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1. You and two nurses have been performing CPR on At the carotid or
a 72-year-old patient, Ben Phillips. When Mr. Phillips femoral artery
shows signs of ROSC, where should you perform the
pulse check?

2. You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with Provide 30 chest
an obstructed airway who becomes unresponsive. compressions.
Which action should you perform first?

3. During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team Alert the team
roles and tasks to each member. You recognize that a leader immediate-
task has been overlooked. Which is the most appro- ly and identify for
priate action? them what task
has been over-
looked.

4. The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative Team leader
efforts. Among the members of the BLS team, whose
role is it to communicate to the code team the patient's
status and the care already provided?

5. You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a 10 seconds

second provider arrives to take over compressions.
When switching roles, you should minimize interrup-
tions in chest compressions to less than how many
seconds?

6. What is a reason you would choose to perform chest The patient is in a

thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts for an adult with wheelchair.
an obstructed airway?

7. You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sus- Modified

tained a neck injury. Which technique should you use jaw-thrust
to open the patient's airway? maneuver

8. You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old Use the adult AED
patient who weighs 44 pounds. The AED arrives. It pads.
does not have a pediatric setting and includes only
adult AED pads. What should you do?

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9. A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. 100 to 120
You initiate CPR and correctly perform chest com- compressions per
pressions at which rate? minute

10. How is a child defined in terms of CPR care? Someone from the
age of 1 to the on-
set of puberty

11. You and your co-worker Jake are operating a BVM Seal the mask with
during multiple-provider CPR for an adult. You man- two hands using
age the airway while Jake delivers ventilations. Which the E-C technique.
statement correctly describes the appropriate tech-
nique for operating the BVM?

12. A well-organized team response when performing 2

high-quality CPR includes ensuring that providers
switch off performing compressions every _____ min-
utes.

13. You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 15:2

6-year-old child. What is the compression-to-ventila-
tion ratio during multiple-provider CPR?

14. You are working in an OB/GYN office when your pa- AED use is safe for
tient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly goes into cardiac arrest. pregnant patients.
While preparing the AED, your colleague reminds you
that Mrs. Tribble is 28 weeks pregnant. Which state-
ment is true regarding the use of an AED on a preg-
nant patient?

15. you and your colleagues have been providing Stop CPR, check
high-quality CPR for and using the AED on Mr. Sauer. for breathing and a
While providing ventilations, you notice that Mr. Sauer pulse and monitor
moves and appears to be breathing. What is the cor- Mr. Sauer until the
rect course of action? advanced cardiac
life support team
takes over.

16. The team should

provide ventila-
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You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an tions at a rate of
endotracheal tube in place. How does this affect com- 1 ventilation every
pressions and ventilations? 6 seconds without
pausing compres-
sions.

17. You are providing compressions on a 6-month-old About 1½ inches

who weighs 17 pounds. Which compression depth is
appropriate for this patient?

18. While orienting a new medical assistant to the fa- "I'll go get the
cility, you find a patient who is unresponsive in the AED."
exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get
the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant
demonstrates closed-loop communication?

19. You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult 5 to 6 seconds

patient experiencing respiratory arrest. You should
give 1 ventilation every:

20. You and another provider are caring for a patient who After initiating
is in cardiac arrest. You suspect that your patient has CPR
overdosed on an opioid. When should you administer
intranasal naloxone?

21. The systematic and continuous approach to providing Assess, Recog-

emergent patient care includes which three elements? nize, Care

22. You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has Standing to the
gone into cardiac arrest. Which is the most effective side of the in-
CPR technique to perform until help arrives? fant, provide chest
compressions us-
ing the two-fin-
ger technique and
deliver ventilations
with a pocket
mask.

23. You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch splat- Check for respon-
tered on the floor. She is slumped over the bedside siveness.
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table and does not appear to be breathing. You per-
form a visual survey and determine that the scene is
safe. Which is the next appropriate action?

24. Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the Early CPR
ground, unresponsive. After immediately initiating the
emergency response system, what is your next action
according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of
Survival?

25. You perform a rapid assessment and determine that Critical thinking
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?

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