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QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY RATED A+ 100% PASS (NEWEST!!!)
what is the correct order of steps in the In-Hospital Chain of Survival for adults? - Correct ✓✓ 1. Early
Recognition and Prevention
2. Activation of Emergency Response
3. High-Quality CPR
4. Defibrillation
5. Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
6. Recovery
What are the correct actions to take for scene safety and assessment? - Correct ✓✓ -Verify scene safety
-Look for no breathing and only gasping and check pulse
-Check for responsiveness
-Activate the emergency response system and get an AED
-Begin CPR if no breathing or no gasping and no pulse felt
What are the components of a pulse check in an unresponsive victim? - Correct ✓✓ -Feel the pulse in the
groove to the side of the trachea
-Assess for a pulse for at least 5 but no more than 10 seconds
-Use 2 or 3 fingers to locate the pulse
What does a chest compression feedback device monitor? - Correct ✓✓ -Compression rate
-Chest recoil
-Compression depth
when using a pocket mask, where should the rescuer be positioned? - Correct ✓✓ at the side of the victim
A bag-mask device is used to provide____to a victim who is not breathing or not breathing normally. - Correct
✓✓ positive-pressure ventilation
How are breaths delivered using a bag-mask device? - Correct ✓✓ 1 breath over 1 second, while watching for
chest rise
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,Two life-threatening arrhythmias that can cause cardiac arrest are pulseless ventricular tachycardia and
__________ - Correct ✓✓ ventricular fibrillation
After an AED delivers a shock, what should the rescuers do next? - Correct ✓✓ Resume CPR, starting with
chest compressions
How do you open the airway for breaths if a single rescuer is present? - Correct ✓✓ Head tilt-chin lift
After positioning yourself directly above the victim's head, what is the correct order of steps for using a bag-
mask device? - Correct ✓✓ 1. Place the mask on the victim's face, using the bridge of the nose as a guide for the
correct position.
2. Use the E-C clamp techinque to hold the maks in place while you life the jaw to hold the airway open
3. Squeeze the bad to give breaths (1 second each) while watching for chest rise
Why is an AED needed? - Correct ✓✓ to analyze the heart rhythm and provide a shock
After an AED delivers a shock, what should the rescuers do next? - Correct ✓✓ Resume CPR, starting with
chest compressions
When should the rescuer operating the AED clear the victim? - Correct ✓✓ During analysis and before shock
delivery
Where should AED pads be placed in the anteroposterior placement for adults and children 8 years and older? -
Correct ✓✓ Left side of the back and Left side of the chest
You and your colleague respond to an adult victim who is unresponsive. After assessing that the victim is not
breathing and has no pulse, what do you instruct your colleague to do? - Correct ✓✓ Activate the emergency
response system and get the AED
You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does not respond. What is your next step after
calling for help? - Correct ✓✓ Check for breathing and a pulse
After checking for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not breathing normally but had a pulse and
needs rescue breathing. What is the correct ventilation rate? - Correct ✓✓ 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10
breaths per minute
After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a pulse check. What immediate actions should be
taken? - Correct ✓✓ Immediately begin CPR and turn on the AED
As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED, and follows the prompts. The AED
analyzes the rhythm and does not advise a shcok. After you immediately resume CPR, how do you continute
treating the patient? - Correct ✓✓ Continue CPR until prompted by the AED to allow a rhythm check, the code
team arrives, or the patient starts to move
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, Where should AED pads be placed in the anterolateral placement for adults and children 8 years or older? -
Correct ✓✓ Below the right collarbone and Side of the left nipple
When performing high-quality CPR on a child, what is the correct depth of compressions? - Correct ✓✓
Approximately 2 inches (5 cm)
What is the target rate for chest compressions for children? - Correct ✓✓ 100 to 120/min
During CPR on a child, you should place 1 or 2 hands over the ______ of the _____ - Correct ✓✓ Lower half;
breastbone
What is the correct chest compression rate for adults? - Correct ✓✓ 100 to 120/min
During CPR on a child, interruptions to chest compressions should be limited to no more than ______ seconds -
Correct ✓✓ 10
When performing chest compressions for an infant, you can use 2 thumbs or put 2 _____ in the center of the
chest, just below the _____ line. - Correct ✓✓ fingers; nipple
When performing chest compressions for an infant in a 2-rescuer situation, you should put 2 _____ in the center
of the chest, on the lower half of the breastbone. - Correct ✓✓ thumbs
Compression-to ventilation ratio: Infants and children - Correct ✓✓ Ratio for 1 rescuer is 30;2
Ratio for 2 or more rescuers is 15;2
What is a correct approach for AED pad placement for infants and children learn than 8 years of age? - Correct
✓✓ as indicated on the pad packages
The child is unresponsive after you tape his shoulders and shout, "Are you OK?" She could be in cardiac arrest.
What is your next step? - Correct ✓✓ for 5 to 10 seconds, look for no breathing or only gasping while
simultaneously checking the carotid pulse
After checking for breathing and a pulse, you verify that the child is not breathing normally but has a pulse. His
airway is not obstructed. How do you deliver rescue breaths? - Correct ✓✓ 1 breath every 2 or 3 seconds, or
about 20 to 30 breathers per minute
You check the child's pulse after 2 minutes of providing rescue breaths and cannot feel a pulse. You immediately
begin CPR. After performing CPR for 2 more minutes. the child still does not have a pulse and you are still
alone. What is your next step? - Correct ✓✓ Get and use an AED
After turning on the AED, you follow the prompts. You know to use child pads for infants and for children
younger than 8 years, but the pediatric pads are unaviable. What should you do next? - Correct ✓✓ use the adult
pads
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QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY RATED A+ 100% PASS (NEWEST!!!)
what is the correct order of steps in the In-Hospital Chain of Survival for adults? - Correct ✓✓ 1. Early
Recognition and Prevention
2. Activation of Emergency Response
3. High-Quality CPR
4. Defibrillation
5. Post-Cardiac Arrest Care
6. Recovery
What are the correct actions to take for scene safety and assessment? - Correct ✓✓ -Verify scene safety
-Look for no breathing and only gasping and check pulse
-Check for responsiveness
-Activate the emergency response system and get an AED
-Begin CPR if no breathing or no gasping and no pulse felt
What are the components of a pulse check in an unresponsive victim? - Correct ✓✓ -Feel the pulse in the
groove to the side of the trachea
-Assess for a pulse for at least 5 but no more than 10 seconds
-Use 2 or 3 fingers to locate the pulse
What does a chest compression feedback device monitor? - Correct ✓✓ -Compression rate
-Chest recoil
-Compression depth
when using a pocket mask, where should the rescuer be positioned? - Correct ✓✓ at the side of the victim
A bag-mask device is used to provide____to a victim who is not breathing or not breathing normally. - Correct
✓✓ positive-pressure ventilation
How are breaths delivered using a bag-mask device? - Correct ✓✓ 1 breath over 1 second, while watching for
chest rise
Page 1 of 18
,Two life-threatening arrhythmias that can cause cardiac arrest are pulseless ventricular tachycardia and
__________ - Correct ✓✓ ventricular fibrillation
After an AED delivers a shock, what should the rescuers do next? - Correct ✓✓ Resume CPR, starting with
chest compressions
How do you open the airway for breaths if a single rescuer is present? - Correct ✓✓ Head tilt-chin lift
After positioning yourself directly above the victim's head, what is the correct order of steps for using a bag-
mask device? - Correct ✓✓ 1. Place the mask on the victim's face, using the bridge of the nose as a guide for the
correct position.
2. Use the E-C clamp techinque to hold the maks in place while you life the jaw to hold the airway open
3. Squeeze the bad to give breaths (1 second each) while watching for chest rise
Why is an AED needed? - Correct ✓✓ to analyze the heart rhythm and provide a shock
After an AED delivers a shock, what should the rescuers do next? - Correct ✓✓ Resume CPR, starting with
chest compressions
When should the rescuer operating the AED clear the victim? - Correct ✓✓ During analysis and before shock
delivery
Where should AED pads be placed in the anteroposterior placement for adults and children 8 years and older? -
Correct ✓✓ Left side of the back and Left side of the chest
You and your colleague respond to an adult victim who is unresponsive. After assessing that the victim is not
breathing and has no pulse, what do you instruct your colleague to do? - Correct ✓✓ Activate the emergency
response system and get the AED
You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does not respond. What is your next step after
calling for help? - Correct ✓✓ Check for breathing and a pulse
After checking for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not breathing normally but had a pulse and
needs rescue breathing. What is the correct ventilation rate? - Correct ✓✓ 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10
breaths per minute
After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a pulse check. What immediate actions should be
taken? - Correct ✓✓ Immediately begin CPR and turn on the AED
As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED, and follows the prompts. The AED
analyzes the rhythm and does not advise a shcok. After you immediately resume CPR, how do you continute
treating the patient? - Correct ✓✓ Continue CPR until prompted by the AED to allow a rhythm check, the code
team arrives, or the patient starts to move
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, Where should AED pads be placed in the anterolateral placement for adults and children 8 years or older? -
Correct ✓✓ Below the right collarbone and Side of the left nipple
When performing high-quality CPR on a child, what is the correct depth of compressions? - Correct ✓✓
Approximately 2 inches (5 cm)
What is the target rate for chest compressions for children? - Correct ✓✓ 100 to 120/min
During CPR on a child, you should place 1 or 2 hands over the ______ of the _____ - Correct ✓✓ Lower half;
breastbone
What is the correct chest compression rate for adults? - Correct ✓✓ 100 to 120/min
During CPR on a child, interruptions to chest compressions should be limited to no more than ______ seconds -
Correct ✓✓ 10
When performing chest compressions for an infant, you can use 2 thumbs or put 2 _____ in the center of the
chest, just below the _____ line. - Correct ✓✓ fingers; nipple
When performing chest compressions for an infant in a 2-rescuer situation, you should put 2 _____ in the center
of the chest, on the lower half of the breastbone. - Correct ✓✓ thumbs
Compression-to ventilation ratio: Infants and children - Correct ✓✓ Ratio for 1 rescuer is 30;2
Ratio for 2 or more rescuers is 15;2
What is a correct approach for AED pad placement for infants and children learn than 8 years of age? - Correct
✓✓ as indicated on the pad packages
The child is unresponsive after you tape his shoulders and shout, "Are you OK?" She could be in cardiac arrest.
What is your next step? - Correct ✓✓ for 5 to 10 seconds, look for no breathing or only gasping while
simultaneously checking the carotid pulse
After checking for breathing and a pulse, you verify that the child is not breathing normally but has a pulse. His
airway is not obstructed. How do you deliver rescue breaths? - Correct ✓✓ 1 breath every 2 or 3 seconds, or
about 20 to 30 breathers per minute
You check the child's pulse after 2 minutes of providing rescue breaths and cannot feel a pulse. You immediately
begin CPR. After performing CPR for 2 more minutes. the child still does not have a pulse and you are still
alone. What is your next step? - Correct ✓✓ Get and use an AED
After turning on the AED, you follow the prompts. You know to use child pads for infants and for children
younger than 8 years, but the pediatric pads are unaviable. What should you do next? - Correct ✓✓ use the adult
pads
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