Resuscitation Quiz EMR

Which of the following is an important factor to ensure that the best-quality CPR is being performed?

• Interruption of compressions can be up to 30 seconds

• Full recoil of the chest should occur with each compression.

• Push at a moderate rate with a depth of no more than 1 inch.

• Switch doing compressions only when absolutely necessary.

________ is the application of an electric shock to correct lethal heart arrhythmias.

• Reanimation

• Defibrillation

• Artificial conduction

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

________ is a heart rhythm that requires a shock from an AED.

• Ventricular fibrillation

• Asystole

• Pulseless electrical activity (PEA)

• Heart block

Typically AED adhesive pads should be placed with one on the upper ________ chest and the other one on the patient’s side a few inches below the ________ armpit.

• left, left

• right, left

• left, right

• right, right

You find a patient who was down for four to five minutes prior to your arrival. For how many minutes should you perform CPR before applying the AED?

• Five

• Four

• Three

• Two

The compression-to-ventilation ratio in pediatric two-rescuer CPR is:

• 30:2

• 10;2

• 15:2

• 20;1

After ________ minutes without a pulse, irreversible damage occurs to the patient’s brain.

• 1 to 2

• 2 to 3

• 4 to 6

• 8 to 10

To determine pulselessness in an adult patient, palpate the ________ pulse. In an infant, palpate the ________ pulse.

• carotid, brachial

• tibial, cartotid

• pedal, carotid

• brachial, tibial

Your patient is a 58-year-old male. He is unresponsive, breathless, and pulseless. You should perform CPR at the rate of ________ compressions per minute.

• 100

• 60

• 80

• 40

In CPR the rate of compressions for child and infant patients is how many per minute?

• 60

• 80

• 100

• 40