EMT Chapter 14

Which of the following is NOT a BLS intervention?

• Abdominal thrusts

• Chest compressions

• Cardiac monitoring

• Automated defibrillation

Most prehospital cardiac arrests in adults occur as the result of:

• severe blunt trauma

•  a cardiac dysrhythmia

• an acute ischemic stroke

•  obstruction of the airway

Which of the following maneuvers should be used to open a patient’s airway when a spinal injury is suspected?

• Jaw-thrust

•  Tongue–jaw lift

•  Head tilt–neck lift

• Head tilt–chin lift

A patient should be placed in the recovery position when he or she:

•  is semiconscious, injured, and breathing adequately

• has experienced trauma but is breathing effectively

•  is unresponsive, uninjured, and breathing adequately

• has a pulse but is unresponsive and breathing shallowly

 If gastric distention begins to make positive-pressure ventilation difficult, you should:

•  reposition the patient’s airway

• suction the patient’s oropharynx

•  insert an oropharyngeal airway

• increase the rate of ventilation

To ensure that you will deliver the appropriate number of chest compressions during one-rescuer adult CPR, you should compress the patient’s chest at a rate of:

•  80 to 100 compressions per minute

• at least 120 compressions per minute

• 100 to 120 compressions per minute

• no greater than 100 compressions per minute

 In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is caused by:

•  a drug overdose

• respiratory arrest

• severe chest trauma

•  a cardiac dysrhythmia

What is the correct ratio of compressions to ventilations when performing two-rescuer child CPR?

•  3:1

•  5:1

• 30:2

• 15:2

When performing CPR on a child, you should compress the chest:

• until a radial pulse is felt

• with one or two hands

•  to a depth of 1 to 2 inches

•  80 to 100 times per minute

Which of the following techniques should you use to dislodge a foreign body airway obstruction in a patient who is in an advanced stage of pregnancy or who is very obese?

• Back slaps

•  Finger sweeps

• Chest thrusts

•  Abdominal thrusts