Question

31. What should be administered as soon as possible in cases of respiratory distress?

32. What type of prescribed medication may help to relieve breathing difficulty?

33. What technique is used to open the airway for rescue breathing?

34. What technique should be used for suspected head or spinal injury?

35. If your breaths do not go in, what is the first corrective step to take?

36. How do you prevent gastric distention during rescue breathing?

37. What are the two types of airway obstructions? 1. 2. 38. Where is the correct location for abdominal thrusts, conscious victim? 3

39. Continue abdominal thrusts on a conscious victim until— 1. or 2.

40. The minor differences in rescue breathing for children and infants take into account: 1. 2.

41. Breathe once every _____ seconds for a child and once every _____ seconds for an infant for single rescue breathing.

42. A conscious choking victim goes unconscious. After helping them to the floor, what would be the next immediate step?

43. What technique would you use for a pregnant woman with an obstructed airway?

44. List the basic steps of care for an unconscious infant with an obstructed airway: 1. 3. 2. 4.

45. What are the advantages of breathing devices? 1. 2. 3. 4.

46. When using a mask, what are the three steps to maintaining an effective seal? 1. 2. 3.

47. What are advantages of a BVM? 1. 2. 3.

48. Heart attack is usually the result of ________________

49. Cholesterol buildup on the inner walls of the arteries can result in ____________.

50. A chest pain that comes and goes and is not caused by a heart attack is called—

51. Signs/symptoms of a heart attack include: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
52. Disruption of blood flow in the brain is called _______________.

53. What two things are very important for best chances of survival of a victim of cardiac arrest? 1. 4 _________________. 2.

54. A cycle of single-rescuer Adult CPR consists of_____compressions and_____breaths.

55. What is the range of the compression for CPR?
56. What is accomplished by chest compressions?

57. When is it permissible to stop CPR? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

58. The most common cause of cardiac emergencies in children is _____________.

59. Describe the position for infant CPR, single rescuer—

60. Describe the two-rescuer technique Infant CPR:

61. Compress the chest during CPR at a rate of ______ times per minute.

62. What are the advantages with 2 rescuer CPR? 1. 2. 3.

63. When two rescuers start CPR together, the second rescuer is positioned at the victim’s ______________ .

64. How long should you check for pulse in a Hypothermic situation?

65. What two arrhythmias does the AED recognize to shock? 1. 2.

66. What medical patches should be removed before applying an AED Pad? 1. 2.

67. List six symptoms of stroke: 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. 68. The ideal window of opportunity for stroke victims entering emergency care should not exceed _______ hours.

Answer 1

31) Administer continuous positive airway pressure CPAP, ventillator which applies mild air pressure on a continuous basis. Anti inflammatory drugs like corticosteroids can be administered to reduce inflammation of lungs, diuretics can be given to expel fluid from lungs.

32) Bronchodilators are prescribed for patient with breathing difficulties. This act by dialating lung passages.

Ipratropium bromide is one of the example.

33) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR, using head tilt or chin tilt maneuver is the technique adopted for rescue breathing.

34) For the person suspected with head or spinal injuries,

Keep the person still and place heavy towels or rolled sheets on both side of neck otherwise hold thehead and neck to prevent movement of the same.