EMR CPR Quiz

A 4-year-old boy was electrocuted when he stuck a pin into an electrical outlet. You arrive at the scene and assess the child, who is motionless. He is not breathing and does not have a pulse. A responding ambulance is approximately 5 minutes away and you are by yourself. The most appropriate treatment sequence for this child consists of:

performing 30 chest compressions, opening the airway, and delivering two rescue breaths.

A 60-year-old man passed out in his bathroom and is wedged in between the toilet and bathtub. You assess him and determine that he is unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not have a pulse. A responding ambulance is 6 minutes from the scene. You should:

drag him by the shoulders into a bedroom or kitchen and then begin chest compressions.

A child is most accurately defined as a person who:

is between 1 year and the onset of puberty.

A manual defibrillator is preferred to an AED if the patient:

is between 1 month and 1 year of age.

A patient who has experienced cardiac arrest:

is unconscious, not breathing, and pulseless.

A patient with an infection would be expected to have an increase in:

white blood cells.

According to new standards in CPR training:

a manikin feedback device should be used.