CPR & AED Knowledge Quiz (basic life support)

which link in the adult chain of survival is primarily

the responsibility of trained professional EMS/Paramedics

• Early recognition and call for help

• Early High-Quality CPR

• Early Defibrillation

• Post-cardiac arrest care

When performing CPR on an adult,

what is the correct action to take after 30 Compression's?

• Wait for AED to arrive

• Check patients pulse for 5-10 seconds

• Give 2 effective rescue breaths

• Stop and reassess the patients condition

What is the proper technique for ensuring complete chest recoil during compression's?

• Keep your hands lightly on the chest during the upstroke

• Completely remove your hands from the chest wall

• Allow the chest to return to its normal position without leaning on it

• only recoil halfway before starting the next compression

Before applying AED pads,

what is the most important step

if the patients chest is wet from water or sweat

• Quickly wipe the chest completely dry

• Call 911 again

• Apply pads directly over the wet skin

• Give 5 chest compression's

if you're performing CPR and the AED arrives,

what is the very next thing you should do?

• Give shock right away

• Turn on AED and attach the pads to the patients bare chest.

• Stop CPR immediately and check the pulse

• Switch roles with whoever bought the AED

True or False:

you should keep your elbows bent and use only your

arm muscles when giving chest compression's

• T

• F

True or False:

it is safe to touch the patient while AED

is analyzing the heart rhythm

• T

• F

True or False:

if you are unsure whether an unresponsive patient is only gasping or breathing normally, you should assume they need CPR and began chest compression's immediately

• T

• F

True or False:

the fifth and final step of the Adult chain of survival is interrogation of

Post-Cardiac Arrest Care

• T

• F

True or False:

interruptions in chest compression's, for any reason, should be limited less than 10 seconds

• T

• F