BLS, ACLS & PALS QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

- basic life support review - pediatric advanced life support - advanced cardiac life support - pharmacology for adults, children, and infants, what is the universal one rescuer compressions to breath ratio? correct answer: 30:2 *adult 2-rescuer ratio is also 30:2 *excluding newly born infants in the delivery room for infants, children, and adults what is the two rescuers compressions to breath ratio? correct answer: - infant and child 2-rescuer ratio is 15:2 - adult both 1- and 2-rescuer ratio is 30:2 → with one rescuer doing compressions and the other doing breaths what defines an individual as a child? correct answer: - anywhere between 1 year and puberty - signs of puberty include chest or underarm hair on mails and any breast development in females what are the 7 steps for one rescuer child BLS? correct answer: 1. shake and shout at victim to determine if they are responsive 2. assess if they are breathing - ear to mouth or watch chest 3. if child does not respond and s/he is not breathing, yell for help - ask second person to get AED 4. feel for child's carotid or femoral pulse for no more than 10 seconds 5. if no pulse, unsure, or < 60 bpm, begin 30:2 CPR - compression depth should be ∼1/3 of chest, ∼2 in. 6. after 2 min (5 cycles) and no other help has arrived, leave child to call EMS and get an AED 7. use and follow AED prompts when available while continuing CPR until EMS arrives or child's condition normalizes what are the 7 steps for two rescuer child and infant BLS? correct answer: 1. shake and shout at victim to determine if they are responsive 2. assess if they are breathing - ear to mouth or