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what is the correct order of steps in the In-Hospital Chain of Survival for adults? - 1. Early Recognition and Prevention 2. Activation of Emergency Response 3. High-Quality CPR 4. Defibrillation 5. Post-Cardiac Arrest Care 6. Recovery What are the correct actions to take for scene safety and assessment? - -Verify scene safety -Look for no breathing and only gasping and check pulse -Check for responsiveness -Activate the emergency response system and get an AED -Begin CPR if no breathing or no gasping and no pulse felt What are the components of a pulse check in an unresponsive victim? - -Feel the pulse in the groove to the side of the trachea -Assess for a pulse for at least 5 but no more than 10 seconds -Use 2 or 3 fingers to locate the pulse What does a chest compression feedback device monitor? - -Compression rate -Chest recoil -Compression depth when using a pocket mask, where should the rescuer be positioned? - at the side of the victim A bag-mask device is used to provide____to a victim who is not breathing or not breathing normally. - positive-pressure ventilation How are breaths delivered using a bag-mask device? - 1 breath over 1 second, while watching for chest rise Two life-threatening arrhythmias that can cause cardiac arrest are pulseless ventricular tachycardia and __________ - ventricular fibrillation After an AED delivers a shock, what should the rescuers do next? - Resume CPR, starting with chest compressions How do you open the airway for breaths if a single rescuer is present? - Head tilt-chin lift After positioning yourself directly above the victim's head, what is the correct order of steps for using a bag-mask device? - 1. Place the mask on the victim's face, using the bridge of the nose as a guide for the correct position. 2. Use the E-C clamp techinque to hold the maks in place while you life the jaw to hold the airway open 3. Squeeze the bad to give breaths (1 second each) while watching for chest rise Why is an AED needed? - to analyze the heart rhythm and provide a shock After an AED delivers a shock, what should the rescuers do next? - Resume CPR, starting with chest compressions When should the rescuer operating the AED clear the victim? - During analysis and before shock delivery Where should AED pads be placed in the anteroposterior placement for adults and children 8 years and older? - Left side of the back and Left side of the chest You and your colleague respond to an adult victim who is unresponsive. After assessing that the victim is not breathing and has no pulse, what do you instruct your colleague to do? - Activate the emergency response system and get the AED You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does not respond. What is your next step after calling for help? - Check for breathing and a pulse After checking for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not breathing normally but had a pulse and needs rescue breathing. What is the correct ventilation rate? - 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a pulse check. What immediate actions should be taken? - Immediately begin CPR and turn on the AED As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED, and follows the prompts. The AED analyzes the rhythm and does not advise a shcok. After you immediately resume CPR, how do you continute treating the patient? - Continue CPR until prompted by the AED to allow a rhythm check, the code team arrives, or the patient starts to move Where should AED pads be placed in the anterolateral placement for adults and children 8 years or older? - Below the right collarbone and Side of the left nipple When performing high-quality CPR on a child, what is the correct depth of compressions? - Approximately 2 inches (5 cm) What is the target rate for chest compressions for children? - 100 to 120/min

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HeartCode BLS
what is the correct order of steps in the In-Hospital Chain of Survival for adults? - ✔✔1. Early
Recognition and Prevention

2. Activation of Emergency Response

3. High-Quality CPR

4. Defibrillation

5. Post-Cardiac Arrest Care

6. Recovery



What are the correct actions to take for scene safety and assessment? - ✔✔-Verify scene safety

-Look for no breathing and only gasping and check pulse

-Check for responsiveness

-Activate the emergency response system and get an AED

-Begin CPR if no breathing or no gasping and no pulse felt



What are the components of a pulse check in an unresponsive victim? - ✔✔-Feel the pulse in the
groove to the side of the trachea

-Assess for a pulse for at least 5 but no more than 10 seconds

-Use 2 or 3 fingers to locate the pulse



What does a chest compression feedback device monitor? - ✔✔-Compression rate

-Chest recoil

-Compression depth



when using a pocket mask, where should the rescuer be positioned? - ✔✔at the side of the victim

,A bag-mask device is used to provide____to a victim who is not breathing or not breathing normally. -
✔✔positive-pressure ventilation



How are breaths delivered using a bag-mask device? - ✔✔1 breath over 1 second, while watching for
chest rise



Two life-threatening arrhythmias that can cause cardiac arrest are pulseless ventricular tachycardia and
__________ - ✔✔ventricular fibrillation



After an AED delivers a shock, what should the rescuers do next? - ✔✔Resume CPR, starting with chest
compressions



How do you open the airway for breaths if a single rescuer is present? - ✔✔Head tilt-chin lift



After positioning yourself directly above the victim's head, what is the correct order of steps for using a
bag-mask device? - ✔✔1. Place the mask on the victim's face, using the bridge of the nose as a guide
for the correct position.

2. Use the E-C clamp techinque to hold the maks in place while you life the jaw to hold the airway open

3. Squeeze the bad to give breaths (1 second each) while watching for chest rise



Why is an AED needed? - ✔✔to analyze the heart rhythm and provide a shock



After an AED delivers a shock, what should the rescuers do next? - ✔✔Resume CPR, starting with chest
compressions



When should the rescuer operating the AED clear the victim? - ✔✔During analysis and before shock
delivery

, Where should AED pads be placed in the anteroposterior placement for adults and children 8 years and
older? - ✔✔Left side of the back and Left side of the chest



You and your colleague respond to an adult victim who is unresponsive. After assessing that the victim is
not breathing and has no pulse, what do you instruct your colleague to do? - ✔✔Activate the
emergency response system and get the AED



You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does not respond. What is your next step
after calling for help? - ✔✔Check for breathing and a pulse



After checking for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not breathing normally but had a
pulse and needs rescue breathing. What is the correct ventilation rate? - ✔✔1 breath every 6 seconds,
or about 10 breaths per minute



After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a pulse check. What immediate actions
should be taken? - ✔✔Immediately begin CPR and turn on the AED



As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED, and follows the prompts. The AED
analyzes the rhythm and does not advise a shcok. After you immediately resume CPR, how do you
continute treating the patient? - ✔✔Continue CPR until prompted by the AED to allow a rhythm check,
the code team arrives, or the patient starts to move



Where should AED pads be placed in the anterolateral placement for adults and children 8 years or
older? - ✔✔Below the right collarbone and Side of the left nipple



When performing high-quality CPR on a child, what is the correct depth of compressions? - ✔✔
Approximately 2 inches (5 cm)



What is the target rate for chest compressions for children? - ✔✔100 to 120/min

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