Question

1. With infant or child pad placement when using an AED, which of the following should you do?

a. Use child pads and a dose attenuator if available.

b. Place the pads in the normal anterior-lateral position, but do not allow them to touch.

c. Use lower dosage shocks if available.

d. All of the above

2. If an infant is choking, what is the initial step in rescue?

a. Hold the child face down with head lower than body.

b. Begin back blows

c. Place infant on back and use chest thrusts

d. Begin abdominal thrusts using one fist placed on the abdomen to push upward.

3. When performing two person CPR, if you are using a bag-valve mask, what is the most important of the following things to remember?

a. Oxygen must be used with a bag-valve mask.

b. The mask must fit perfectly in order to provide ventilation.

c. The bag-valve mask seal is performed using the C-F method.

d. Watch the chest rise and fall to confirm that the mask is working.

Answer 1

1. With infant or child pad placement when using an AED, which of the following should you do?

Step 1:

Child pads are available but usually, adults pad are also used if pediatric pads are not available.

Step 2:

If adult pads are used, placed the pad in just above the right nipple (anterior), and the other pad on the left side of the chest (lateral) position. Make sure that the child does not touch the pad.

Hence option b should be followed.

Step 3:

Shock is delivered as per the electrode. The dose cannot be lowered.

Step 4:

Option d is not correct.

2. If an infant is choking, what is the initial step in rescue?

Step 1:

Choking happens when the baby is swollen small objects. Initially, the child was placed with the face lying down and the head is lower than the body so that the object has come out. It also prevents the object from blocking on the respiratory tract.

Hence option a is correct.

Step 2:

Back blows is the second step after placing the child with a face lying down. Five back blows have been initiated to expel the object.

Hence option b is not an initial step of rescue.

Step 3:

If backblow is unsuccessful, then the chest thrust has been followed.

Hence, option c is also not correct.

Step 4:

Abdominal thrust is not appropriate management of choking in an infant. So this is also not a correct option.

3. When performing two-person CPR, if you are using a bag-valve mask, what is the most important of the following things to remember?

Step 1:

d. Watch the chest rise and fall to confirm that the mask is working.

It is necessary to check that the chest wall is moving up and down while performing CPR with a bag valve mask. If not, it shows that the chest wall obstruction and take initiative to clear the airway.

Hence option d is correct.

Step 2:

High flow oxygen is necessary for the inflation of oxygen mask, appropriate placement and seal is also necessary for effective breathing. But option a, b, c is not the most appropriate one.