American Red Cross Review - CPR

Front

What is the appropriate care for an unresponsive choking person?

Back

CPR with slight modification

Front

When you give care to an adult or child who is responsive and choking, where should you position your fist to give abdominal thrusts?

Back

In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel

Front

Once you have turned on the AED, you should do which of the following? Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze the heart rhythm.

Back

Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze the heart rhythm.

Front

If you are unable or unwilling for any reason to give full CPR (chest compressions with breaths) to a person in cardiac arrest, after calling 9-1-1 and getting equipment, what should you do?

Back

Give continuous chest compressions at a rate of 100 to 120 per minute.

Front

You check an adult, child or infant and they are not breathing normally, but you hear gasping. You should not give CPR in this case. True or False?

Back

False

Front

When giving chest compression to a small child, you can use a one-hand technique. True or False?

Back

True

Front

When giving breaths during CPR, you can lower your risk for infection by using a face shield or a pocket mask. True or False?

Back

True

Front

When giving breaths to an adult, you should open the airway by tilting the head to which position?

Back

Past neutral

Front

What is the benefit of early CPR and early defibrillation when an adult, child or infant is in cardiac arrest?

Back

It gives the person the best chance for surviving cardiac arrest.

Front

When giving 2 breaths during each cycle of CPR, why is it important to pause between the breaths?

Back

To allow the chest to fall and the air to exit