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CPR
CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is a technique combining cycles of chest compressions and rescue breaths to oxygenate and circulate blood to maintain life. Ask and answer questions regarding the CPR techniques, training and history.
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What do you do if you never received your CPR and First Aid Certification card?
Well if you really set your mind to it. You should go to the place where they give those two things and please do the right thing/or right treatment for a deadly disease that whom that person has.
What type of electrical shock is used when an R wave is present in the patient's rhythm?
Precordial shock from the AED
Who do you contact if you are a victim of deceptive practices?
I would suggest contacting your local Police Department's non-emergency Communications Center. This is different from 9-1-1. Check your local phone book or government website regarding your Police Department. I work at my PD's Communications Center and take decprac calls often.
Open the airway; check for signs of life / pulse for 45 seconds before administering CPR. Prevent further heat loss but don't re-warm prior to starting CPR. If no signs of life after 45 s, immediately start CPR.
What do adult and infant CPR have in common?
For both adult and child CPR with one rescuer, perform 30 compression to every 2 breaths. Also, you want to ensure that you are doing 100 repetitions per minute in both adult and child CPR. Perform reevaluations after every 2 minutes by checking the pulse of the victim and check for breathing.
Why do you define adult during CPR until age of 8 years not more?
For CPR an infant is birth to 1; child is 1 to 12; and an adult is over 12 years old. For the use of an AED, a child is defined as 1 to 8 or less than 55 pounds.
How can you become a CPR Instructor for your own company?
Contact your local American Red Cross (ARC). Have your company sign an authorized provider agreement with the ARC. The ARC will teach you to be an instructor and then you will be able to teach your coworkers.
You may also contact the American Heart Association.
What two things are stimulated during CPR?
Chest compressions simulate a natural heartbeat, which pushes blood through the body, and rescue breaths simulate natural breathing, bringing oxygen into your lungs to transfer to the blood circulating the body.
Is a security guard required to do first aid?
Typically a security guard is required to know first aid and CPR. The security guard is required to respond to all emergencies. The protocols between the local EMS and security will be set up so the security guard will know the bounds and what steps to follow based on the situation. Usually, the security guard will be required to perform first aid and CPR until medical help arrives.
Move an unresponsive victim only when?
Only move an unresponsive when in an absolutely necessary scenario (IE. fire, middle of road, etc.).
What is the rationale for a different compression ratio in 2 rescuer infant and child CPR?
It is due to the fact that the vital organs are more susceptible to damage from lack of oxygen in an infant or child than for an adult.
Why it is important to give early defibrillation?
To allow the heart to reset and resume normal sinus rhythm.
When an aed is analyzing on a pregnant woman will the aed pick up the fetus's heartbeat?
No, an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) is designed to analyze the heart rhythm of the person it is applied to, not the fetus. It focuses on detecting life-threatening arrhythmias in the adult's heart. While the AED may pick up some electrical activity from the fetus, it is not equipped to interpret that data or provide any information about the fetal heartbeat. The primary goal is to ensure the safety of the pregnant woman and restore her heart function.
What are the conditions that must exist before performing CPR?
Unconciousness, no respiration and no pulse.
For the lay rescuer, the following conditions must exist before performing CPR:
Adult: Not breathing and no signs of life (no movement, no breathing).
Child / Infant: Not breathing and no pulse.
Next step when you find unresponsive victim who has agonal gasps?
Tip the head to open the airway. Check for signs of life (look, listen, feel for breathing & movement). Since agonal gasps fails the breathing criteria, you would immediately begin CPR for an adult.
Where are the AED pads placed on an adult?
There are several ways to figure this out, depending on the AED you are using.
Remember the saying, "white upper right, red to the ribs" which refers to the location on the victim; the leads to the pads are usually colored white & red.
Some pads have icons on them that show the location to be placed; i.e. one pad will show upper right on the chest and the other will show placement on the rib area on left side of chest on the victim.
It the leads are not colored, or there are no icons on the pads, then it doesn't matter which pad is placed on the upper right of the chest or lower left on the ribs.
An alternate placement, which has been shown to be marginally more effective, is one lead on the center of the chest and one on the back, just to the left of the spine, trying to avoid the scapula (shoulderblade). This provides a more direct route for the current to flow and (in some studies) has been shown to be more effective than the right upper chest/left lateral chest method.
Aed paddles, manual chest compressions
What is the most critical step in CPR In case of an emergency?
1) Make sure they need CPR 2) Check their pulse 3) 2 Rescue Breaths 4) 30 chest compressions 5) Repeat 3 and 4
What should you do before applying the aed padS to the victim if they are wet?
Wipe them off with a dry towel or rag.
The statement is false. CPR should only begin if the patient has stopped breathing or if their heart has stopped beating. While it is likely that a choking victim has ceased breathing if they have lost consciousness, it is not an absolute indicator.
What is the recommended depth of chest compressions for an adult victim?
The recommended depth of chest compressions in adult CPR is 2 inches
