CPR, first aid, AED, Epi Pen pre/post test

Due to the essential nature of washing your hands, how much time is recommended to wash your hands?

• 10 seconds

• 20 seconds and sing happy birthday song

• 1 minute

• 4 minutes

How can rescuers ensure that they are providing effective breaths?

• observing the chest rise with each breath

• delivering breaths quickly and forcefully

• allowing air to release around the mask

• none of the above

While dining out in a restaurant you hear a mother cry out that her six month old child, who was given some marbles by an older child, is gagging. His mouth area is turning blue and he is unable to take a breath or cry out. What would you do first in this scenario?

• begin CPR

• attempt rescue breaths and compressions

• deliver back blows and chest thrusts

• blind finger sweep

While performing CPR on an infant, another rescuer appears on the scene - what do you do next?

• immediately transport the victim

• wait until exhausted and then switch

• have the second rescuer help with CPR to minimize fatigue

• have the second rescuer help with CPR and begin ventilations at a ratio of 30:2

where should you place the AED pads when treating an infant for pediatric cardiac arrest?

• chest and back

• do not use an AED on an infant

• upper chest and mid abdomen

• wherever they fit

how long should you check for breathing while performing CPR?

• do not check for breathing, continue chest compressions

• 2 seconds

• 5 seconds

• no longer than 10 seconds

after finding an unresponsive child, yelling for help and confirming the child isn't breathing - what would be your next course of action?

• leave the child and search for an AED

• deliver rescue breaths as most cardiac arrest situations occur due to breathing problems

• begin back blows and chest thrusts

• deliver chest compressions for 2 minutes and then go and call 911

when you try to give an unresponsive adult a rescue breath and the chest does not appear to rise, what would you do next?

• perform abdominal thrusts

• begin CPR

• go and call 911

• repeat the head tilt /chin lift maneuver and attempt the breath again

when an AED arrives, what is the first step for using it?

• apply the pads to the bare chest

• press the shock button

• turn on the AED

• clear the victim

after AED pads are attached to a person, the AED detects ventricular fibrillation. what is the next step when using an AED?

• check for a pulse again

• follow the AED prompts

• clear the victim

• press the shock button