CPR

What are the good samaritan laws? CORRECT ANSWERS: protect the responder from financial liability, developed to encourage people to help others in an emergency situation. What is consent, and how do you get it? CORRECT ANSWERS: permission from the injured or ill person or their parent or guardian if the person is a minor. To obtain; start with your name, state type and level of training you have, explain what you think is wrong, explain what you plan to do, ask if you may help. What are ...

What is the Citizen Responders first step in an emergency? CORRECT ANSWERS: Recognize -> check -> call What is the most important thing you can do in any emergency? CORRECT ANSWERS: Call all What are the correct steps in checking an emergency? CORRECT ANSWERS: Check, Call, Care Why should you check a scene first before providing care? CORRECT ANSWERS: To ensure the scene is safe. You don't want to place yourself in unsafe scene. What does implied consent refer? CORRECT AN...

Barriers to act CORRECT ANSWERS: -Fear of doing something wrong -Being unsure of the person's condition -Assuming someone else will take action -Fear of disease -Not knowing their illness -Fear of being sued You must continue giving care until: CORRECT ANSWERS: You are too exhausted, victim wakes up and asks you to stop, scene becomes unsafe, someone with higher training takes over What is the very first thing you do before you give care CORRECT ANSWERS: Check that the scene is sa...

What is the correct order of steps in the Out-of-the-Hospital Chain of Survival for adults? High-Quality CPR Advanced Resuscitation Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Defibrillation Activation of Emergency Response Recovery CORRECT ANSWERS: Activation of Emergency Response High-Quality CPR Defibrillation Advanced Resuscitation Post-Cardiac Arrest Care Recovery What do you do first? CORRECT ANSWERS: Make sure the scene is safe for you and the victim How do you check for responsivene...

Proper technique for delivering mouth-to-mouth ventilation. CORRECT ANSWERS: 1. Hold victims airway open with head tilt chin lift. 2. Pinch the nose closed with thumb and index finger. 3. Take a regular breath to seal your lips around their mouth. 4. Give 1 breath 5. Watch for chest to rise. Within how many seconds after recognition of cardiac arrest in adults, must you start compression? CORRECT ANSWERS: 10 In the presence of an advanced airway, what is the correct compression & ven...

A victim who is unresponsive with no normal breathing and no pulse need CPR. The pulse is checked where in adults children and infants CORRECT ANSWERS: Adults: carotid artery in the neck Children: brachial artery Infants: upper arm The proper compression rate for victims of all ages is at least 100 compressions per minute. What is the ratio? CORRECT ANSWERS: 1 Rescuer 2 rescuers Adult- 30:2. 30:2 Child- 30:2. 15:2 Infant- 30:2. 15:2 Interruptions and chest compressions should be li...

When giving rescue breath during cpr each breath should last CORRECT ANSWERS: 2 seconds Which of the following could be signs or symptoms of heart attack? CORRECT ANSWERS: persistent chest pain/ discomfort, Profuse sweating, Nausea or Vomiting. The cycle of chest compressions and rescue breaths in CPR is: CORRECT ANSWERS: 30 chest compressions for every 2 rescue breaths You should continue cpr until CORRECT ANSWERS: You are too exhausted to continue, Another trained responder/ EMS p...

What is the best way to open the airway of an unresponsive victim with no suspected neck injury? CORRECT ANSWERS: use the head tilt-chin lift During 2 rescuer CPR, one rescuer provides chest compressions. What is the role of the second rescuer? CORRECT ANSWERS: maintain an open airway and give breaths. Where should you place your hands to perform chest compressions on an adult? CORRECT ANSWERS: on the lower half of the breastbone. When should you initially ensure that the scene is sa...

When should a patient be put into the recovery position? CORRECT ANSWERS: When the patient begins to breathe normally How does defibrillation work? CORRECT ANSWERS: It stuns the heart to stop ventricular fibrillation How can a child who has reached the onset of puberty be distinguished CORRECT ANSWERS: The child will exhibit some or all secondary sex characteristics Which step of CPR is the most critical? CORRECT ANSWERS: Give chest compressions What does BLS stand for? CORRECT ...

Place the thumb side of the fist just above the navel (belly button) but below the ribs CORRECT ANSWERS: Choose the correct location and hand placement to perform abdominal thrusts on a choking child. Flammable gases, patient lying in standing water, combustible liquids near the victim CORRECT ANSWERS: When checking for scene safety for the use of an AED, which of these best describes the dangers that would stop us from using an AED? Begin chest compressions at a rate of 100-120 per minu...