100 compressions per minute. correct answers What is the rate for performing chest
compressions for a victim of any age?
Take your weight off your hands and allow the chest to come back to its normal position.
correct answers what is the best way you can allow the chest to recoil completely after each
chest compression?
Use the head tilt-chin lift. correct answers When you do not suspect cervical spine injury,
what is the best way to open an unresponsive victim's airway?
The chest rises visibly. correct answers What is the best way for a rescuer to know that a
rescue breath for an infant is effective?
Seal your mouth over the victim's mouth and give 2 breaths, watching for chest rise. correct
answers After you open the airway and pinch the nose of an unresponsive adult or child, what
is the best way to give mouth-to-mouth breaths?
Listen to the airflow from the victim's nose or mouth. correct answers You must check
adequate breathing before giving breaths to an unresponsive adult victim. You do this by
looking for the chest rise and feeling for airflow through the victim's nose or mouth. What
other sign should you assess?
Open the airway and give 2 breaths. correct answers What would be the next step when you
find an unresponsive victim who has agonal gasp and you have sent someone to activate the
emergency response system?
The victim is unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not have a pulse. correct answers How
do you know when to start cycles of chest compressions with breaths for adult?
You switch to cycles of 15 compressions and 2 breaths with one rescuer giving chest
compressions and the other giving breaths. correct answers How you and a second rescuer
can give CPR to an infant victim together using the 2 thumbs encircling hands technique?
The probability of successful defribillation diminishes rapidly over time. correct answers
Why it is important to give early defibrillation to an adult?
power on the AED, attach pads, clear the victim and allow the AED to analyze the rhythm,
clear the victim and deliver shock, if advised. correct answers Name the steps common to the
operation of all AEDs in the correct order
Clear the victim so the AED can analyze the heart rhythm. correct answers After you power
on an AED and attach the pads to the victim, what is the next step you should do?
The AED could shock you while it is shocking the victim. correct answers What might
happen if you touch the victim while the AED is delivering a shock?
Perform abdominal thrust. correct answers What is the best way to relieve severe choking in a
responsive adult?