YMCA BLS Questions and Correct Answers
Two things that makes a lifeguard successful? Ans: Profesional
and demostrares leadership
What is the safe in six? Ans: Prevent, Recognize, Emergency,
Activate, rescue, care, report.
What is the YMCA's 4 values? Ans: Honesty, caring, responsibility
and respect.
What is the process of accepting and demonstrating positive
values? Ans: character development.
What is the YMCA challenge? Ans: to accept and demonstrate
caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility
what is cardiac arrest? Ans: When the heart is unable to pump
blood through body
What is sudden cardiac arrest? Ans: When a victim suddenly
collapses with no warning. The breathing is stopped as well.
How does sudden cardiac arrest occur? Ans: When normal
mechanical contraction of the heart is lost, resulting in ventricle
fibrillation. Blood low stops and brain cells dies within minutes.
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What is CPR? Ans: immediate treatment for suspected cardiac
arrest.
What is the best way to end fibrillation? Ans: Defibrillation
What is the chance of survival for each minute of cardiac arrest?
Ans: Every minute you lose 10% of survival
What is Ventricular Tachycardia? Ans: When the heart beats too
fast that blood can't flow through body. Prevented by high quality
cpr and defibrillation
What is the chain of survival? Ans: 1. Early recognition of cardiac
arrest and activation of emergency protocols
2.Immediate CPR with high quality chest compressions
3. Rapid defibrillations to the Heart
4.Effective basic and advanced EMS care and transport.
5.Effective post-cardiac arrest care at hospital.
what is the chain of survival in a hospital? Ans: 1.monitoring,
prevention, and treatment of rearrest conditions.
2.early reocgnication of cardiac arrest and activation emergency
protocol
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