American Red Cross BLS (Latest 2023 - 2024) Complete Answers 100% Correct
- Size up the Scene Involves
Answer:
- scene safe
2. PPE
- number of patients
4.nature of illness or injury 5.inital impression (sick, moving)
2. Primary Assessment: Infant level of consciousness
Answer: Ask for consent, tap and shout, tap on foot
- Primary Assessment Level of consciousness
Answer: tap and shout, alert, verbal, painful, unresponsive
4. Primary Assessment: Airway
Answer:
-Supine
-Head- tilt/chin lift: past neutral position for an adult
- if head, neck or spine injury suspected use modified jaw-thrust maneuver
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5. Primary Assessment: Adult Simultaneous Breathing and Pulse Check
Answer: -
-Look(chest rise), listen(escaping air), feel (side of cheek) -carotid pulse for 5-10 sec
6. Primary Assessment: Infant Simultaneous Breathing and Pulse Check
Answer: -
-look listen feel
-BRACHIAL PULSE
-5-10 sec
- Respiratory Arrest
Answer:
-No normal breathing but pulse -give ventilations to supply oxygen
- Adult: 1 ventilation every 5-6 sec
- Cardiac Arrest
Answer:
-no breathing and no pulse -cpr to circulate blood to organs -adult 30 chest compressions followed by 2 ventilations
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