EMR Chapter 8

What are four most appropriate places to check a patient’s pulse if you suspect cardiac arrest?

• Carotid

  Popliteal

  brachial

  radial

• Carotid

  radial

  brachial

  femoral

• Carotid

  Dorsalis pedis

  radial

  femoral

• Carotid

  tibialis posterior

  radial

  femoral

Which condition should exist before starting CPR?

• Dilated pupils

• Pale skin

• Shallow breathing

• Absence of breathing and pulse

Place the following links in Chain of Survival in the appropriate order:

• -Rapid defibrillation

  -Immediate high-quality CPR

  -Basic and advanced EMS

  -Recognition and activation of EMS

• -Basic and advanced EMS

  -Immediate high-quality CPR

  -Rapid defibrillation

  -Recognition and activation of EMS

• -Recognition and activation of EMS

  -Immediate high-quality CPR

  -Rapid defibrillation

  -Basic and advanced EMS

• -Recognition and activation of EMS

  -Rapid defibrillation

  -Immediate high-quality CPR

  -Basic and advanced EMS

If you are alone with a pulseless adult patient, you should:

• perform CPR for 1 minute before activating EMS system

• activate the EMS system before beginning CPR

• perform CPR for 3 minutes before activating EMS system

• perform CPR for 5 minutes before activating EMS system

Which of the following is not a reliable sign of death?

• Decapitation

• Rigor mortis

• Dependent lividity

• Agonal gasps

To perform chest compressions on an adult patient, you should press on the:

• center of patient’s chest, on the lower half of sternum

• center of patient’s chest

• xiphoid process

• center of patient’s chest, on the upper half of sternum

The rate of chest compressions in an adult patient is:

• 100 to 120 per minute

• 80 to 100 per minute

• 60 to 80 per minute

• less than 60 per minute

When performing two-rescuer CPR on an adult patient, the ratio of chest compressions to rescue breaths is:

• 5 to 1

• 15 to 1

• 30 to 2

• 1 to 15

What are signs of effective CPR?

• A second rescuer feels a carotid pulse while you are compressing the chest

• compressions and ventilations are delivered at appropriate rate and depth

• chest visibly rises during ventilations

• All of the above

Which of the following statements about defibrillation is true?

• It is a serious condition of the heart known as V-fib

• It is a procedure that replaces the need for CPR

• It is a rapid, disorganized, ineffective pulsation of the heart that occurs when a person is in cardiac arrest

• It is an electric shock applied to the heart that has the ability to reorganize the vibrations into effective heartbeats