Vocabulary
Different but valid ways of performing a skill or technique.
Variations
This is why we use the recovery position.
It keeps the airway open.
Rate of compressions.
100-120 BPM
Roll them to their side and clear the airway if they do this.
Vomit
Unwilling or unable
Defined as one year old to onset of puberty.
Child
Returning to a normal state of health.
Recovery
If you suspect a head, neck, or spinal injury and need to use the recovery position.
Modify and stabilize.
Ratio of compressions for an adult unconscious victim.
30:2
This is necessary for a heavily pregnant woman during CPR.
Support beneath the right hip.
Do this if there are two responders.
Switch roles.
It is silent and invisible.
Normal breathing.
Having become unconscious or fallen down.
Collapsed
You should roll the victim in this direction when you put them in the recovery position.
Towards you.
Position your hands here on the body of your victim to deliver chest compressions.
Sternum
This is why there are special considerations for a heavily pregnant woman during CPR.
Circulation to the lower extremities.
This is why you change positions during CPR if there are two or more responders available.
To avoid fatigue.
It is not normal breathing if it sounds like this.
Agonal gasping.
An emergency technique that manually pumps the heart if it stops.
Compressions
Position yourself here to put the victim in the recovery position.
Kneeling beside them.
Depth of compressions for an adult victim.
2.0-2.5 inches
This condition requires modifications in delivering rescue breaths.
You may use one of these if you have three or more first responders in an emergency.
Bag valve mask resuscitator.
Do this frequently while a child is in the recovery position.
Monitor vital signs.
Long flat bone in the center of the chest that connects the ribs.
Sternum
Breathing normally.
Frequency with which to monitor vital signs.
Two minutes or five cycles of CPR
You will have to modify the way you deliver rescue breaths if the victim is experiencing these as a result of their injuries.
Facial deformities.
One of these needs to be on the way while you are performing CPR.
An AED
You must have them on the way if you are performing CPR.
EMS