You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does not respond. What is your next step after calling for help?
o Wait for the code team to arrive
o Immediately being CPR
o Check for breathing and a pulse
o Turn on the AED - ANSWERSo Check for breathing and a pulse
After chec...
You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does not respond. What is your next step
after calling for help?
o Wait for the code team to arrive
o Immediately being CPR
o Check for breathing and a pulse
o Turn on the AED - ANSWERSo Check for breathing and a pulse
After check for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not breathing normally but has a pulse
and needs rescue breathing. What is the correct ventilation rate?
o 2 breaths every 3-5 seconds, or about 24-40 breaths per minute
o 2 breaths every 6 seconds, or about 20 breaths per minute
o 1 breath every 3-5 seconds, or about 12-20 breaths per minute
o 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute - ANSWERSo 1 breath every 6 seconds, or
about 10 breaths per minute
After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a pulse check. What immediate actions
should be taken?
o Turn on the AED while your colleague attaches the pads to the patient's chest
o Continue providing rescue breaths and turn on the AED
o Immediately being CPR while your colleague counts compressions out loud
o Immediately being CPR and turn on the AED - ANSWERSo Immediately being CPR and turn on the AED
As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED, and follows the prompts. The AED
analyses the rhythm and does not advise a shock. After you immediately resume CPR, how do you
continue treating the patient?
o Continue CPR until you are fatigued, the code team arrives, or the patient starts to move
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