CPR/AED/First Aid Test-American Red Cross

gain consent

When providing care to a non-critical, conscious person the first thing you should do after checking the scene and donning PPE?

Call 911, get the first aid kit, and an AED

If there is a 2nd rescuer on the scene, what do you ask this person as you begin to provide emergency care?

Check that the scene is safe

What is the very first thing you do before you give care?

Check, call, care

Name the 3 C's

You are too exhausted, victim wakes up and asks you to stop, scene becomes unsafe, EMS takes over

You must continue giving care until________…

Unconscious, not breathing, no pulse, severe bleeding, shock, etc

Life-threatening conditions include?

No heartbeat, no breathing, significant blood loss, 3rd degree burn, stroke, anyphylaxsis

When do you call 911?

If the situation is a cardiac emergency

When would you call before giving care?

If the situation is a respiratory emergency

When would you give care first?

30:2

What is the ratio of compressions to breaths in one person CPR?

Call 911

What do you do if a person with a life threatening condition refuses care?

10 seconds

What is the max amount of time you should spend checking for signs of life breathing/pulse?

adult-tap shoulder and shout

infant-tap foot and shout

How to check consciousness as a first aid responder?

When the victim has a pulse but is not breathing

When is rescue breathing done?

Adult- one breath every 5 seconds

Infant/child-one breath every 3 seconds

How is rescue breathing done?

1 second

When giving a rescue breath/ventilation during CPR or ventilations how long should the breath be delivered?

Two minutes, then stop and re-assess

How long do you perform rescue breathing before rechecking for pulse?

1.5 inches in infant

2 inches in adult or child

How deep do you give compressions?

You do not reassess signs of life, pulse, breathing during CPR. Continue until exhausted, relieved by EMS, or patient resumes consciousness and tells you to stop.

How long do you do CPR before reassessing pulse or breathing?

1. scene is safe

2. PPE

3. Number of patients?

4. Nature of injuries

5. Initial impression

How do you size up the scene?

Supine

-Head- tilt/chin lift: past neutral position for an adult

How do you assess an airway in an unconscious person?

1. Early recognition and early access to EMS system

2. Early CPR

3. Early defibrillation

4. Early advanced medical care

What are the links in the cardiac chain of survival?

5 cycles

How many cycles of CPR can you complete in 2 minutes?

Analyzes for arrhythmia, provides shock to stimulate resumption of rhythm

How does an AED work?

An AED

What should always be used in combination with CPR?

Get consent from parent

What do you have to do before giving care to a child?

Encourage coughing

If a person is conscious and appears to have a partially obstructed airway, what should you do?

Adult/child-Give 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts

Infant-Give 5 back blows, then 5 chest compressions

If a person is conscious and appears to have a fully obstructed airway, what should you do?

Support head/neck, keep head below chest

What should you keep in mind when caring for an infant with an obstructed airway?

Yes but don't place pads directly over these items

Is it safe to use an AED on someone with a pacemaker, or other implanted cardiac defibrilators, and metal body piercing?

Use glove to remove medical patch first, the apply AED

What if patient has a medication patch on and needs an AED?

-Upper right chest below right clavicle to the right of sternum

-lower side of chest several inches below left armpit midaxillary line

AED Pad Placement Adult?

10%

Delay of defibrillation can cause a ____ increase in mortality each minute

Automated External Defibrillator

AED

First give 2 rescue breaths, then call 911

In a respiratory emergency (unconscious/not breathing) patient with a pulse

First call 911, begin 30 CPR compressions, then 2 breaths....repeat compressions and breaths until relieved or patient is revived

In a cardiac emergency (unconscious/no pulse or breathing) what do you do?

First give back blows and abdominal thrusts

An airway obstruction/choking conscious patient who cannot breath

Resume CPR compressions

If an AED states "no shock advised"