American Red Cross BLS Final Assessment Overrated A+

American Red Cross BLS Final Assessment Overrated A+ While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop communication? - "I'll go get the AED." The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which intervention should the nurse implement? - Cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival? - Early high-quality CPR You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44 pounds. The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only adult AED pads. What should you do? - Use the adult AED pads. You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest. You should begin CPR __________. - Immediately You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and appears unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening bleeding. Which is the next appropriate action? - Check for responsiveness. A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions every _____ minutes. - 2 You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year-old patient, Ben Phillips. When Mr. Phillips shows signs of ROSC, where should you perform the pulse check? - At the carotid or femoral artery You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which technique should you use to open the patient's airway? - Modified jaw-thrust maneuver You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac arrest. Which is the most effective CPR technique to perform until help arrives? - Standing or kneeling at the side of the infant with your hips at a slight angle, provide chest compressions using the encircling thumbs technique and deliver ventilations with a pocket mask or face shield. You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is experiencing cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to improve the patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and rationally identifying the connection between information and actions? - Critical thinking What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respiratory arrest or failure? - 1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds Which statement about bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitators is true? - A two-person technique is the preferred methodology for bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilations as it provides better seal and ventilation volume. You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing respiratory arrest. You should give 1 ventilation every: - 6 seconds A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and correctly perform chest compressions at which rate? - 100 to 120 compressions per minute