Quiz 4 - Breathing Emergencies

Based on which of the following signS and symptoms would you determine that a victim is experiencing respiratory disease?

Audible high-pitched gurgling

You are preparing to give ventilations to a 5-year-old boy using a resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every:

3 seconds

You are positioned above the child's head and are using a resuscitation mask to give ventilations. After you position the mask, which of the following should you do next?

Seal the mask

As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim vomits. Which of the following would you do first?

Turn the victim as a unit onto his/her side

Which of the following statements about bag-valve mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate?

Two rescuers need to operate the BVM