American Red Cross Cpr / Aed Certification Study Guide Flashcards
What are the 3 main emergency action steps?
check, call, care
What is the first thing you should do before giving care?
make sure the scene is safe
The best way to tell if a victim is conscious is to...?
tap shoulder and ask if are you ok
How should you check for signs of breathing?
look listen and feel for no more than 10 seconds
Best way to prevent disease transmission?
use gloves
When do you call 911?
When a person is unconscious, not breathing, or in a life-threatening emergency
Name the technique used to open the airway
head tilt chin lift
Where are hands placed on victim when performing CPR?
Center of chest-nipple line
The cycle of compressions to breathe in CPR for an infant is...?
30 compressions and 2 breaths
CPR done on an adult should include chest compressions done at a rate of?
100 compressions per minute
When giving a rescue breath to an adult, you should give the breath over a period of _____ second/s?
1
What is the purpose of CPR?
to keep brain supplied with oxygen
When should CPR be discontinued?
help arrives, they show signs of life, AED arrives, or you become too exhausted to continue
What should you do for a choking conscious adult?
5 back blows 5 abdominal thrusts
The ratio of compressions to breaths when performing CPR for a victim is...
30 compressions and 2 breaths
Adult AED --pads for an Adult should be placed?
upper right chest lower left side
If during the second analysis, the AED prompts No shock advised, you should...?
continue cpr and listen for further instruction
Why is it important for the resuer to stand clear when administering the AED?
The machine may pick up your heartbeat instead of the victims
What is the first thing you should do to the AED?
turn the aed on
Early defibrillation is an important part of the cardiac chain of survival because...?
faster the heart begins working and blood flowing the greater the chance the of survival
Before delivering shock with an AED you should.....
let the AED analyze the patient and follow instructions from AED
What is the Good Samaritan Law and who does it protect?
Protect citizens who act the same what that a reasonable and prudent person would. It also protects the responder from financial responsibility
What does it mean to obtain a person's consent?
Permission to give care
What is shock?
a condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the body's tissues and vital organs
What is an AED?
Electronic devices that analyze the heart's rhythm and deliver an electrical shock which helps the heart to re-establish and effective rhythm
When performing infant CPR, do you give breaths first or compression
Give 2 breaths first
What should you do for a person who is couging and choking?
Nothing. As long as a person can move air, leave them alone.
Early CPR and early defibrillation can:
save the lives of more people in cardiac arrest
What should you do before the AED analyzes the heart rhythm?
ensure that no one, including you is touching the person
Defibrillation is
an electrical shock that may help the heart to resume an effective rhythm for a person in sudden cardiac arrest
what position should a conscious choking infant be in for back blows?
face down, head lower than his chest