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A victim with a foreign-body airway obstruction becomes
unresponsive. What is your first course of action?
A. start CPR, beginning with chest compressions
B. roll the victim over and perform back blows
C. perform abdominal thrusts
D. perform blind finger sweeps - Correct Answers ✅A. start
CPR, beginning with chest compressions
How can rescuers ensure that they are providing effective
breaths when using a bag-mask device?
A. observing the chest rise with each breath
B. always having oxygen attached to the bag
C. delivering breaths quickly and forcefully
D. allowing air to release around the mask - Correct
Answers ✅A. observing the chest rise with each breath
Which characteristics of chest compressions in high-quality
CPR are given to a child?
A. at least 1/3 of the depth of the chest, approximately 2
inches (5 cm)
B. at least 1/2 of of the depth of the chest, approximately 3
inches (8 cm)
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C. at least 2/3 of the depth of the chest, approximately 4
inches (10 cm)
D. at least 1/4 of the depth of the chest, approximately 1.5
inches (4 cm) - Correct Answers ✅A. at least 1/3 of the
depth of the chest, approximately 2 inches (5 cm)
Which adult victim requires high-quality CPR?
A. has normal breathing and a pulse
B. has no normal breathing and no pulse
C. has a pulse and is having trouble breathing
D. has a strong pulse and is breathing - Correct Answers
✅B. has no normal breathing and no pulse
You witness someone suddenly collapse. The person is
unresponsive, you hear gasping sounds, and there is no
pulse. You phone 9-1-1. What should you do next?
A. begin CPR; the gasps are not normal breathing
B. give rescue breaths only; the gasps are not normal
breathing
C. monitor the patient; the gasps are considered normal
breathing
D. begin CPR even though the gasping is normal breathing -
Correct Answers ✅A. begin CPR; the gasps are not normal
breathing
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A victim with a foreign-body airway obstruction becomes
unresponsive. What is your first course of action?
A. start CPR, beginning with chest compressions
B. roll the victim over and perform back blows
C. perform abdominal thrusts
D. perform blind finger sweeps - Correct Answers ✅A. start
CPR, beginning with chest compressions
How can rescuers ensure that they are providing effective
breaths when using a bag-mask device?
A. observing the chest rise with each breath
B. always having oxygen attached to the bag
C. delivering breaths quickly and forcefully
D. allowing air to release around the mask - Correct
Answers ✅A. observing the chest rise with each breath
Which characteristics of chest compressions in high-quality
CPR are given to a child?
A. at least 1/3 of the depth of the chest, approximately 2
inches (5 cm)
B. at least 1/2 of of the depth of the chest, approximately 3
inches (8 cm)
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C. at least 2/3 of the depth of the chest, approximately 4
inches (10 cm)
D. at least 1/4 of the depth of the chest, approximately 1.5
inches (4 cm) - Correct Answers ✅A. at least 1/3 of the
depth of the chest, approximately 2 inches (5 cm)
Which adult victim requires high-quality CPR?
A. has normal breathing and a pulse
B. has no normal breathing and no pulse
C. has a pulse and is having trouble breathing
D. has a strong pulse and is breathing - Correct Answers
✅B. has no normal breathing and no pulse
You witness someone suddenly collapse. The person is
unresponsive, you hear gasping sounds, and there is no
pulse. You phone 9-1-1. What should you do next?
A. begin CPR; the gasps are not normal breathing
B. give rescue breaths only; the gasps are not normal
breathing
C. monitor the patient; the gasps are considered normal
breathing
D. begin CPR even though the gasping is normal breathing -
Correct Answers ✅A. begin CPR; the gasps are not normal
breathing
