BASIC LIFE SUPPORT BLS COMPREHENSIVE
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔PAD stands for... - ✔✔public-access defibrillation
✔✔Once the AED arrives, place on the ___(a)___ side, next to the ___(b)___ who will
operate it. - ✔✔a) victim's
b) rescuer
✔✔Arrythmia - ✔✔an irregular or abnormal heart beat
✔✔Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pVT) - ✔✔- when the lower chambers of the heart
(ventricles) begin contracting at a very fast pace
- no pulse can be detected
✔✔ventricular fibrillation (VF) - ✔✔- arrest rhythm
- heart's electrical activity becomes disordered
- heart does not pump blood
✔✔Universal steps for operating an AED - ✔✔1. Open and power on the AED
2. Attach AED pads to victim's bare chest
3. "Clear" victim and allow the AED to analyze the rhythm
4. If AED advises a shock, it will tell you to clear the victim
5. If no shock is needed, and after any shock delivery, immediately resume CPR,
starting with chest compressions
6. After about 5 cycles or 2 minutes of CPR, the AED will prompt you to repeat steps 3
&4
✔✔(After AED use) Immediately resume high-quality CPR, starting with chest
compressions after: - ✔✔1. a shock is delivered
2. AED prompts "no shock advised"
✔✔The 2 common AED pad placement positions: - ✔✔1. anterolateral
, 2. anteroposterior
✔✔AED pad anterolateral placement: - ✔✔- Place one AED pad directly below the right
collarbone
- Place other pad to the side of the left nipple, with the top edge of the pad a few inches
below the armpit
✔✔AED pad anteroposterior placement: - ✔✔- place one AED ;ad on left side of the
chest, between the victim's left side of the breastbone and left nipple
- Place the other pad on the left side of the victim's back, next to the spine
✔✔Special circumstances may require the rescuer to take additional actions when
placing AED pads for a victim who: - ✔✔- has a hairy chest
- is immersed in water or has water covering the chest
- has an implanted defibrillator or pacemaker
- has a transdermal medication patch or other object on the surface of the skin where
the AED pads are to be placed
✔✔Do not use an AED in ________. - ✔✔water
✔✔(AED) If the victim is in water, then... - ✔✔pull victim out of water
✔✔(AED) If victim's chest is covered with water, then... - ✔✔quickly wipe the chest
before attaching the AED pads
✔✔(AED) If victim is lying on snow or in a small puddle, then... - ✔✔use the AED after
quickly wiping the chest
✔✔(AED) If you identify an implanted defibrillator/pacemaker: - ✔✔- Avoid placing AED
pad directly over the implanted device
- Follow normal steps for operating AED
✔✔(AED) Examples of medication patches: - ✔✔- nitroglycerin
- nicotine
- pain medication
- hormone replacement therapy
✔✔What action should you take when the AED is analyzing the heart rhythm? -
✔✔stand clear of the victim
✔✔The 3 resuscitation triangle roles: - ✔✔1. Compressor
2. AED/monitor/defibrillator
3. Airway
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔PAD stands for... - ✔✔public-access defibrillation
✔✔Once the AED arrives, place on the ___(a)___ side, next to the ___(b)___ who will
operate it. - ✔✔a) victim's
b) rescuer
✔✔Arrythmia - ✔✔an irregular or abnormal heart beat
✔✔Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pVT) - ✔✔- when the lower chambers of the heart
(ventricles) begin contracting at a very fast pace
- no pulse can be detected
✔✔ventricular fibrillation (VF) - ✔✔- arrest rhythm
- heart's electrical activity becomes disordered
- heart does not pump blood
✔✔Universal steps for operating an AED - ✔✔1. Open and power on the AED
2. Attach AED pads to victim's bare chest
3. "Clear" victim and allow the AED to analyze the rhythm
4. If AED advises a shock, it will tell you to clear the victim
5. If no shock is needed, and after any shock delivery, immediately resume CPR,
starting with chest compressions
6. After about 5 cycles or 2 minutes of CPR, the AED will prompt you to repeat steps 3
&4
✔✔(After AED use) Immediately resume high-quality CPR, starting with chest
compressions after: - ✔✔1. a shock is delivered
2. AED prompts "no shock advised"
✔✔The 2 common AED pad placement positions: - ✔✔1. anterolateral
, 2. anteroposterior
✔✔AED pad anterolateral placement: - ✔✔- Place one AED pad directly below the right
collarbone
- Place other pad to the side of the left nipple, with the top edge of the pad a few inches
below the armpit
✔✔AED pad anteroposterior placement: - ✔✔- place one AED ;ad on left side of the
chest, between the victim's left side of the breastbone and left nipple
- Place the other pad on the left side of the victim's back, next to the spine
✔✔Special circumstances may require the rescuer to take additional actions when
placing AED pads for a victim who: - ✔✔- has a hairy chest
- is immersed in water or has water covering the chest
- has an implanted defibrillator or pacemaker
- has a transdermal medication patch or other object on the surface of the skin where
the AED pads are to be placed
✔✔Do not use an AED in ________. - ✔✔water
✔✔(AED) If the victim is in water, then... - ✔✔pull victim out of water
✔✔(AED) If victim's chest is covered with water, then... - ✔✔quickly wipe the chest
before attaching the AED pads
✔✔(AED) If victim is lying on snow or in a small puddle, then... - ✔✔use the AED after
quickly wiping the chest
✔✔(AED) If you identify an implanted defibrillator/pacemaker: - ✔✔- Avoid placing AED
pad directly over the implanted device
- Follow normal steps for operating AED
✔✔(AED) Examples of medication patches: - ✔✔- nitroglycerin
- nicotine
- pain medication
- hormone replacement therapy
✔✔What action should you take when the AED is analyzing the heart rhythm? -
✔✔stand clear of the victim
✔✔The 3 resuscitation triangle roles: - ✔✔1. Compressor
2. AED/monitor/defibrillator
3. Airway
