Recovery position steps: extend the arm nearest to you up alongside the head, bring the other arm across the chest, the back of the hand against the cheek. The next step is:

Monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-arrest conditions; early recognition of cardiac arrest/ activation EMS; CPR; defibrillation; post-cardiac arrest care: which chain of survival?

Before using a CPR mask w/one-way valve, you don’t have to inspect it? TRUE/FALSE

Man found collapsed near a car w/engine running inside garage. He is dragged outside and is unresponsive and not breathing normally. You cannot feel his carotid pulse. What is the indicated care?

Standard precautions are:

The chain of survival for children and infants:

You find a child unresponsive and blue. Not breathing normally /cannot feel a carotid pulse. Her friend states collapsed/ stopped moving after playing the “pass out” choking game. You are the only trained BLS provider. What do you do?

You are performing CPR on a 65-year-old man who suddenly collapsed. Another provider shows up with an AED. She turns on the device and the voice instructions begin. What is the next step?

After delivering a shock with an AED, you should

Two providers are performing CPR. What should they do to prevent fatigue and maintain the quality of chest compressions?

A person is unresponsive, gasping, but you can clearly feel a carotid pulse. What is the determined problem?

You are alone with an adult man who is choking. Another person has gone to get more help. You are performing abdominal thrusts when he suddenly collapses. What should you do next?

While eating, an older woman suddenly grabs her throat and cannot make any sound. You ask, “Are you choking?” She nods yes. What should you do?