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In a cold water near drowning, people have been succesfully resuscitated after being submerged ___ minutes or more.
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20 minutes
pg 208 First Resp |
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According to th ______ ______ ______, providing compressions onlyis significantly better than providing no assitance at all, and it minimizes the risk of the rescuer coming in contact with boldily fluids.
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American Heart Association
pg 209 First Resp |
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To provide effective mouth-to-mask ventilations, you may position yourself either in the ______ ____ ( at the patient's head) or in the _______ _____ (at teh patient's side).
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Cephalic position or the Lateral Position
pg 215 First Resp |
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For effective CPR, you must: (3)
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1. Deliver compressions at a rate of approximately 100 per minute.
2. Proved ventilations at a ratio of two breaths for every 30 compressions 3. Once you have begun CPR, avoid interrupting compressions for longer than 10 seconds. pg 215 First Resp |
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Changing positions during two-rescuer CPR can maximize the effectiveness of CPR. This change should only take approximately ____ seconds to complete.
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five seconds
pg 221 First Resp |
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A ____ is one year old to the onset of puberty, which is typically determined by the presence of chest or underarm hair in boys and the development of breasts in girls.
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Child
pg 223 First Resp |
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A baby from birth through one year of age is considered a(n) _______.
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Infant
pg 223 First Resp |
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If you must move the patient after starting CPR because of the dangers at the scene, then do so. Try not to interrupt CPR for more than ____ to ___ seconds durning a move.
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15 to 30 seconds.
pg 229 First Resp |
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Patients who are victims of hypothermia may have VS that are very difficult to assess. You should take extra time, at least _____________, when assessing both pulse and breathing.
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at least one full minute
pg 230 First Resp |
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You may also choose not to begin CPR if there are obvious signs of prolonged death, such as the presence of _______ _______ and _____ __ _____.
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Muscle rigidity (rigor mortis) and pooling of blood (Lividity)
pg 230 First Resp |
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Cold-water drowning victims can be successfully resuscitated after long periods of submersion. There are documented cases of arrest that have lasted more than ___ minutes.
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45 minutes.
pg 231 First Resp |
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Once you have started CPR, continue to provide CPR until: (5)
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1. The patient regains a pulse
2. Spontaneous pulse and brathing begin. 3. Equally or more highly trained members of the EMS system or someone certified in CPR can continue in your place. 4. You turn over responsibility for patient care to a physician 5. You are exhausted and no longer able to continue. pg 231 First Resp |
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AEDs are capable of recognizing two very specific abnormal heart thythems: They are?
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1. Ventricular Fibrillation
2. Ventricular Tachycardia pg 232 First Resp |
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________ results in a disorganixes quivering of the heart muscle much like a spasm or seizure. The most common type being the _______ ________.
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Fibrillation
Venttricular Fibrillation pg 232 First Resp |
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_____ _____ is a rapid rhythem that originates in the ventricles and rarely produces a pulse. It does not pump blood very efficiently. Less than ___ % of the prehospital cardiac arrest cases have this problem.
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Ventricular Tachycardia
10 % pg 233 First Resp |
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The time between collapse and defibrillation can be divided into four segments, They are?
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1. EMS access time
2. Dispatch time 3. Response time 4. Shock time pg 233-234 First Resp |
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_____ ____ is the time from the call to the EMS dispatcher to the alert of the personnel who will respond and defibrillate.
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Dispatch Time
pg 234 First Resp |
