Adult BLS
This is what CPR stands for.
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
This is where we palpate on infant cardiac arrest victims.
What is the Brachial Artery?
This is what AED stands for.
What is Automated External Defibrillator?
Both hands around the neck.
What is the Universal Choking Sign?
Locate and name where we palpate for heart rate on adult cardiac arrest victims.
What is the Carotid Artery?
This is the medication victims are encouraged to take if they are responsive but experiencing non-traumatic chest pain.
What is Aspirin?
This is the proper technique for performing compressions on an infant victim.
What is the 2-Thumb Encircling Technique?
An electrical shock that eliminates the abnormal heart rhythm to restore normal cardiac rhythm.
What is Defibrillation?
This is the condition describes when the victim cannot exchange air with the outside environment.
What is a severe airway obstruction?
Demonstrate and name the correct position used to open the airway of adult cardiac arrest victims.
What is the Head-Tilt/Chin-Lift Maneuver?
These are shallow breaths that aren’t efficient for oxygenation, usually occurring right before death or cardiac arrest.
What are Agonal Gasps?
This is the threshold (bpm) for poor perfusion in infants.
What is 60bpm?
Size of AED pads that can be used on any victim.
What are Adult-Sized Pads?
This is the choking relief maneuver used on adult victims.
What is a J-Thrust?
Demonstrate the correct form of compressions on an adult cardiac arrest victim.
DAILY DOUBLE: This is the correct rate, depth, and ratio used for compressions during Adult CPR.
This is a series of actions that, when properly executed, reduce the mortality associated with sudden cardiac arrest.
What is the Chain of Survival?
These are 3 signs of poor perfusion, or insufficient delivery of oxygenated blood to tissues, in infants.
What are Poor Capillary Refill/Cyanosis/Cool Extremities/<60BPM?
5 AED Considerations.
What are Chest Hair, Water, Pacemakers, Metal/Jewelry, Medicinal Patches?
This is the choking relief maneuver on adult victims who are pregnant/obese.
What is a chest thrust?
Demonstrate the correct form of choking relief used for infants.
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These are the percentages of oxygen present in environmental air, the air we expire, and the air delivered through a BVM (when connected to an oxygen tank), respectively.
What are 21%, 17%, and 100%?
This is the reason why Witness and Un-Witnessed scenarios are differentiated in pediatric BLS.
Adults usually undergo cardiac arrest because of a heart problem. A child, however, is more likely to be suffering from a respiratory problem that then leads to cardiac arrest. For an adult, their best and often only hope is to receive shocks from an AED, while a child is most in need of oxygen.
Cardiac condition characterized by rapid but ineffective contractions.
What is Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia?
This is the reason why responders should not perform blind finger sweeps for choking victims.
Can initiate gag reflex, can bite down on finger, or can lodge object deeper in throat
Locate the correct AED pad placement on an adult victim.
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