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Application exam Questions With Correct Answers
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What //compression-to-ventilation //ratio //should //be //used //for //2-rescuer //infant //CPR?
A) //20 //compressions //to //2 //breaths
B) //5 //compressions //to //1 //breath
C) //15 //compressions //to //2 //breaths
D) /
/30 /
/compressions //to //2 //breaths //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔C) //15 //compressions //to //2 //breaths
You //are //assisting //in //the //elective //intubation //of //an //average-sized //4-year-
old //child //with //respiratory //failure. //A //colleague //is //retrieving //the //color-coded //length-
based /
/tape /
/from //the //resuscitation //cart. //Which //of //the //following //is //likely //to //be //the //estimated //size //of
//the //uncuffed //endotracheal //tube //for //this //child?
A) //4-mm //tube
B) //5-mm //tube
,C) //3-mm
D) //6-mm //tube //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔B) //5-mm //tube
An //8-year-
old /
/child /
/was /
/struck /
/by //
a/
/car. /
/He /
/arrives /
/in /
/the /
/emergency /
/department /
/alert, /
/anxious, /
/and //in //respiratory //distress. //His //cervical //spine //is //immobilized, //and //he //is //receiving //a //10-
L/min /
/flow /
/of /
/100% /
/oxygen /
/by /
/nonrebreathing /
/face /
/mask. /
/His /
/respiratory /
/rate /
/is /
/60/min, /
,/heart /
/rate /
/150/min, /
/systolic /
/blood /
/pressure /
/70 /
/mm /
/Hg, /
/and /
/SpO2 /
/84%. /
/Breath /
/sounds /
/are /
/absent /
/over /
/the /
/right /
/chest /
/but /
/present /
/over /
/the /
/left /
/chest, /
/and /
/the /
/trachea /
/is /
/deviated /
/to /
/the /
/left. /
/He /
/has /
/weak /
/central //pulses //and //absent //distal //pulses. //Which //intervention //should //be //performed //next?
, A) //Establish //IV //access
B) //Provide //bag-mask //ventilation
C) //Perform //needle //decompression //of //the //chest
D) /
/Perform /
/endotracheal //intubation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔C) //Perform //needle //decompression //of
//the //chest
Why //is //allowing //complete //chest //recoil //important //when //performing //high-quality //CPR?
A) //The //heart //will //refill //with //blood //between //compressions
B) //The //rate //of //chest //compressions //will //increase
C) //There //will //be //a //reduction //in //rescuer //fatigue
D) /
/It /
/will /
/reduce /
/the /
/risk /
/of /
/rib /
/fractures //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A) //The //heart //will //refill //with //blood //between //compressions
Practical
/ /
Application exam Questions With Correct Answers
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What //compression-to-ventilation //ratio //should //be //used //for //2-rescuer //infant //CPR?
A) //20 //compressions //to //2 //breaths
B) //5 //compressions //to //1 //breath
C) //15 //compressions //to //2 //breaths
D) /
/30 /
/compressions //to //2 //breaths //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔C) //15 //compressions //to //2 //breaths
You //are //assisting //in //the //elective //intubation //of //an //average-sized //4-year-
old //child //with //respiratory //failure. //A //colleague //is //retrieving //the //color-coded //length-
based /
/tape /
/from //the //resuscitation //cart. //Which //of //the //following //is //likely //to //be //the //estimated //size //of
//the //uncuffed //endotracheal //tube //for //this //child?
A) //4-mm //tube
B) //5-mm //tube
,C) //3-mm
D) //6-mm //tube //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔B) //5-mm //tube
An //8-year-
old /
/child /
/was /
/struck /
/by //
a/
/car. /
/He /
/arrives /
/in /
/the /
/emergency /
/department /
/alert, /
/anxious, /
/and //in //respiratory //distress. //His //cervical //spine //is //immobilized, //and //he //is //receiving //a //10-
L/min /
/flow /
/of /
/100% /
/oxygen /
/by /
/nonrebreathing /
/face /
/mask. /
/His /
/respiratory /
/rate /
/is /
/60/min, /
,/heart /
/rate /
/150/min, /
/systolic /
/blood /
/pressure /
/70 /
/mm /
/Hg, /
/and /
/SpO2 /
/84%. /
/Breath /
/sounds /
/are /
/absent /
/over /
/the /
/right /
/chest /
/but /
/present /
/over /
/the /
/left /
/chest, /
/and /
/the /
/trachea /
/is /
/deviated /
/to /
/the /
/left. /
/He /
/has /
/weak /
/central //pulses //and //absent //distal //pulses. //Which //intervention //should //be //performed //next?
, A) //Establish //IV //access
B) //Provide //bag-mask //ventilation
C) //Perform //needle //decompression //of //the //chest
D) /
/Perform /
/endotracheal //intubation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔C) //Perform //needle //decompression //of
//the //chest
Why //is //allowing //complete //chest //recoil //important //when //performing //high-quality //CPR?
A) //The //heart //will //refill //with //blood //between //compressions
B) //The //rate //of //chest //compressions //will //increase
C) //There //will //be //a //reduction //in //rescuer //fatigue
D) /
/It /
/will /
/reduce /
/the /
/risk /
/of /
/rib /
/fractures //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A) //The //heart //will //refill //with //blood //between //compressions
