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When performing CPR on a child, you would compress the chest at a rate of

100 compressions per minute

A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and correctly perform chest compressions at which rate?

100 to 120 compressions per minute

You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?

15:2

A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions every _____ minutes.

2

CPR compressions on an infant are performed using:

2-3 fingers of one hand

The cycle of compressions to breaths in CPR for a child is:

30 compressions for every 2 breaths

The cycle of compressions to breaths in CPR for an adult is:

30 compressions for every 2 breaths

You are performing CPR on an adult when you notice that the person shows an obvious sign of life. Which of the following would you do next?

Check to see if the person is breathing normally and, if so, continue to monitor the person

The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the members of the BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient's status and the care already provided?

Team leader

Which of the following is not of the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival?

Early transportation

You are giving back blows and abdominal thrusts to a conscious choking person but your efforts have been ineffective and the person becomes unconscious. Which would you do first?

Lower the person to the floor

You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which technique should you use to open the patient's airway?

Modified jaw-thrust maneuver

For CPR to be most effective, you should position the person in which manner?

On his or her back on a firm, flat surface

The most prominent signal of a heart attack is

Persistent chest pain, discomfort, pressure

You are preparing to use an AED on a person in cardiac arrest and you notice that the person has a medication patch on his chest. Which action would be most appropriate?

Remove the patch with a gloved hand

If, during the second analysis, the AED prompts "no shock advised," you should:

Resume CPR until the AED reanalyzes or you find an obvious sign of life

Where do you position the head of a conscious infant who you have determined is choking?

So that the infant's head is lower than his or her chest

How is a child defined in terms of CPR care?

Someone from the age of 1 to the onset of puberty

Cardiac arrest is the condition in which:

The hearts stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood

What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway?

The patient is in a wheelchair.

You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly goes into cardiac arrest. While preparing the AED, your colleague reminds you that Mrs. Tribble is 28 weeks pregnant. Which statement is true regarding the use of an AED on a pregnant patient?

AED use is safe for pregnant patients.

When performing chest compressions on an adult, you would compress the chest to which depth?

At least 2 inches

You and another provider are caring for a patient who is in cardiac arrest. You suspect that your patient has overdosed on an opioid. When should you administer intranasal naloxone?

After initiating CPR

You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch splattered on the floor. She is slumped over the bedside table and does not appear to be breathing. You perform a visual survey and determine that the scene is safe. Which is the next appropriate action?

Check for responsiveness.

You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing respiratory arrest. You should give 1 ventilation every:

5 to 6 seconds

During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most appropriate action?

Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.

You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year-old patient, Ben Phillips. When Mr. Phillips shows signs of ROSC, where should you perform the pulse check?

At the carotid or femoral artery

While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop communication?

"I'll go get the AED."

You are providing compressions on a 6-month-old who weighs 17 pounds. Which compression depth is appropriate for this patient?

About 1½ inches

When should you place the AED pads on a victim's chest during 2-person CPR?

As soon as the AED is at the scene

The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient care includes which three elements?

Assess, Recognize, Care

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR):

Circulates blood that contains oxygen to the vital organs

Performing one rescuer CPR on an infant is similar to performing CPR on an adult except that for an infant you would:

Compress the infant's chest about 1-1/2 inches

You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac arrest. Which is the most effective CPR technique to perform until help arrives?

Standing to the side of the infant, provide chest compressions using the two-finger technique and deliver ventilations with a pocket mask.

A person appears to be choking but can cough forcefully. Which action would be most appropriate?

Stay with the person and encourage the person to continue coughing

You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider arrives to take over compressions. When switching roles, you should minimize interruptions in chest compressions to less than how many seconds?

10 seconds

You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is experiencing cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to improve the patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and rationally identifying the connection between information and actions?

Critical thinking

Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground, unresponsive. After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is your next action according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?

Early CPR

An adult is not breathing because he has been involved in a drowning incident. After checking for breathing, which of the following would you do first?

Give 2 rescue breaths

You find a child, did not witness collapse, who shows no signs of life and no pulse. Unfortunately you are alone. What should you do?

Perform 2 minutes of care and then call 9-1-1 or local emergency number

A child is eating a piece of candy and appears to start choking on it. You see that the child is conscious and is choking. What should you do?

Perform cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts until the candy is dislodged or the child becomes unconscious

If the AED pads risk 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

You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with an obstructed airway who becomes unresponsive. Which action should you perform first?

Provide 30 chest compressions.

You come upon an ill person who is having difficulty breathing. You notice that he is expending extra effort to breathe. You would identify this breathing emergency as which of the following?

Respiratory distress

You and your co-worker Jake are operating a BVM during multiple-provider CPR for an adult. You manage the airway while Jake delivers ventilations. Which statement correctly describes the appropriate technique for operating the BVM?

Seal the mask with two hands using the E-C technique.

You and your colleagues have been providing high-quality CPR for and using the AED on Mr. Sauer. While providing ventilations, you notice that Mr. Sauer moves and appears to be breathing. What is the correct course of action?

Stop CPR, check for breathing and a pulse and monitor Mr. Sauer until the advanced cardiac life support team takes over.

You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place. How does this affect compressions and ventilations?

The team should provide ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without pausing compressions.

You would place the AED pads on an adult at which location?

The upper right chest and lower left side of the chest

When performing CPR on an adult you would use:

Two hands on the center of the chest

You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44 pounds. The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only adult AED pads. What should you do?

Use the adult AED pads.


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