Course PALS RED CROSS

what would you identify as the universal sign that a conscious person is choking? - ANS Clutching the throat A 12-year-old child at a swim meet grabs their chest and begins to make wheezing noises. After you obtain consent to provide care, the child's parent informs you that the child has a history of asthma, but does not have an inhaler nearby. What care should you provide? - ANS Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the victim into a position that helps breathing. As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim vomits. Which of the following would you do first? - ANS Turn the victim onto their side and clear the airway of the vomit immediately. A person has been injured and is responsive. You obtain consent to check the victim for life-threatening conditions. What life-threatening condition would require you to immediately summon EMS personnel? - ANS Persistent chest pain When giving chest compressions to an adult, how would you position your hands? - ANS Heel of one hand on the center of the chest with the other hand on top Based on which of the following signs and symptoms would you determine that a victim is experiencing respiratory distress? - ANS Gasping for breath A patron has slurred speech, is unable to lift their right arm level with their left arm and is unable to smile without one side of their face drooping. You make note of the time the symptoms started. These are symptoms of: - ANS A stroke. You determine that a victim is unresponsive but breathing. While waiting with the victim for EMS personnel, you would position the victim: - ANS In a recovery position. You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting responder arrives. Which of the following is most appropriate for the assisting responder to do first? - ANS Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called. While preparing to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) on a victim, you notice a medication patch on the victim's chest. Which action is most appropriate? - ANS Removing the patch with a gloved hand. When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult who is choking, where should you position your fist? - ANS In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel You are giving ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every: - ANS 3 seconds During a primary assessment, which of the following should you check first? - ANS Responsiveness You arrive on a scene where someone seems to be hurt. During the primary assessment, you should check for all of the following EXCEPT: - ANS Swelling. You and a fellow lifeguard are giving ventilations using a BVM. You position the mask over the victim's mouth and nose. What should the other lifeguard do? - ANS Squeeze the bag with both hands. Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate? - ANS Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers operate the BVM. All of the following are components of scene size-up EXCEPT: - ANS Checking for responsiveness. Which of the following should you do first when approaching the scene of an emergency? - ANS Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression. A way to remember the questions to ask when taking a brief history is to use the acronym SAMPLE. What does the S in SAMPLE stand for? - ANS Signs and Symptoms As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year-old child, you would perform cycles of: - ANS 30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations. Your initial impression reveals severe life-threatening bleeding in an adult victim who appears to be unresponsive. Your next step should be: - ANS Control the bleeding with any available resources. A patron has cut their leg on the edge of the bleachers and is bleeding heavily. You think the patron is in shock because they: - ANS Become restless and irritable. To ensure high-quality CPR and high-quality chest compressions, you should: - ANS Expose the victim's chest to ensure proper hand placement and full chest recoil. Which of the following statements about performing CPR with two or more rescuers is true? - ANS