BLS for Adults: Single and Multiple Providers

When you simultaneously check for breathing and a pulse,

Deliver 1 ventilation every 5-6 seconds, each lasting about 1 second, while checking for breathing and pulse every 2 minutes

Conducting a Rapid Assessment

1. Check your surroundings for safety. 2. Gather an initial impression, including whether there is a severe, life-threatening bleeding 3. Determine the need for additional resources.

What should you do if ROSC is achieved?

1. Stop CPR/AED 2. Check for breathing and pulse 3. Monitor the patient until the advanced cardiac life support team takes over

The AED arrives, and you attach the pads appropriately and clear the area. When the AED is analyzing or delivering a shock, what should you do?

Hover your hands over the patient's chest, taking care not to touch the patient

If the patient is not breathing normally and has no pulse, you must perform single-provider CPR. What should you do?

Perform 30 chest compressions at a rate of 100-120 per minute. Then deliver 2 ventilations, each lasting about 1 second, with a pocket mask or mouth-to-mouth

You and the team delivered one shock to the patient, then performed about 2 minutes of CPR. You have been performing compressions and are starting to fatigue. What should you do?

You should anticipate a compressor change and verbalize the coordination plan to switch. You should switch off compressions when the AED analyzes again.