EMT chapter 13- BLS Resuscitation

CPR should be initiated when:

: a valid living will is unavailable.

In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is caused by:

respiratory arrest.

What is the maximum amount of time that should be spent checking for spontaneous breathing in an unresponsive child?

10 seconds

When performing CPR on an adult, you should compress the chest to what depth and at what a rate of compressions per minute?

2 to 2.4 inches (5 to 6 cm); 100 to 120 compressions per minute

When performing CPR on an infant, how and where should you compress?

Place two fingers in the middle of the sternum, just below the nipple line.

What is the proper compression-to-ventilation ratio for adult two-rescuer CPR?

30:2

Your partner is performing one-rescuer CPR on a middle-aged woman in cardiac arrest. When you apply the AED pads, you note that she has a medication patch over the same area where one of the AED pads will be placed. You should:

: remove the medication patch, wipe away any medication residue, and apply the AED pads.

What is the preferred method of removing a foreign body in an unresponsive child?

Abdominal thrusts

You respond to a call in which a 6-year-old was hit by a car. She is responsive but struggling to breathe. What position should you place her in?

Any position of comfort

You are off duty and you come across an unresponsive child lying on the ground at a playground. She does not have a pulse and no one witnessed the collapse. What should you do?

Do 5 cycles of chest compressions, and then call 9-1-1

Which intervention(s) would have the MOST positive impact on the cardiac arrest patient's outcome?

Early CPR and defibrillation

When you are performing CPR on an adult or child, approximately how often should you reassess the patient for return of respirations and/or circulation?

Every 2 minutes

A(n) ________ is designed to limit the air entering the lungs during the recoil phase between chest compressions, resulting in negative intrathoracic pressure.

Impedance threshold device (ITD)

what are effects of hyperventilation?

Increased intrathoracic pressure, gastric distention

The AED gives a "no shock" message to a patient who is in cardiac arrest. What should you do?

Resume chest compressions.

Complications associated with chest compressions include all of the following, EXCEPT:

gastric distention.

When trying to clear a severe airway obstruction, who should get chest compressions instead of abdominal compressions?

Women in late stages of pregnancy, Obese patients

Several attempts to adequately open a trauma patient's airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver have been unsuccessful. You should:

carefully perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver.

Without practice, your CPR skills will __________.

deteriorate over time

The impedance threshold device (ITD) may improve circulation during active compression-decompression CPR by:

limiting the amount of air that enters the lungs during the recoil phase between chest compressions, which results in negative intrathoracic pressure and improved cardiac filling.

While rescuer one is finishing his or her fifth cycle of 30 compressions, rescuer two should:

move to the opposite side of the patient's chest.

Basic life support (BLS) is defined as:

noninvasive emergency care that is used to treat conditions such as airway obstruction, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest.

CPR will NOT be effective if the patient is:

prone.