American Red Cross BLS Final Exam Questions and Answers After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival? - Answer-Early high-quality CPR The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which intervention should the nurse implement? - Answer-Cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place. How does this affect compressions and ventilations? - Answer-The team should provide ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without pausing compressions.You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly goes into cardiac arrest. She is 28 weeks pregnant and her fundus is above the umbilicus.Which statement is true regarding CPR and AED use for a pregnant patient? - Answer- Providers should perform high-quality CPR and continuous left uterine displacement (LUD) until the infant is delivered, even if ROSC is achieved.What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respiratory arrest or failure? - Answer-1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds How is a child defined in terms of CPR/AED care? - Answer-Someone from the age of 1 to the onset of puberty While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop communication? - Answer-"I'll go get the AED." During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each member.You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most appropriate action? - Answer-Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR? - Answer-15:2
You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is experiencing cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to improve the patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and rationally identifying the connection between information and actions? - Answer-Critical thinking
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