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The proper depth of chest compression in a 3-year-old child is at least: -
✔✔1/3 the depth of the chest or about 2 inches.
You are performing CPR on your uncle who collapsed at a family gathering
where you are the only trained rescuer. What is the most appropriate approach
to
deliver rescue breaths? - ✔✔Use a CPR mask with a one-way valve
You and another provider are attending to a 17-year-old found unresponsive with
occasional gasps. After checking for a pulse, you are not certain if a pulse is
present or not. You should: - ✔✔Start CPR; 30:2 compressions to ventilations.
,After delivering a shock with an AED, you should: - ✔✔Immediately resume
CPR and follow any instructions given by the AED.
To "observe universal precautions" means: - ✔✔Managing all blood and
other body substances as if they are infectious.
You have determined a 47-year-old man is unresponsive. In order to assess for
normal breathing, you should: - ✔✔Quickly look at the face and chest.
It's a hot day, and you are waiting to check out at the grocery store when the
woman standing behind you in line suddenly collapses to the floor. She is
unresponsive and doesn't seem to be breathing. You should: - ✔✔Have someone
activate EMS and get an AED, if one is available, then check for a carotid pulse
, Air blown into the stomach while giving rescue breaths: - ✔✔Can limit lung
movement, cause vomiting, and reduce the effectiveness of rescue breathing.
You are attending a person who is unresponsive, not breathing, but you can
clearly feel a carotid pulse. What is the determined problem? -
✔✔Respiratory arrest
CPR is being performed on a child who was removed from a swimming pool. An
AED arrives and is positioned near the child's head. The next step is to: -
✔✔Wipe his chest dry before attaching the pads
During CPR, you are opening the airway of a person who you suspect has had
significant trauma to the head, neck, and back. You should: - ✔✔Place your
palms and thumbs on both sides of a CPR mask, hook your fingers underneath
the angles of the jaw, and displace the jaw with your fingers, moving it upward
without lifting the head.
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