CPR and Basic Life Support Modules
What happens in a heart attack? - ANS-blood flow is blocked causing part of the heart to die.
What is a myocardial infarction? - ANS-a heart attack
What are the four signs of a heart attack? - ANS-1) crushing chest pain
2) upper body pain
3) shortness of breath
4) dizziness and nausea
Heart attacks and cardiac arrests are the same thing. - ANS-false
What does cardiac mean? - ANS-related to the heart
What is cardiac arrest? - ANS-when the heart stops pumping blood through the body.
Which is more serious, a heart attack or a cardiac arrest? - ANS-cardiac arrest
What can cause cardiac arrest? - ANS-choking, drug overdose, severe trauma, electrocution,
respiratory shock, and a heart condition or disease.
What is an arrhythmia? - ANS-changes in the heartbeat's normal rhythm.
Arrhythmias related to cardiac arrest - ANS-Ventricular fibrillation (VF) and Pulseless ventricular
tachycardia (pVT)
What is Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)? - ANS-a condition where the heart's electrical signal
does not produce a beat
What heart issue can cause cardiac arrest? - ANS-electrical
What is clinical death? - ANS-when breathing and blood circulation stop
What is biological death? - ANS-when organs can no longer function or be revived
Clinical death occurs before biological death. - ANS-false
What happens within 20 seconds of cardiac arrest? - ANS-the victim loses consciousness due
to lack of oxygen to the brain
What happens withing 1 minute of cardiac arrest? - ANS-brain cells, or neurons, start to die
, What happens within 3 minutes of cardiac arrest? - ANS-neurons begin to suffer more
wide-spread damage
What happens within 4 minutes of cardiac arrest? - ANS-lasting brain damage
What happens within 6 minutes of cardiac arrest? - ANS-biological death is imminent
What happens within 10 minutes of cardiac arrest? - ANS-a coma and lasting brain damage is
almost inevitable, shortly after survival is nearly impossible
What does cardiopulmonary resuscitation mean? - ANS-Bringing the heart and lungs back to life
What does the acronym CAB stand for? - ANS-C- circulation
A- airway
B- breathing
CPR can be performed in three basic steps. What letters can be used to remember these
steps? - ANS-CAB
All cardiac arrest situations have shockable rhythms. - ANS-false
Who can receive adult BLS? - ANS-anyone who has reached the onset age of puberty, typically
between 12 and 14 years of age
How can a person who has reached the onset of puberty be distinguished? - ANS-The person
exhibits secondary sex characteristics.
What are the five links in the Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Adult Chain of Survival? -
ANS-1)Immediate recognition of cardiac arrest, including activation of the emergency response
system
2)Early CPR with an emphasis on chest compressions
3)Rapid defibrillation with an AED
4)Effective advanced life support and transport to a care facility
5)Post-cardiac arrest care
What are the five links in the In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (IHCA) Adult Chain of Survival? -
ANS-1)Surveillance, prevention, and treatment of pre-arrest conditions
2)Immediate recognition of cardiac arrest, including activation of the emergency response
system
3)Early CPR with an emphasis on chest compressions
4)Rapid defibrillation
5)Post-cardiac arrest care
What happens in a heart attack? - ANS-blood flow is blocked causing part of the heart to die.
What is a myocardial infarction? - ANS-a heart attack
What are the four signs of a heart attack? - ANS-1) crushing chest pain
2) upper body pain
3) shortness of breath
4) dizziness and nausea
Heart attacks and cardiac arrests are the same thing. - ANS-false
What does cardiac mean? - ANS-related to the heart
What is cardiac arrest? - ANS-when the heart stops pumping blood through the body.
Which is more serious, a heart attack or a cardiac arrest? - ANS-cardiac arrest
What can cause cardiac arrest? - ANS-choking, drug overdose, severe trauma, electrocution,
respiratory shock, and a heart condition or disease.
What is an arrhythmia? - ANS-changes in the heartbeat's normal rhythm.
Arrhythmias related to cardiac arrest - ANS-Ventricular fibrillation (VF) and Pulseless ventricular
tachycardia (pVT)
What is Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)? - ANS-a condition where the heart's electrical signal
does not produce a beat
What heart issue can cause cardiac arrest? - ANS-electrical
What is clinical death? - ANS-when breathing and blood circulation stop
What is biological death? - ANS-when organs can no longer function or be revived
Clinical death occurs before biological death. - ANS-false
What happens within 20 seconds of cardiac arrest? - ANS-the victim loses consciousness due
to lack of oxygen to the brain
What happens withing 1 minute of cardiac arrest? - ANS-brain cells, or neurons, start to die
, What happens within 3 minutes of cardiac arrest? - ANS-neurons begin to suffer more
wide-spread damage
What happens within 4 minutes of cardiac arrest? - ANS-lasting brain damage
What happens within 6 minutes of cardiac arrest? - ANS-biological death is imminent
What happens within 10 minutes of cardiac arrest? - ANS-a coma and lasting brain damage is
almost inevitable, shortly after survival is nearly impossible
What does cardiopulmonary resuscitation mean? - ANS-Bringing the heart and lungs back to life
What does the acronym CAB stand for? - ANS-C- circulation
A- airway
B- breathing
CPR can be performed in three basic steps. What letters can be used to remember these
steps? - ANS-CAB
All cardiac arrest situations have shockable rhythms. - ANS-false
Who can receive adult BLS? - ANS-anyone who has reached the onset age of puberty, typically
between 12 and 14 years of age
How can a person who has reached the onset of puberty be distinguished? - ANS-The person
exhibits secondary sex characteristics.
What are the five links in the Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Adult Chain of Survival? -
ANS-1)Immediate recognition of cardiac arrest, including activation of the emergency response
system
2)Early CPR with an emphasis on chest compressions
3)Rapid defibrillation with an AED
4)Effective advanced life support and transport to a care facility
5)Post-cardiac arrest care
What are the five links in the In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (IHCA) Adult Chain of Survival? -
ANS-1)Surveillance, prevention, and treatment of pre-arrest conditions
2)Immediate recognition of cardiac arrest, including activation of the emergency response
system
3)Early CPR with an emphasis on chest compressions
4)Rapid defibrillation
5)Post-cardiac arrest care
