

Adult

An 8-year-old child experiences cardiac arrest. On which area would you would complete a pulse check?

Carotid

You initiate CPR on a 12-month-old male patient. Which BLS guideline should you follow?

Child

You and another provider are performing CPR on a 6-month old infant. The provider performing chest compressions would use which technique?

Encircling thumbs technique

You come upon a child who has collapsed. The child is not breathing normally and does not have a pulse. You are alone and have no immediate access to a phone or other form of communication. Which action would you do first?

Perform about 2 minutes of CPR, starting with chest compressions.

What is the first step of the Pediatric Cardiac Chain of Survival?

Prevention of arrest