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The first link in the out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest chain
of survival is: - ANSWER-Preventing causes of respiratory
failure or respiratory arrest, which lead to cardiac arrest.
When ventilating a child with a bag-mask device, give 1 breath
every 2-3 seconds. Deliver each breath over ____ second(s) in
length while watching for chest rise. - ANSWER-1 second -
When ventilating a child with a bag-mask device, deliver each
breath over 1 second in length while watching for chest rise.
To locate the brachial pulse on an infant, place two or three
fingers: - ANSWER-
inside of the upper arm, midway between the elbow
and shoulder.
Your adult patient is making abnormal gasping, snoring
sounds. You definitely feel a carotid pulse. What should you
do? - ANSWER-Provide rescue breathing or bag-mask
ventilation.
, To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself: -
ANSWER-Above the
patient's
head.
Which link in the out-of-hospital adult chain of survival is
critical to survival when a patient's heart is in an abnormal
rhythm like pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) and
ventricular fibrillation (VF)? - ANSWER-Defibrillation
You are a lone BLS provider responding to a possible cardiac
arrest. The scene is safe, and you have taken standard
precautions. The patient is unresponsive. You have activated
EMS or your occupational emergency action plan. Other
providers are on the way and you have an AED. The patient is
occasionally
gasping. You do not feel a carotid pulse. What should you
do? - ANSWER-
Power on the AED. Apply adult pads to patient's
bare chest.
You are the only BLS provider responding to "baby not
breathing." The scene is safe, and you have taken standard