WorksheetsBasic life support quiz
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 3mins
What is one special circumstance that we rarely experience in basic life?
Running
Walking
Drowing
Pregnancy
What is the first step in the rescue breath technique?
Give one breath of 1 second duration to give adequate volume to give chest rise
Place mouth over open mouth with nostrils pinched (with care not to lose tilt).
Alternative methods include mouth to nose (operator choice, infants, trismus), mouth to mask, mouth to neck stoma.
Open the airway using head tilt chin lift manoeuvre or jaw thrust
Is this the correct information about the AED:
The machine verbally talks the rescuer through the process of its use when the power button is activated.
Yes
No
Fill in the blank:
The interactions between the emergency medical dispatcher, the bystander who provides (a) and the timely use of an automated external defibrillator are the key ingredients for improving survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest.
True or False
Paediatric basic life support (BLS) is a scaled-down version of that provided for adults, although, where possible, guidelines are the same for the old aged people to aid teaching and retention.
True
False
