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100 compressions per minute. What is the rate for performing chest compressions for a victim of any age?
Take your weight off your hands what is the best way you can allow the chest to recoil completely
and allow the chest to come back after each chest compression?
to its normal position.
When you do not suspect cervical spine injury, what is the best way to
Use the head tilt-chin lift.
open an unresponsive victim's airway?
What is the best way for a rescuer to know that a rescue breath for an
The chest rises visibly.
infant is effective?
Seal your mouth over the victim's After you open the airway and pinch the nose of an unresponsive
mouth and give 2 breaths, adult or child, what is the best way to give mouth-to-mouth breaths?
watching for chest rise.
You must check adequate breathing before giving breaths to an
Listen to the airflow from the
unresponsive adult victim. You do this by looking for the chest rise
victim's nose or mouth.
and feeling for airflow
through the victim's nose or mouth. What other sign should you assess?
What would be the next step when you find an unresponsive victim
Open the airway and give 2 breaths. who has agonal gasp and you have sent someone to activate the
emergency response system?
The victim is unresponsive, is not How do you know when to start cycles of chest compressions with
breathing, and does not have a pulse. breaths for adult?
You switch to cycles of 15 How you and a second rescuer can give CPR to an infant victim
compressions and 2 breaths with together using the 2 thumbs encircling hands technique?
one rescuer giving chest
compressions and the other giving
breaths.
The probability of successful Why it is important to give early defibrillation to an adult?
defribillation diminishes rapidly over
time.
power on the AED, attach pads, Name the steps common to the operation of all AEDs in the correct order
clear the victim and allow the AED
to analyze the rhythm, clear the
victim and deliver shock, if advised.
Clear the victim so the AED can After you power on an AED and attach the pads to the victim, what is
analyze the heart rhythm. the next step you should do?
The AED could shock you while it What might happen if you touch the victim while the AED is delivering a shock?
is shocking the victim.
Perform abdominal thrust. What is the best way to relieve severe choking in a responsive adult?
Leave the pads on the victim's chest You are using an AED on an adult victim, and the AED gives a "no
and continue CPR beginning with shock indicated" ("no shock advised") message. Until advance
compressions. personnel arrive what should you do next?
Begin CPR. When you open the A choking adult becomes unresponsive while you are doing
airway, look for and remove the abdominal thrusts for severe choking. You ease the victim to the floor
object (if seen) before giving and send someone to activate
rescue breaths. your emergency response system. What should you do next?
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100 compressions per minute. What is the rate for performing chest compressions for a victim of any age?
Take your weight off your hands what is the best way you can allow the chest to recoil completely
and allow the chest to come back after each chest compression?
to its normal position.
When you do not suspect cervical spine injury, what is the best way to
Use the head tilt-chin lift.
open an unresponsive victim's airway?
What is the best way for a rescuer to know that a rescue breath for an
The chest rises visibly.
infant is effective?
Seal your mouth over the victim's After you open the airway and pinch the nose of an unresponsive
mouth and give 2 breaths, adult or child, what is the best way to give mouth-to-mouth breaths?
watching for chest rise.
You must check adequate breathing before giving breaths to an
Listen to the airflow from the
unresponsive adult victim. You do this by looking for the chest rise
victim's nose or mouth.
and feeling for airflow
through the victim's nose or mouth. What other sign should you assess?
What would be the next step when you find an unresponsive victim
Open the airway and give 2 breaths. who has agonal gasp and you have sent someone to activate the
emergency response system?
The victim is unresponsive, is not How do you know when to start cycles of chest compressions with
breathing, and does not have a pulse. breaths for adult?
You switch to cycles of 15 How you and a second rescuer can give CPR to an infant victim
compressions and 2 breaths with together using the 2 thumbs encircling hands technique?
one rescuer giving chest
compressions and the other giving
breaths.
The probability of successful Why it is important to give early defibrillation to an adult?
defribillation diminishes rapidly over
time.
power on the AED, attach pads, Name the steps common to the operation of all AEDs in the correct order
clear the victim and allow the AED
to analyze the rhythm, clear the
victim and deliver shock, if advised.
Clear the victim so the AED can After you power on an AED and attach the pads to the victim, what is
analyze the heart rhythm. the next step you should do?
The AED could shock you while it What might happen if you touch the victim while the AED is delivering a shock?
is shocking the victim.
Perform abdominal thrust. What is the best way to relieve severe choking in a responsive adult?
Leave the pads on the victim's chest You are using an AED on an adult victim, and the AED gives a "no
and continue CPR beginning with shock indicated" ("no shock advised") message. Until advance
compressions. personnel arrive what should you do next?
Begin CPR. When you open the A choking adult becomes unresponsive while you are doing
airway, look for and remove the abdominal thrusts for severe choking. You ease the victim to the floor
object (if seen) before giving and send someone to activate
rescue breaths. your emergency response system. What should you do next?
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