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CPR and Basic Life Support ModulesWhat happens in a heart attack? - answer blood flow is blocked causing part of the
heart to die.
What is a myocardial infarction? - answer a heart attack
What are the four signs of a heart attack? - answer1) crushing chest pain
2) upper body pain
3) shortness of breath
4) dizziness and nausea
Heart attacks and cardiac arrests are the same thing. - answerfalse
What does cardiac mean? - answerrelated to the heart
What is cardiac arrest? - answerwhen the heart stops pumping blood through the body.
Which is more serious, a heart attack or a cardiac arrest? - answercardiac arrest
What can cause cardiac arrest? - answerchoking, drug overdose, severe trauma,
electrocution, respiratory shock, and a heart condition or disease.
What is an arrhythmia? - answerchanges in the heartbeat's normal rhythm.
Arrhythmias related to cardiac arrest - answerVentricular fibrillation (VF) and Pulseless
ventricular tachycardia (pVT)
What is Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)? - answera condition where the heart's
electrical signal does not produce a beat
What heart issue can cause cardiac arrest? - answerelectrical
What is clinical death? - answerwhen breathing and blood circulation stop
What is biological death? - answerwhen organs can no longer function or be revived
Clinical death occurs before biological death. - answerfalse
What happens within 20 seconds of cardiac arrest? - answerthe victim loses
consciousness due to lack of oxygen to the brain
, What happens withing 1 minute of cardiac arrest? - answerbrain cells, or neurons, start
to die
What happens within 3 minutes of cardiac arrest? - answerneurons begin to suffer more
wide-spread damage
What happens within 4 minutes of cardiac arrest? - answerlasting brain damage
What happens within 6 minutes of cardiac arrest? - answerbiological death is imminent
What happens within 10 minutes of cardiac arrest? - answera coma and lasting brain
damage is almost inevitable, shortly after survival is nearly impossible
What does cardiopulmonary resuscitation mean? - answerBringing the heart and lungs
back to life
What does the acronym CAB stand for? - answerC- circulation
A- airway
B- breathing
CPR can be performed in three basic steps. What letters can be used to remember
these steps? - answerCAB
All cardiac arrest situations have shockable rhythms. - answerfalse
Who can receive adult BLS? - answeranyone who has reached the onset age of
puberty, typically between 12 and 14 years of age
How can a person who has reached the onset of puberty be distinguished? - answerThe
person exhibits secondary sex characteristics.
What are the five links in the Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Adult Chain of
Survival? - answer1)Immediate recognition of cardiac arrest, including activation of the
emergency response system
2)Early CPR with an emphasis on chest compressions
3)Rapid defibrillation with an AED
4)Effective advanced life support and transport to a care facility
5)Post-cardiac arrest care
What are the five links in the In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (IHCA) Adult Chain of Survival?
- answer1)Surveillance, prevention, and treatment of pre-arrest conditions
2)Immediate recognition of cardiac arrest, including activation of the emergency
response system
3)Early CPR with an emphasis on chest compressions
4)Rapid defibrillation
5)Post-cardiac arrest care
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