Ch.14 Review

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

• has experienced trauma but is breathing effectively

• has a pulse but is unresponsive and breathing shallowly

• is semiconscious, injured, and breathing adequately

• is unresponsive, uninjured, and breathing adequately

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

• obstruction of the airway

• severe blunt trauma

• a cardiac dysrhythmia

• an acute ischemic stroke

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

• 80-100 times per minute

• to a depth of 1-2 inches

• until a radial pulse is felt

• with one or two hands

To ensure that you deliver the appropriate number of chest compressions during 1-rescuer adult CPR, you should compress that patient's chest at a rate of:

• at least 130 compressions per minute

• no greater than 100 compressions per minute

• 100 - 120 compressions per minute

• 80 - 100 compressions per minute

A 60 y/o man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should:

• start CPR and transport immediately

• withhold CPR until he is defibrillated

• begin CPR until an AED available

• determine if he has a valid living will

What is the minimum number of chest compressions that should be delivered per minute to a 4 month old infant?

• 110

• 90

• 120

• 100

Complications associated with chest compressions include all of the following, EXCEPT:

• gastric distention

• a fractured sternum

• rib fractures

• liver laceration