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18 Cards in this Set
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Most common cause of airway obstruction.
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The tongue.
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Percent of oxygen in room air.
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21%
NOTE - Exhaled air contains 16% oxygen, meaning the body uses only 5%. Therefore, the 16% oxygen in exhaled air can provide the 5% needed to sustain life. |
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Approximate range of time a person can go without oxygen before brain damage occurs.
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4 - 6 Minutes.
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Method of opening the airway of a victim with a suspected neck injury.
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Modified jaw thrust maneuver.
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Non-breathing patient with pulse: Rate of Ventilations?
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INFANT - 20/Minute(every 3 seconds)
CHILD - 20/Minute(every 3 seconds) ADULT - 10-12/Minute(every 4-5 seconds) |
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After determining that a patient is not breathing, how many breaths are given before checking a pulse?
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Two slow full ventilations.
ADULT - 2 Seconds each. CHILD AND INFANT - 1-1.5 Seconds each. |
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Proper pulse to check on infants.
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Brachial pulse.
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Proper pulse to check on a child.
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Carotid pulse.
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Pulseless Patient:
Depth Of Chest Compressions?? |
INFANT - 1/3-1/2 Depth of chest(Approximately 1/2 to 1 inch)
CHILD - 1/3-1/2 Depth of chest(Approximately 1 to 1-1/2 inches) ADULT - 1-1/2 to 2 inches |
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One Rescuer Adult CPR:
Ration of compressions to ventilations??? |
15:2
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Two Rescuer Adult CPR:
Ratio of compressions to ventilations??? |
15:2
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Infant And Child CPR:
Ratio of compressions to ventilations??? |
5:1(Regardless of number of rescuers)
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One Rescuer Adult CPR:
Rate of compressions??? |
Approximately 100 compressions per minute.
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Two Rescuer Adult CPR:
Rate of compressions??? |
Approximately 100 compressions per minute.
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Child CPR:
Rate of compressions??? |
Approximately 100 compressions per minute.
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Infant CPR:
Rate of compressions??? |
At least 100 times/Minute.
1.67per second. |
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Child CPR:
Compression technique. |
Heel of one hand on lower half of sternum.
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Infant CPR:
Compression technique. |
LONE RESCUER:
2 Fingers on sternum, 1 fingers width BELOW imaginary line drawn between infant's nipples. 2-RESCUERS: Use the 2 thumb encircling hands technique. |