To ensure high-quality CPR and high-quality chest compressions, you should - Answer- Expose the victim's chest to ensure proper hand placement and full chest recoil.
Which of the following would you identify as the universal sign that a conscious person is choking? - Answer- Clutching the throat...
to ensure high quality cpr and high quality chest compressions
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To ensure high-quality CPR and high-quality chest compressions, you should - Answer-
Expose the victim's chest to ensure proper hand placement and full chest recoil.
Which of the following would you identify as the universal sign that a conscious person
is choking? - Answer- Clutching the throat
All of the following are components of scene size-up EXCEPT: - Answer- Checking for
responsiveness.
Your initial impression reveals severe life-threatening bleeding in an adult victim who
appears to be unresponsive. Your next step should be: - Answer- Control the bleeding
with any available resources.
Which of the following is most essential to use when giving ventilations to protect you
and the victim from disease transmission? - Answer- Resuscitation masks
You and another lifeguard are preparing for CPR on an adult who collapsed in the
locker room. You determine that there is no breathing or pulse and state, "Victim has no
pulse. Begin CPR." Which of the following should the other lifeguard do next? - Answer-
Begin chest compressions.
You and a fellow lifeguard are giving ventilations using a BVM. You position the mask
over the victim's mouth and nose. What should the other lifeguard do? - Answer-
Squeeze the bag with both hands.
Based on which of the following signs and symptoms would you determine that a victim
is experiencing respiratory distress? - Answer- Gasping for breath
Which of the following findings would lead you to determine that an infant's airway is
open and not obstructed? - Answer- The infant is crying uncontrollably.
You are providing care to a patron who started choking on some food. The victim
becomes unresponsive. Which of the following should you do first? - Answer- Lower the
victim to the ground and begin CPR starting with chest compressions.
You are providing care to an adult who is unresponsive and not breathing as a result of
a drowning. You give your first ventilation before performing CPR and notice that the
chest does not rise. Which of the following should you do next? - Answer- Re-tilt the
victim's head and then attempt another ventilation.
What is the first step you should take in caring for a victim with burns? - Answer-
Remove the victim from the source of the burn.
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