Dispatch calls you and your partner to the gym where there is an unresponsive female.
The person collapsed during the workout. - answer You come to the place with an AED
and ready to do CPR
You tap and shout to check for responsiveness but the patient does not respond. What
is your next step after calling for help? - answer check for breathing and pulse
after checking for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not breathing
normally but does have a pulse. Rescue breaths are needed. What is the ventilation
rate? - answer1 breath every 6 seconds...10 breaths per minute
check for pulse every 2 minutes and do CPR if there is no pulse
after 4 minutes of rescue breathing, there appears to be no pulse. what do you do next?
- answer immediately begin CPR
as you are doing CPR, your colleague arrives and has the AED. he follows the prompts
and the AED analyzes the rhythm and does NOT devise a shock.
you continue CPR. what do you do next? - answercontinue CPR until AED says to do a
rhythm check, the ALs team arrives, or the patient starts to move
how to check pulse on infant - answer2 or 3 fingers on inside of the upper arm...halfway
between shoulder and elbow
components of chest compressions for children - answerrate: 100/120
depth: 2 in
hands: 2 or 1 on lower place of breastbone
components of infant chest compressions - answerrate: 100/120
depth: 1.5 in
hands: 2 fingers just below nipple line in center
recommended compression to ventilation ratios for infants and children - answer1
rescuer: 30
2 rescuers: 2
pediatric BLS - answerverify scene safety
check for responsiveness...tap shoulders and are you Ok?..activate emergency
response or have someone do it and get AED
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