SAUNDERS FIRST RESPONSE

161. The nurse is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an infant. When performing chest compressions, the nurse compresses at least how many times?

100 times per minute

165. The nurse is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an adult client. When performing chest compressions, the nurse should depress the sternum by how many inch(es)?

2 inches

160. The nurse is performing rescue breathing on a 7-year-old child. The nurse delivers one breath per how many seconds to the child?

6-8

163. The nurse witnesses the collapse of a victim in her neighborhood and suspects cardiac arrest. Which action should the nurse take first?

Activate the emergency response system.

158. The nurse understands that which is a correct guideline for adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for a health care provider (HCP)?

Each rescue breath should be given over 1 second and should produce a visible chest rise.

157. The nurse witnesses a neighbor's husband sustain a fall from the roof of his house. The nurse rushes to the victim and determines the need to open the airway. The nurse opens the airway in this victim by using which method?

Jaw thrust maneuver

164. The nursing instructor asks a nursing student to describe the procedure for performing abdominal thrusts on an unconscious pregnant woman at 32 weeks' gestation. The student describes a component of the procedure correctly if the student states that he will take which action?

Place a rolled blanket under the right abdominal flank and hip area.

156. The nurse on the day shift walks into a client's room and finds the client unresponsive. The client is not breathing and does not have a pulse, and the nurse immediately calls out for help. Which is the next nursing action?

Start chest compressions.

159. The nurse attempts to relieve an airway obstruction in a 3-year-old conscious child. The nurse performs the abdominal thrust maneuver correctly by standing behind the child, placing her arms under the child's axillae and around the child, and positioning her hands to deliver the thrusts between which areas?

Umbilicus and the xiphoid process

162. The nurse is teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a group of nursing students. The nurse asks a student to describe the reason why blind finger sweeps are avoided in infants. The nurse determines that the student understands this reason if the student makes which statement?

"The object may be forced back farther into the throat."