A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should: |
begin CPR until an AED is available |
Basic life support (BLS) is defined as: |
noninvasive emergency care that is used to treat conditions such as airway obstruction, respiratory arrest, and cardiac arrest |
Between each chest compression, you should __________. |
allow full chest recoil |
Complications associated with chest compressions include all of the following, EXCEPT: |
gastric distention |
CPR is in progress on a pregnant woman. Shortly after manually displacing her uterus to the left, return of spontaneous circulation occurs. Which of the following would MOST likely explain this? |
Pressure was relieved from her aorta and vena cava, which improved chest compression effectiveness |
CPR retraining is the MOST effective when it: |
involves hands-on practice |
CPR should be initiated when: |
a valid living will is unavailable |
CPR will NOT be effective if the patient is: |
prone |
Gastric distention will MOST likely occur: |
if you ventilate a patient too quickly |
If an object is visible in the unconscious patient’s airway, you should __________. |
remove it |
In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is caused by: |
respiratory arrest |
Several attempts to adequately open a trauma patient’s airway with the jaw-thrust maneuver have been unsuccessful. You should: |
carefully perform the head tilt-chin lift maneuver |
Signs of a sudden severe upper airway obstruction include all of the following, EXCEPT: |
forceful coughing |
The impedance threshold device (ITD) may improve circulation during active compression-decompression CPR by: |
limiting the amount of air that enters the lungs during the recoil phase between chest compressions, which results in negative intrathoracic pressure and improved cardiac filling |
What is the correct compression-to-ventilation ratio for adult CPR? |
30:2 |
When performing CPR on a child, you should compress the chest: |
with one or two hands |
While rescuer one is finishing his or her fifth cycle of 30 compressions, rescuer two should: |
move to the opposite side of the patient’s chest |
Without practice, your CPR skills will __________. |
deteriorate over time |
Your conscious patient has a mild partial airway obstruction. You should: |
encourage the patient to cough |
Your partner is performing one-rescuer CPR on a middle-aged woman in cardiac arrest. When you apply the AED pads, you note that she has a medication patch over the same area where one of the AED pads will be placed. You should: |
remove the medication patch, wipe away any medication residue, and apply the AED pads |
EMT- Chapter 13
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