American Red Cross CPR / AED Certification Study Guide

What is the Citizen Responders first step in an emergency? - answer-Recognize - check - call What is the most important thing you can do in any emergency? - answer-Call all What are the correct steps in checking an emergency? - answer-Check, Call, Care Why should you check a scene first before providing care? - answer-To ensure the scene is safe. You don't want to place yourself in unsafe scene. What does implied consent refer? - answer-If they are unconscious of a child with no adult, you can perform care If a child is bleeding badly, what should you do immediately? - answer-Call all and stop blood (put on gloves) The best way to tell if a victim is conscious is to...? - answer-Tap their left shoulder, check for breathing, ask them a question How should you check for signs of breathing? - answer-Head back, chin up, face chest, listen for breathing watch chest, look listen and feel for 10 seconds Best way to prevent disease transmission? - answer-Use gloves or anything that is a barrier to bodily fluid contact How should you check a conscious child for non-life threatening emergencies? - answer-From head-to-toe talking them through with it If you think a person is not breathing, what would you do next? - answer-Call all, look, listen and feel for breathing A victim is found face-up. How do you know if he/she is breathing? - answer-You ask then if no response head tilt chin lift face chest and listen for breathing When should you call 911? - answer-After recognizing scene or when given the consent of a life-threatening situation. When a person is unconscious, not breathing, or in a life-threatening emergency How can bystanders be helpful to you while you are checking the scene? - answer-They can call all, care, provide info Why do we tilt a victim's head back? What is that technique called? - answer-To open the airway, head tilt, chin lift If you are the only person at a scene, the child requires urgent care, do you call first or care first? - answer-Call first, then care while help is on way Care first for a min, then call Why is it important not to move a victim? - answer-To prevent further injury What are the barriers to action? - answer-Being sued, fear of disease transmission, bystanders fear getting sued What are some life-threatening conditions? - answer-Consistent chest pain fire, water, traffic In checking an unconscious victim, how many initial breaths should you give? - answer-0 2 after comp. What to do if someone vomits while giving RB's? - answer-roll on side, clean it and continue breaths Adult CPR hand placement? How many hands? - answer-2 hands bottom of sternum (in between nipples) The cycle of compressions to breathe in CPR for an Adult victim is...? - answer-30 comp, 2 breaths, 100/minute CPR done on an adult should include chest compressions done at a rate of? - answer-100 per minute After giving CPR for an adult, when should you recheck pulse? - answer-Never do When giving a rescue breathe to an adult, you should give the breath over a period of _____ second/s? - answer-1 What is the purpose of CPR? - answer-To increase their chance of survival through keeping brain supplied with oxygen Where did Ms Rob play basketball in college? - answer-Gonzaga You should continue CPR until...? - answer-Until a paramedic arrives + takes over, or