BLS American Red Cross (Latest 2023 - 2024) Complete Answers 100% Correct
- Assess, Recognize and Care Concept
Answer: a systematic, continuous approach for responding to emergency
situations
- Rapid Assessment
Answer: Perform a visual survey, checking responsiveness, open- ing the
airway while simultaneously checking for breathing and pulse
- visual survey
Answer: assess for safety, formulate initial impression of the patient,
determine need for additional resources
- Scene size up
Answer: safety, number of patients, and the NOI or MOI
- When a patient is unresponsive remember to
Answer: activate EMS and get AED 1 / 3
- Open Airway
Answer: Make sure patient is in supine position use
head/tilt - chin/lift or modified jaw thrust maneuver
- Checking Patient's Pulse/Breathing
Answer: check for at least 5 seconds, no more than 10 sec
Agonal breaths or isolated or infrequent gasps are not normal breathing Do not reach across when checking carotid pulse (could obstruct airway)
- Emergencies Requiring BLS
Answer: Injury/Illness, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, obstructed airway, and opiod overdoes
- Injury or Illness (responsive)
Answer: If Responsive, obtain consent to provide care, reassure them, and take
steps to find out what occurred
- Injury or Illness (unresponsive)
Answer: activate EMS, call for AED, if no suspected head/neck/spine or pelvic 2 / 3
injury place in side laying recover position - if injury is suspected, refrain from moving unless necessary - Monitor patient until help arrives
11. ROSC
Answer: Return of spontaneous circulation
- Respiratory Arrest
Answer: patient is unresponsive, is not breathing normally (or only gasping) but has a pulse.
- How should you deliver ventilation during respiratory arrest
Answer: deliver 1 ventilation every 5 to 6 seconds, each ventilation should
last 1 second and make chest begin to rise
- Cardiac Arrest
Answer: Patient is unresponsive, not breathing normally and does not have a
pulse *start CPR within 10 seconds of recognizing cardiac arrest and use AED when it's available
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