Heartsaver Lesson 7

What should you do if you're not sure what actions to take in an emergency?

• Ask your employer or someone nearby if you should call 911

• Get the first aid kit and an AED

• Call 911 and ask for help

• Watch the ill or injured person

You are giving sets of 30 compressions and 2 breaths. Another person arrives with an AED. What should you do next?

• Finish the set of 30 compressions and 2 breaths you are on

• Immediately use the AED

• Make sure someone has called 911

• Put a blanket on the person receiving 911

What should you do when you call 911?

• Answer all the dispatchers questions

• Quickly tell the dispatcher where the accident occurred

• Tell the dispatcher to call you back

• Give the dispatcher only the victim's information

How should you give breaths with a mask?

• Tilt the head and lift the chin and press the mask to over the persons nose and mouth to make an airtight seal.

• Tilt the head and cover the face completely with the mask

• Tilt the chin and press the mask against the persons nose

• Tilt the head far enough back to open the persons mouth and gently place the mask on the person's face.

What are the correct rate and depth for providing compressions during high-quality adult CPR to improve chances of survival?

• 80-100 compressions at a depth of at least 2 inches

• No more than 60 compressions at a depth of at least 1 inch

• 100-120 compressions at a depth of at least 2 inches

• 100-120 compressions at a depth of at least 1 inch

You come across an adult lying on the ground. You tap and shout, but he is unresponsive. What should you do next?

• Continue tapping and shouting until he becomes responsive

• Shout for help. Call 911 or tell someone to call 911. Tell someone to get an AED

• Check for breathing for at least 10 seconds

• Slap the back of the person to see if an object is lodged in their throat

When performing CPR, when should you switch positions and allow someone else to take over compressions and breaths?

• After each set of 30 compressions and 30 breaths

• About every 2 minutes

• After each set of 100 compressions and 2 breaths

• Every 5 minutes

What actions result in the best chance of survival if someone is not breathing normally (or is only gasping) and is not responding?

• Shouting for help and staying with the victim until someone with more advanced medical training arrives

• Performing CPR only and leaving the AED for someone with more advanced training to use

• Performing CPR and using an AED if one is available

• Sending someone to get an AED to minimize the number of people invloved

When will the AED be used?

• When there is breathing and a pulse
• There is no breathing and a pulse
• There is no breathing and no pulse
• There is a pulse and there is rapid breathing

When do you take the AED pads off?

• When you leave the scene
• Before starting 2 man CPR
• Never
• Anytime you want