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While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who is
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unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!"
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Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop communication? -
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"I'll go get the AED."
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The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which intervention
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should the nurse implement? - Cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts
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After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link in the
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Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival? - Early high-quality CPR
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You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44 pounds. The
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AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only adult AED pads. What
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should you do? - Use the adult AED pads.
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You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest. You should
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begin CPR __________. - Immediately
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You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and appears
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unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening bleeding. Which is the
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next appropriate action? - Check for responsiveness.
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A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes ensuring
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that providers switch off performing compressions every _____ minutes. - 2
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You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year-old patient, Ben Phillips.
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When Mr. Phillips shows signs of ROSC, where should you perform the pulse check? - At
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the carotid or femoral artery
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You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which technique
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should you use to open the patient's airway? - Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
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You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac arrest. Which is
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the most effective CPR technique to perform until help arrives? - Standing or kneeling at
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the side of the infant with your hips at a slight angle, provide chest compressions using the
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encircling thumbs technique and deliver ventilations with a pocket mask or face shield.
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You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is experiencing cardiac
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arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to improve the patient's
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