CPR

The first step needed to perform CPR is...

• give 2 breaths

• determine if the scene is safe

When should you have someone call 911 and get an AED?

• As soon as you recognize that there is someone down on the ground.

• After you start compressions.

• When they do not respond when you tap them and shout asking if they are ok.

• When you complete 5 sets of compressions and breaths.

If someone isn't breathing or is only gasping and isn't responding, your best chance to save that person is to...

• yell for help and stay with the victim until someone with more advanced training arrives.

• perform CPR only and leave the AED for someone with more advanced training to use.

• yell for help, start CPR, and use an AED if available.

• send someone for the AED to get that person out of the way.

If you phone 911, you should...

• answer all the dispatcher's questions.

• quickly tell the dispatcher where the accident occurred.

• tell the dispatcher to call 911

• give very little information.

Which of the following are signs of severe choking?

• Cannot breathe or talk

• Can make sounds and talk

• Can cough loudly

• Can breathe, talk, or cough

You should use an AED on a person when...

• you suspect a bone is broken or sprained and the person is breathing fast

• the person doesn't respond and isn't breathing or is only gasping

• the person is breathing very rapidly

• the person is having chest discomfort and shortness of breath

If an adult doesn't respond and isn't breathing or is only gasping, when should you use an AED?

• Within a few minutes

• After 5 sets of CPR

• As soon as the AED arrives

• After someone with more advanced training arrives

The 2 steps for using an AED are...

• open the pad package and turn it on

• turn it on and follow the prompts you see and hear

• turn it on and check the battery level

• connect the pads and turn it on

The chance of saving the live of a victim of cardiac arrest is best when you...

• phone 911 and wait for trained help to arrive

• phone the doctor and drive the victim to the hospital

• start early CPR combined with the use of an AED within a few minutes

• tell everyone to stand back to give the victim air and then wait for help

When performing each set of CPR, how many compressions and breaths should you give?

• 30 compressions and 30 breaths

• 30 compressions and 2 breaths

• 100 compressions and 2 breaths

• 100 compressions and 30 breaths