BLS Recertification Questions with accurate answers, 100% Accurate, rated A

BLS Recertification Questions with accurate answers, 100% Accurate, rated A BLS - -the care healthcare providers and public safety professionals provide to patients who are experiencing respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, or airway obstruction What is the first step when confronted with an emergency situation? - -Size up the scene What is involved with sizing up the scene? - -Determine if the scene is safe, how many individuals are involved, the nature of illness/mechanism of injury; make initial impression; call for more resources as needed When is it acceptable to move ill or injured patients - -An individual is not to be moved unless there is immediate danger present to him/her or the rescuer What is to be checked while making a primary assessment of an unresponsive individual? - -LOC, breathing, circulation What do you do after deciding that the scene is safe? - -Perform a primary assessment, shake the individual's shoulder, and shout "are you OK?" What are the techniques used to open the airway? - -Head tilt-chin lift Jaw-thrust maneuver How do you open the airway of someone suspected of having sustained a head, neck, or spinal cord injury? - -Jaw thrust maneuver How long should you check the breathing and pulse of an unresponsive individual? - -At least 5 but no longer than 10 seconds What are agonal breaths? - -Isolated or infrequent gasping in absence of normal breathing of an unconscious patient How do you care for an individual with agonal breathing? - -As if he/she is not breathing (CPR) Distinguish between respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest - -Respiratory-no breathing but has pulse Cardiac-no breathing and no pulse