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Check your knowledge of 2-rescuer adult Activate the emergency response system and get the AED
BLS by answering this question. You and
your colleague respond to an adult - It's important to get advanced providers and an AED on their way. For shockable
male victim who is unresponsive. After cardiac arrest, the sooner defibrillation occurs, the better the victim's chance of
assessing that the victim is not breathing survival.
and has no pulse, what do you instruct
your colleague to do?
Give 1 breath every 5 to 6 seconds
A rescuer arrives at the side of an
adult victim and suspects an opioid- For a suspected opioid-associated life-threatening emergency in a victim who is
associated life-threatening emergency. unresponsive and not breathing normally but does
The victim is unresponsive and not have a pulse, the rescuer should give 1 breath every 5 to 6 seconds in an
breathing normally but has a pulse. adult, and every 3 to 5 seconds in a child or infant. Then, if local protocol
Which action should the rescuer do allows, the rescuer may give naloxone. But the rescuer should not delay
next? breaths to give
naloxone.
If the choking infant becomes look for the object in the back of the throat.
unresponsive, the rescuer should
immediately begin CPR, starting with - If the object is seen and can easily be removed, the rescuer should remove it.
chest compressions. Each time the airway
is opened, the rescuer should
How often should rescuers switch roles After every five cycles of CPR
when performing two-rescuer CPR?
The 2015 AHA guidelines for CPR Chest compressions, Airway, Breathing
recommended BLS sequence of steps
are:
In an adult with an advanced airway in Every 6 to 8 seconds (8 to 10 breaths per minute)
place during two-rescuer CPR, how often
should the breaths be administered?
An infant becomes unresponsive and 12-20 breaths a minute
stops breathing. A strong pulse is
still present. How many rescue - This number of rescue breaths has shown to be adequate for oxygenation while
breaths a still allowing for effective movement of air in and out of the lungs of an
minute should be given until help arrives unconscious infant.
or the infant starts breathing on its own?
During CPR, if the victim's chest does Start chest compressions again
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