Chapter 7 Basic Life Support Exam
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Define: Automated External Defibrillator (AED) - Answer-a small, portable device that
analyzes the heart rhythm, alerts the rescuer, and provides the necessary shock
Define: Chain of Survival - Answer-a sequence of actions that reduces the mortality rate
of cardiac arrest
Define: Chest Compressions - Answer-repeated and controlled pressure in the sternum
of a cardiac arrest victim (allows oxygen to move throughout the body)
Define: Circulation, Airway, Breathing (CAB) - Answer-CPR's first steps
Define: Good Samaritan Laws - Answer-legal protection for people who give reasonable
assistance to the injured, ill, peril, or incapacitated
Define: Head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver - Answer-a procedure for opening a blocked airway
(a patients head is tilted back and the chin is lifted)
Define: Obstructed airway maneuver - Answer-quick upward thrust against a patient's
abdomen (removes obstructions and an open airway from the mouth/nose to the lungs)
Define: Log roll - Answer-procedure used to turn a patient over
Define: Trachea - Answer-windpipe
Define: Supine - Answer-lying on the back
Define: Cardiac arrest - Answer-absence of heartbeat
Define: Back of tongue - Answer-epiglottis
Define: Xiphoid process - Answer-bony tip of the sternum
Fill in the Blank(s):
AED stands for ________ _________ ________. - Answer-automated external
defibrillator
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