Module 2—Adult CPR and AED

Cardiac arrest is often due to a blockage of the blood vessels supplying oxygen to the heart muscle (heart attack). However, it can also occur due to the effects of which of the following? Select all that apply. - Answer- Drowning Breathing emergency Which of the following would lead you to suspect a person is in cardiac arrest? Select all that apply. - Answer- Unresponsive Trouble breathing If your check of the person reveals that they are unresponsive and not breathing, what should you do first? - Answer- Call 9-1-1 and get the AED and first aid kit or tell someone to do so When giving high-quality CPR, you should give compressions at a rate of which of the following per minute? - Answer- 100 to 120 When giving high-quality CPR to an adult, you should give compressions at a depth of which of the following? - Answer- At least 2 inches When giving high-quality CPR, you should minimize necessary interruptions in chest compressions to less than how many seconds? - Answer- 10 When giving breaths during high-quality CPR, each breath should last about 1 second and make what happen? - Answer- The chest begin to rise When giving compressions, how should the first aid responder position their body and arms? - Answer- Shoulders directly over the hands and elbows locked Before giving breaths to the adult, you should open their airway using the head-tilt/chin-lift technique to which position? - Answer- Past-neutral What is it important to do between giving the first and second breath? - Answer- Allow the chest to fall and the air to exit When giving breaths using a pocket mask, what is the technique for opening the person's airway? - Answer- Lift the person's face into the mask to open the airway to a past-neutral position If the chest does not rise on the first breath, and you reopen the airway and give a second breath and the chest still does not rise, what might be a reason? - Answer- An object might be blocking the airway.