A Rescuer Arrives At The Side

Question: Check your knowledge of 2-rescuer adult BLS by answering this question. You and your colleague respond to an adult male victim who is unresponsive. After assessing that the victim is not breathing and has no pulse, what do you instruct your colleague to do?

Answer: - It’s important to get advanced providers and an AED on their way. For shockable cardiac arrest, the sooner defibrillation occurs, the better the victim’s chance of survival.

Question: A rescuer arrives at the side of an adult victim and suspects an opioid-associated life-threatening emergency. The victim is unresponsive and not breathing normally but has a pulse. Which action should the rescuer do next?

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Question: If the choking infant becomes unresponsive, the rescuer should immediately begin CPR, starting with chest compressions. Each time the airway is opened, the rescuer should

Answer: look for the object in the back of the throat.

• If the object is seen and can easily be removed, the rescuer should remove it.

• Question: How often should rescuers switch roles when performing two-rescuer CPR?

• Answer:

• Question: The 2015 AHA guidelines for CPR recommended BLS sequence of steps are:

• Answer: Chest compressions, Airway, Breathing

• Question: In an adult with an advanced airway in place during two-rescuer CPR, how often should the breaths be administered?

• Answer: Every 6 to 8 seconds (8 to 10 breaths per minute)

• Question: An infant becomes unresponsive and stops breathing. A strong pulse is still present. How many rescue breaths a minute should be given until help arrives or the infant starts breathing on its own?

• Answer: - This number of rescue breaths has shown to be adequate for oxygenation while still allowing for effective movement of air in and out of the lungs of an unconscious infant.

• Question: During CPR, if the victim’s chest does not rise after two attempts to give breaths, you should:

• Answer: Start chest compressions again

• Question: A 49-year-old female suffers a witnessed cardiac arrest. She has a known cardiac history per her family. You notice a bulge in the upper left chest under the skin. There is a healed incision overlying that bulge. Which is true of AED use?*

• Answer: - This person has either a pacemaker or an automated implantable cardioverted-defibrillator (AICD). Avoid placing AED pads directly over these devices.