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WorksheetsEMR Chapter 8
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are four most appropriate places to check a patient’s pulse if you suspect cardiac arrest?
Carotid
Popliteal
brachial
radial
Carotid
radial
brachial
femoral
Carotid
Dorsalis pedis
radial
femoral
Carotid
tibialis posterior
radial
femoral
Which condition should exist before starting CPR?
Dilated pupils
Pale skin
Shallow breathing
Absence of breathing and pulse
Place the following links in Chain of Survival in the appropriate order:
-Rapid defibrillation
-Immediate high-quality CPR
-Basic and advanced EMS
-Recognition and activation of EMS
-Basic and advanced EMS
-Immediate high-quality CPR
-Rapid defibrillation
-Recognition and activation of EMS
-Recognition and activation of EMS
-Immediate high-quality CPR
-Rapid defibrillation
-Basic and advanced EMS
-Recognition and activation of EMS
-Rapid defibrillation
-Immediate high-quality CPR
-Basic and advanced EMS
If you are alone with a pulseless adult patient, you should:
perform CPR for 1 minute before activating EMS system
activate the EMS system before beginning CPR
perform CPR for 3 minutes before activating EMS system
perform CPR for 5 minutes before activating EMS system
Which of the following is not a reliable sign of death?
Decapitation
Rigor mortis
Dependent lividity
Agonal gasps
To perform chest compressions on an adult patient, you should press on the:
center of patient’s chest, on the lower half of sternum
center of patient’s chest
xiphoid process
center of patient’s chest, on the upper half of sternum
The rate of chest compressions in an adult patient is:
100 to 120 per minute
80 to 100 per minute
60 to 80 per minute
less than 60 per minute
When performing two-rescuer CPR on an adult patient, the ratio of chest compressions to rescue breaths is:
5 to 1
15 to 1
30 to 2
1 to 15
What are signs of effective CPR?
A second rescuer feels a carotid pulse while you are compressing the chest
compressions and ventilations are delivered at appropriate rate and depth
chest visibly rises during ventilations
All of the above
Which of the following statements about defibrillation is true?
It is a serious condition of the heart known as V-fib
It is a procedure that replaces the need for CPR
It is a rapid, disorganized, ineffective pulsation of the heart that occurs when a person is in cardiac arrest
It is an electric shock applied to the heart that has the ability to reorganize the vibrations into effective heartbeats
