MED TERM TEST #2

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

6 seconds

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

About 1½ inches

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

Which statement about bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitators is true?

BVM ventilations should be performed as a two-person technique as it provides better seal and ventilation volume.

You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and appears unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening bleeding. Which is the next appropriate action?

Check for responsiveness.

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

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

"I'll go get the AED."

What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respiratory arrest or failure?

1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds

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

The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which intervention should the nurse implement?

Cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.

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

2

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?

provide chest compressions using the encircling thumbs technique and deliver ventilations with a pocket mask or face shield.