CPR Test Review Questions and Answers
1.How many compressions per minute for EVERY age?
ANS 100 - 120 minute
2.What are rescue breaths?
ANS Given to a person with a pulse, but not breathing
3.How many rescue breaths for an adult?
ANS Once every 5 - 6 seconds
4.How many rescue breaths for an infant or child?
ANS Once every 3 - 5 seconds
5.Where do you check a pulse on an adult or child?
ANS carotid
6.Where do you check a pulse on an infant?
ANS brachial
7.How do you know if ventilations are effective
ANS If the chest rises
8.How long should each breath take to give?
ANS about 1 second
9.How do you allow the heart to fill back up with blood?
ANS allow full recoil
10.When should you use an AED on a person with no pulse?
ANS as soon as it is available
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, 11.What is the first step in using an AED?
ANS turn it on
12.In the AHA chain of survival there is (in order) early activation of the
EMS, early CPR, early AED, advanced life support, and ?
ANS post cardiac arrest care
13.What does ROSC stand for?
ANS return of spontaneous circulation (pt. has a pulse again)
14.What is the most common cause of cardiac arrest in children?
ANS respiratory failure or shock
15.Describe sudden cardiac arrest?
ANS heart stops
16.What is ischemia?
ANS lack of oxygen to body tissues
17.What is infarction?
ANS tissue death
18.What is a myocardial infarction
ANS heart attack
19. What do you look for in a stroke victim?
ANS FAST (Face drooping, Arm drooping, speech problems, time)
20.Where do you push down for CPR?
ANS lower portion of the sternum
21.How should you open a person's airway if there is no head or
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1.How many compressions per minute for EVERY age?
ANS 100 - 120 minute
2.What are rescue breaths?
ANS Given to a person with a pulse, but not breathing
3.How many rescue breaths for an adult?
ANS Once every 5 - 6 seconds
4.How many rescue breaths for an infant or child?
ANS Once every 3 - 5 seconds
5.Where do you check a pulse on an adult or child?
ANS carotid
6.Where do you check a pulse on an infant?
ANS brachial
7.How do you know if ventilations are effective
ANS If the chest rises
8.How long should each breath take to give?
ANS about 1 second
9.How do you allow the heart to fill back up with blood?
ANS allow full recoil
10.When should you use an AED on a person with no pulse?
ANS as soon as it is available
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, 11.What is the first step in using an AED?
ANS turn it on
12.In the AHA chain of survival there is (in order) early activation of the
EMS, early CPR, early AED, advanced life support, and ?
ANS post cardiac arrest care
13.What does ROSC stand for?
ANS return of spontaneous circulation (pt. has a pulse again)
14.What is the most common cause of cardiac arrest in children?
ANS respiratory failure or shock
15.Describe sudden cardiac arrest?
ANS heart stops
16.What is ischemia?
ANS lack of oxygen to body tissues
17.What is infarction?
ANS tissue death
18.What is a myocardial infarction
ANS heart attack
19. What do you look for in a stroke victim?
ANS FAST (Face drooping, Arm drooping, speech problems, time)
20.Where do you push down for CPR?
ANS lower portion of the sternum
21.How should you open a person's airway if there is no head or
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