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The proper steps for operating an AED are:

• Attach electrode pads, check pulse, shock patient, analyse rhythm

• Power on the AED, attach electrode pads, analyse the rhythm, clear the patient, deliver shock

• Power on the AED, attach electrode pads, shock the patient, analyze the rhythm

• Check pulse, attach electrode pads, analyse rhythm, shock patient

   Signs of airway obstruction include which of the following?

•   Inability to speak

•    High-pitched noise while inhaling

•     Poor air exchange

• All of the above

The compression to ventilation ratio for the lone rescuer giving CPR to victims of ANY age is:

•   15:2

•   10:1

•   30:1

• 30:2

  The critical characteristics of high-quality CPR include which of the following?

•   Push hard and fast

•     Starting chest compressions within 10 seconds of recognition of cardiac arrest

•     Minimize interruptions

•     All of the above

 You just performed 5 cycle of CPR on an adult. You reassess for a pulse. No pulse is present. What is your next course of action?

• Search for an AED

•    call 888

• immediately reinitiate CPR

• none of the above

    Which of the following choices best describes the method used to hold the mask in place while delivering ventilations via a bag valve mask?

• The E-C clamp

• The W - C clamp

• The C - C grip

• The E - W clamp

1.   In a two-rescuer CPR situation the person delivering ventilations should be positioned:

•     On the patients side.

• At the patient's head

• behind the first rescuer

• By the patient's feeet

What compression rate per minute should be achieved to ensure high quality compressions

• 80 - 100

• 100 - 120

• 120 - 140

• 150 and above

1.    You are on the scene of a 8 month old boy who is in severe respiratory distress.  Inspection of the oropharynx reveals a small, toy-like object lodged in the child's throat.  Stridor is hear on inspiration and the infant's mother is extremely agitated.  Your next step would be to:

• perform 5 cycles of the foreign body obstruction maneuver

•    perform abdominal thrusts to dislodge the obstruction.

•   attempt to remove the obstruction with your fingers.

• Perform back blow to dislodge the obstruction

Rescue Breathing is used for a victim who is unconscious, but has a pulse. What is the    

      correct rate for rescue breathing in an child or infant?

• 2 breaths every 3 to 5 seconds

• 1 breath every 2 to 3 seconds

• 2 breaths every 5 to 6 seconds

• 1 breath every 5 to 6 seconds