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To follow a set of infection control practices used whether or not an infection is suspected
✔✔To observe standard precautions means:
Children and infants ✔✔Prevention of airway and breathing emergencies; early CPR with an
emphasis on effective rescue breaths and, if needed, rapid defibrillation; early activation of the
appropriate emergency response protocol; effective BLS and ALS care and transportation; and
effective post-cardiac arrest care at a hospital are the links in which chain of survival?
Adults outside a hospital ✔✔Early recognition of cardiac arrest and activation of an emergency
response protocol; immediate high quality CPR; rapid defibrillation; effective BLS and ALS care
and transportation; and effective postcardiac arrest care at a hospital are the links in which chain
of survival?
Sudden cardiac arrest; CPR, defibrillation ✔✔You have responded to a report of an abrupt
collapse of a middle-aged man at a local office building. Your BLS assessment shows the man is
unresponsive, not breathing normally, and has no carotid pulse. This condition is most likely
caused by and treated with:
, Place her in the side-lying recovery position. ✔✔You are providing care to a 23-year-old female
found unresponsive on a couch at a party. She is breathing normally and has a pulse. You should
immediately do which of the following?
Immediately provide CPR. ✔✔You are attending to a 54-year-old man who collapsed suddenly
and is unresponsive. He is not breathing normally and you cannot feel a pulse. There is no
suspicion of trauma and your emergency response protocol is being activated. What is your next
step?
Respiratory arrest ✔✔You are attending to a person who is unresponsive, gasping, but you can
clearly feel a carotid pulse. What is the determined problem?
Attach the AED quickly and follow the voice instructions. ✔✔You have been performing CPR
on a 9-year-old child for about 4 minutes. An AED has just arrived. What should you do?
Start CPR; 30:2 compressions to ventilations. ✔✔You and another provider are attending to a
17-year-old boy found unresponsive with occasional gasps. You are not certain if a pulse is
present. What should you do?