EMT chapter 14 JBL quiz

A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should:

begin CPR until an AED is available

A patient should be placed in the recovery position when he or she:

is unconscious, uninjured, and breathing adequately.

Complications associated with chest compressions include all of the following, except

gastric distention

CPR retraining is the MOST effective when it

involves hands-on practice.

CPR will not be effective if the patient is

prone

Gastric distinction will MOST likely occur

If you ventilate a patient too quickly

If gastric distention begins to make positive-pressure ventilation difficult, you should

reposition the patient's airway

In most cases, cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is caused by

Respiratory arrest

In two rescuer adult cpr, you should deliver a compression to ventilation ratio of

30:2

Initial treatment to dislodge a severe foreign body airway obstruction in a responsive infant involves

back slaps

Most prehospital cardiac arrests in adults occur as the result of

cardiac dysrhythmia

To ensure that you will deliver the appropriate number of chest compressions during one rescuer adult cpr, you should compress the patients chest at a rate of

100-120 compressions per minute

What is the correct ration of compressions to ventilations when performing two rescuer child cpr

15:2

What is the minimum number of chest compressions that should be delivered per minute to a 4 month old infant

100

When assessing the pulse of an unresponsive infant, you should palpate the ______________artery

Brachial

When performing chest compressions on an adult, the EMT should compress

At least 2 inches

When performing cpr on a child, you should compress the chest

with one or two hands

Which of the following is NOT a BLS intervention?

Cardiac monitoring

Which of the following maneuvers should be used to open a patients airway when a spinal injury is suspected?

Jaw thrust

Which of the following techniques should you use to dislodge a foreign body airway obstruction in a patient who is in an advanced stage of pregnancy or who is very obese?

chest thrusts