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Advanced Life Support QUESTIONS & ANSWERS(RATED A)
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Assess danger - ANSWER Pt, surroundings Response - ANSWER Name Traps squeeze Sternal rub Shout for help - ANSWER Hit red button
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Advanced Life Support QUESTIONS &ANSWERS(RATED A)
Assess danger - ANSWER Pt, surroundings
Response - ANSWER Name
Traps squeeze
Sternal rub
Shout for help - ANSWER Hit red button
Assess airway for obstruction - ANSWER Head tilt and chin lift
Jaw thrust
Head tilt chin lift - ANSWER Relieves airway obstruction in an unresponsive victim
Jaw thrust - ANSWER Airway during CPR (suspected neck fracture)
Remove obstruction - ANSWER McGill's forceps or Yanker sucker
McGills forceps - ANSWER
Breathing and carotid - ANSWER Look, listen and feel for breathing (10 seconds) whilst feeling carotid
pulse (comment if in respiratory or cardiac arrest)
Agonal breathing - ANSWER If the patient has occasional, irregular gasps of breath, this does not qualify
as a sign of life as it commonly occurs in cardiac arrest and is referred to as agonal breathing.
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