Health Science Mid-Term Review

A victim with a foreign body airway obstruction becomes unresponsive. What do you do first?

• Start CPR, begin with chest compressions

• Roll the victim over and perform back blows

• Perform abdominal thrusts

• Perform blind finger sweeps

Which adult victim requires high-quality CPR?

• Has normal breathing and has a pulse

• Has no normal breathing and no pulse

• Has a pulse and is having trouble breathing

• Has a strong pulse and is breathing

You witness someone suddenly collapse. The person is unresponsive, you hear gasping sounds, and there is no pulse. You call 911. What do you do next?

• Begin CPR even though gasping is normal breathing

• Monitor the patient; gasping is normal breathing

• Begin CPR, the gasps are not normal breathing

• Give rescue breaths only; the gasps are not normal breathing

You have determined that the infant is responsive and choking with a severe airway obstruction. How do you relieve the airway obstruction?

• Give abdominal thrusts

• Give sets of 5 back slaps and 5 chest thrusts

• Encourage the infant to cough

• Begin 2 thumb-encircling hands chest compressions

Why is defibrillation important?

• It prevents rearrest from occuring

• It is not important for cardiac arrest

• There is a 100% success rate

• It can restore a regular cardiac rhythm

Early defibrillation is a link in the adult chain of survival. Why is this important to survival?

• It prevents respiratory arrest

• It provides normal respiration

• It prevents cardiac arrest

• It eliminates the abnormal heart rhythm

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-5

A durable power of attorney provides instructions directly to physicians about when treatment should be discontinued.

• True

• False

The durable power of attorney gives one person the authority to make legal decisions on behalf of another person.

• True

• False

scope of practice

• employer’s legal liability for acts performed by employees.

• client’s permission for a procedure or treatment.

• level of performance expected of a health care worker.

• duties determined by the job description, level of training, and qualifications.

Principles to guide professional conduct and identify the responsibilities of health science professionals.

• code of ethics

• informed consent

• liability

• malpractice