American Heart Association Basic Life
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What is the leading cause of death in the United States? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Sudden Cardiac Arrest
What percentage of cardiac arrests occur in the home? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔70%
How many adults with non-traumatic cardiac arrest survive to hospital
discharge? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10%
Who is considered an adult? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Adolescents (After the onset
of puberty)
Who is considered a child? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1 year of age to puberty
Who is considered an infant? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Less than 1 year of age
What are some signs of puberty? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Chest hair, underarm
hair, any breast development
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, What are signs of cardiac arrest? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Unresponsivness, no
normal breathing, no pulse
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How long after the recognition of cardiac arrest should chest compressions
begin? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within 10 seconds
What is the common rate of compressions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔100-120
beats per minute
How deep should chest compressions be for an adult? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔At
least 2 inches
How deep should chest compressions be for a child? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔One
third the depth of the chest, about 2 inches
How deep should chest compressions be for an infant? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔One third the depth of the chest, about 1.5 inches
How long can interruptions during CPR be? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10 seconds
How deep of a chest compression in an adult can cause injury? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔2.4 inches
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What is the leading cause of death in the United States? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Sudden Cardiac Arrest
What percentage of cardiac arrests occur in the home? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔70%
How many adults with non-traumatic cardiac arrest survive to hospital
discharge? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10%
Who is considered an adult? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Adolescents (After the onset
of puberty)
Who is considered a child? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1 year of age to puberty
Who is considered an infant? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Less than 1 year of age
What are some signs of puberty? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Chest hair, underarm
hair, any breast development
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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, What are signs of cardiac arrest? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Unresponsivness, no
normal breathing, no pulse
2
How long after the recognition of cardiac arrest should chest compressions
begin? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Within 10 seconds
What is the common rate of compressions? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔100-120
beats per minute
How deep should chest compressions be for an adult? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔At
least 2 inches
How deep should chest compressions be for a child? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔One
third the depth of the chest, about 2 inches
How deep should chest compressions be for an infant? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔One third the depth of the chest, about 1.5 inches
How long can interruptions during CPR be? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10 seconds
How deep of a chest compression in an adult can cause injury? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔2.4 inches
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