CPR practice test B

To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:

• Below the patient’s hips

• Above the patient’s head

• At the side of the patient, close to the chest

• At the side of the patient, close to the head

Allow ____ between chest compressions so the heart can refill

• Excessive ventilation

• Carotid pulse cheeks

• Complete chest recoil

• Longer and more frequent interruptions

You are using a bag-mask device to ventilate a 16-year-old in cardiac arrest who suddenly collapsed. An endotracheal tube has been placed by an advanced life support provider on the resuscitation team. Proper ventilation technique in the situation requires that you:

• Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath every 6 seconds

• Squeeze the bag deliver 1 breath every 10 seconds

• Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath when the AED is analyzing the heart rhythm

• Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath during each pause in compressions

The first link in the out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest of chain of survival is:

• Activating EMS by calling 911 or activating your occupational emergency action plan

• Prevention of causes of cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, or respiratory arrest

• Providing advanced life support (ALS) treatment with a focus on ROSC, and transport to a hospital

• Supporting a patient’s physical and emotional needs that are ongoing after hospital discharge

Early recognition of cardiac arrest and prompt activation of EMS is which link in the adult Out-of-Hospital Chain of Survival?

• Post-Cardiac Arrest Care

• High-Quality CPR

• Advanced Resuscitation

• Activation of Emergency Response

You are the only BLS Provider responding to witnessed collapse of a 11-year-old child during a softball game. The scene is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. The patient is unresponsive and gasping occasionally. You do not feel a carotid pulse and AED is within sight. What should you do?

• Assess for a femoral pulse and, if absent, deliver about 2 minutes of CPR

• Open the airway and provide rescue breathing or bag-mask ventilation

• Immediately start high-quality CPR, beginning with chest compressions

• Activate EMS or your occupational emergency action plan and get AED

You and another BLS provider are giving CPR to a 7-year-old child when the AED arrives. You turn on the AED, switch the AED to pediatric energy levels, and apply the pads. The other BLS provider should:

• Continue high-quality compressions while the AED is charging

• Loudly say, “Clear!” to make sure no one is touching the patient

• Press the button on the AED to deliver the shock, if advised

• Pause compressions and breaths until AED is ready to analyze

To locate the brachial pulse an infant, place two or three fingers:

• Midway between then hip bone and pubic bone, just below the crease to the leg

• In the groove on the patient’s neck, between the trachea and side neck muscles

• Inside of the upper arm, midway between the elbow and shoulder

• Under the bony part of the jaw, in the soft tissue near the chin

Your adult patient is making abnormal gasping, snorting sounds. You definitely feel a carotid pulse. What should you do?

• Start hight-quality CPR, beginning with chest compressions

• Asses scene safety and take standard precautions

• Check the carotid pulse about every two minutes

• Provide rescue breathing or bag-mask ventilation

When breathing slows or stops, it leads to bradycardia, a slow heart rhythm of fewer than __ beats per minute

• 140

• 90

• 75

• 60