BLS Certification
You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does not respond. What is your next step after calling for help?
Check for breathing an a pulse
With an advanced airway in place, rescue breaths should be given at a rate of ___ breaths every __ seconds for adults
1 breath every 6 seconds
After checking for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not breathing normally but has a pulse and needs rescue breathing. What is the correct ventilation rate?
1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute
How are breaths delivered using a bag-mask device?
1 breath over 1 second, while watching for chest rise
What are the recommended compression-to-ventilation ratios for infants and children? 1 rescuer: __:__ 2 or more rescuers: __:__
1 rescuer: 30:2 2 or more rescuers: 15:2
You check the infant's pulse every 2 minutes and detect that the heart rate is less than 60 /min with signs of poor perfusion. While your colleague begins CPR, what action do you need to take?
Power on the AED, follow the prompts, and use the child pads
What is the correct or order of the Pediaric Out-of-Hospital CHain of Survival? High-quality CPR Activation of emergency response system Post-cardiac arrest care Prevention Advanced Resuscitation Recovery
Prevention Activation of emergency response system High-quality CPR Advanced Resuscitation Post-Cardiac arrest care Recovery
The infant isn't breathing normally but has a pulse. What do you need to do?
Provide recue breath, with 1 breath every 2 to 3 seconds
After an AED delivers a shock, what should the rescuers do next?
Resume CPR, starting with chest compressions
After checking for breathing and a pulse, you verify that the child is not breathing normally but has a pulse. His airway is not obstructed. How do you deliver rescue breaths?
1 breath every 2 to 3 seconds, or about 20 to 30 breaths per minute
What are the resuscitation triangle roles in a high performance team? (3)
-AED/ Monitor? Defibrillator - Compressor -Airway
What are the components of a pulse check in an unresponsive victim? (3)
-Assess for a pulse for at least 5 seconds but no more than 10 seconds. -Feel the pulse in the groove to the side of the trachea -Use 2 or 3 fingers to locate the pulse
Where should AED pads be placed in the anterolateral placement for adults and children 8 years or older? (2)
-Below the right collarbone -Side of left nipple
What are the AED pad placement options int the anteroposterior placement for adults and children 8 years and older? (4)
-Center of the back -Left side of chest -Center of the chest -Left side of back
What are common administration routes for naloxone? (3)
-Intravenous -Intranasal -Intramuscular
While preforming high-quality CPR, when do pauses in compressions typically occur? (5)
-Rhythm analysis -Pulse checks -Defibrillation -Compressor switches -Intubation
When an advanced airway should be provided at a rate of __ to __ per minute.
100 to 120 per minute
What is the correct chest compression rate for adults?
100 to 120/min
When providing rescue breaths to a child or infant victim, you should give 1 breath every __ to __ seconds
2 to 3 seconds
You should deliver ___ back slaps and ___ chest thrusts to a chocking infant who is responsive
5 back slaps and 3 chest thrusts
You and your colleague respond to an adult victim who is unresponsive. After assessing that the victim is not breathing and has no pulse, what do you instruct your colleague to do?
Activate the emergency response system and get the AED
What is the recommended depth of compressions in infants?
Approximately 1 1/2 inches (4cm)
when using a pocket mask, where should the rescuer be positioned?
At the side of the victim
The AED detects a shockable rhythm and advises a shock. After delivering 1 shock, you and your partner immediately resume CPR by using what ratio and which compressions technique?
Complete cycles of 15 compressions and 2 breaths, and use the 2 thumb-encircling hands technique
As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED, and follows the prompts. The AED analyzes the rhythm and does not advise a shcok. After you immediately resume CPR, how do you continute treating the patient?
Continue CPR until prompted by the AED to allow a rhythm check, the code team arrives, or the patient starts to move
You are still preforming CPR as a single rescuer. The AED detects a shockable rhythm and advises a shock. After delivering 1 shock, you immediately resume CPR with what ratio of compressions to breaths?
Cycles of 30 compressions to 2 breaths
To avoid fatigue, when should team roles alternate providing compressions?
Every 5 cycles or 2 minutes
What is the preferred method for pulse check in an infant?
Place 2 or 3 fingers in the inside of the upper arm, midway between the infant's elbow and shoulder
The infant is unresponsive when you tap her foot and shout, "Are you OK?" She could be in cardiac arrest. What is your next step?
For 5 to 10 seconds, look for no breathing or only gasping while simultaneously checking the carotid pulse
The child is unresponsive after you tape his shoulders and shout, "Are you OK?" She could be in cardiac arrest. What is your next step?
For 5 to 10 seconds, look for no breathing while simultaneously checking the carotid pulse
You check the child's pulse after 2 minutes of providing rescue breaths and cannot feel a pulse. You immediately begin CPR. After performing CPR for 2 more minutes. the child still does not have a pulse and you are still alone. What is your next step?
Get and use an AED
-A rescuer arrives at the side of an adult victim and suspects an opiod-associated life-threatening emergency - The victim is unresponsive and not breathing normally but has a pulse What is the next action the rescuer should take?
Give 1 rescue breath every 6 seconds
After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a pulse check. What immediate actions should be taken?
Immediately begin CPR and turn on the AED
What is a sign of severe airway obstruction?
Inability to speak
How can you achieve a high chest compression fraction?
Minimize pauses in chest compressions
Which team role makes treatment decisions and assigns roles?
Team Leader
Which team role keeps track of interruptions in compressions?
Timer/Recorder
When performing abdominal thrusts on adults and children, in which direction should your thrusts be directed?
Upward
After turning on the AED, you follow the prompts. You know to use child pads for infants and for children younger than 8 years, but the pediatric pads are unaviable. What should you do next?
Use adult pads
Two life-threatening arrhythmias that can cause cardiac arrest are pulseless ventricular tachycardia and __________
Ventricular fibrillation
What is the indication for mouth to mouth rescue breaths?
When a barrier device is not available
During CPR on a child, you should place 1 or 2 hands over the ______ of the _____
lower half of the breastbone
When preforming chest compressions for an infant in a 2-rescuer situation, you should put 2 ____ int the center of the chest, on the lower half of the breastbone.
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