Professional Rescuer Study Guide

You are preparing to give ventilations to an adult using a resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every:

5 seconds

What is essential to use when giving ventilations to protect yourself and the victim from disease transmission?

CPR breathing barriers

You have sized up the scene and determined the scene is safe. When performing a primary assessment, what would you do first?

Check for responsiveness

You are preforming CPR on a victim and a 2nd life guard arrives. What should the second life guard do first?

Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called

When checking a victim during a secondary assessment you notice changes in her LOC. What does the C-stand for in LOC?

Consciousnesses

You and another junior guard find a child laying inside a bathroom stall. You size-up the scene and preform a primary assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing but has a pulse. You should summon EMS personnel, then:

Give 1 rescue breath about every 3 seconds

You pull an unconscious adult from the water who is taking infrequent gasps. During the primary assessment you find that the victim has a pulse. What should you do next?

Give 2 initial ventilations and then begin giving ventilations at a rate of 1 breath every 5 seconds

Your initial impression of a victim is based on what?

How the victim appears to you as you size up the scene

When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult who Is choking, where should you position your fist?

In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel

You are providing care to a patron who started choking on some food. The victim becomes unconscious. What should you do first?

Lower the victim carefully to the found and open his airway.

You are providing care to a facility maintenance worker who has fallen off the top of a ladder. The victim is conscious. What should you do first?

Obtain consent from the victim to provide care

A person has been injured and is conscious. You should:

Obtain consent, check the victim for life-threatening conditions and speak with the victim to find out what happened.

When providing care to a conscious infant who is choking, how should you position the infant to begin back blows?

Positioning the infant so the head is lower than the chest

You are positioned above the child's head and are using a resuscitation mask to give ventilations. After you position the mask, what would you do?

Seal the mask and open the airway.

When providing care during an emergency, what should you do first? What are the other steps?

Size-up the scene, put on PPE, check for responsiveness using the shout-tap-shout technique, summon EMS

You are providing care for a victim having a heart attack. What should you do first?

Summon EMS personnel

An adult comes to you complaining of difficulty breathing. After you obtain consent to provide care, he informs you that he has a history if asthma but does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should you provide?

Summon more advanced medical personnel and place victim in a comfortable position

An AED has advised that a shock should be given. What should you tell your other rescuers to do?

Tell everyone to stand clear of the victim

What is needed to operate a Bag-Valve-Mask (BVM)?

Two rescuers need to operate the BVM.

What is the best way to protect from yourself from possible blood-borne pathogen transmission when providing care?

Use PPE

What are the steps of the adult Cardiac Chain of Survival? Pediatric?

a. Early recognition and access to the emergency medical services (EMS) system, early CPR, early AED, advanced life support, integrated post-cardiac arrest care b. Injury prevention and safety, early CPR, early emergency care, pediatric advanced life support, integrated post-cardia arrest care

Unconscious Victim Choking Procedure:

1. Lower victim to the ground and open their airway 2. Provide 30 chest compressions 3. Check the mouth for dislodge object and remove with finger inly if something is visible 4. Give 2 ventilations 5. Continue with cycles if 30 compressions, checking mouth, and giving 2 ventilations until signs of life or EMS arrives and takes over.

When compressing a child's chest during CPR, you should compress at a rate of at least how many compressions per minute?

100

The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an infant is:

15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.

To ensure effective chest compressions during CPR, what should you do?

Allow the chest to fully recoil between compressions, place them on a firm, flat surface, compress to the correct depth, compress at a rate of between 100-120 BPM.

Once you have turned on the automated external defibrillator (AED), you should:

Apply the pads and allow AED to analyze heart rhythm

You are about to apply AED pads to a victim's chest when you notice that the victim has several body piercings with jewelry on his chest. What should you do?

Apply the pads to the chest, making sure to avoid the jewelry.

As the first lifeguard on the scene, you are performing CPR on an adult. When performing chest compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest?

At least 2 inches no more than 2.4 inches

Where should you place your hands when giving CPR to an infant?

One hand on the forehead and two or three fingers on the center of the chest

CPR Should be performed on what type of victims?

One who is in cardiac arrest (unresponsive, no breathing, no pulse)

If there is a risk of AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or an infant, you should:

Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other on the back