EMT Chapter 11 Exam BLS Resuscitation Questions and Answers
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Course
Cardiac Arrest
Institution
Cardiac Arrest
Most prehospital cardiac arrest occur as a result of - Answer-cardiac arrhythmia
Basic Life Support (BLS) - Answer-noninvasive emergency care that is used to treat condition such as airway obstruction, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest.
Abdominal thrusts in a conscious child or adult with a ...
EMT Chapter 11 Exam BLS
Resuscitation Questions and Answers
Most prehospital cardiac arrest occur as a result of - Answer-cardiac arrhythmia
Basic Life Support (BLS) - Answer-noninvasive emergency care that is used to treat
condition such as airway obstruction, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest.
Abdominal thrusts in a conscious child or adult with a severe upper airway obstruction
are performed - Answer-until he or she loses consciousness.
After establishing an adult pt is unresponsive u should - Answer-Check for breathing
What % of exhaled O2 is delivered during mouth to mask breathing out supplemental
O2? - Answer-16%
When performing CPR on a child, you should compress the chest: - Answer-with one or
two hands.
When assessing the pulse of an unresponsive infant, you should palpate the ________
artery. - Answer-B. brachial
CPR will NOT be effective if the patient is: - Answer-C. prone
In MOST cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is caused by: - Answer-
A. respiratory arrest.
Your initial attempt to ventilate an unresponsive apneic 30-year-old man is met with
resistance and you do not see the chest rise. Your second ventilation attempt is also
unsuccessful. You should: - Answer-B. perform 30 chest compressions.
Several attempts to adequately open a trauma patient's airway with the jaw-thrust
maneuver have been unsuccessful. You should - Answer-C. carefully perform the head
tilt-chin lift maneuver.
Gastric distention will MOST likely occur: - Answer-B. if you ventilate a patient too fast.
You and your partner arrive at the side of a 60-year-old woman who suddenly collapsed
about 7 minutes ago. She is unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless. You should: -
Answer-A. perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for about 2 minutes and then
apply the AED.
You have assessed an unresponsive middle-aged female and determined that she is in
cardiac arrest. When you apply the AED pads, you note that she has a medication
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