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CPR Pro chapter 3 homework(You will get more out of this open book quiz if you read the chapter first and then go back and look for the answers.)
CHAPTER 3: TAKING ACTION AND CARING FOR BREATHING EMERGENCIES
Multiple Choice Circle the one correct answer.
1. One of the first steps to follow in an emergency is—
a. Transporting the victim to the hospital.
b. Planning for an emergency.
c. Documenting what happened.
d. Performing an initial assessment.
2. Why should you conduct an initial assessment in every situation?
a. To protect you from legal actions
b. To identify any life-threatening conditions
c. To protect the victim and bystanders from dangers at the scene
d. To reassure the victim
3. Advanced medical personnel should be summoned for all of the following conditions
EXCEPT—
a. Chest pain or discomfort that lasts 3 to 5 minutes or that goes away and comes back.
b. Severe headache or slurred speech.
c. Breathing problems (difficulty breathing or no breathing).
d. A yellowing of the skin.
4. Breathing barriers help to—
a. Protect against disease transmission.
b. Restart the heart.
c. Maintain breathing.
d. Reduce the amount of oxygen in a victim’s blood.
5. The care given to an adult who is not breathing, but has a pulse (respiratory arrest) is—
a. 5 abdominal thrusts, with each thrust being a distinct attempt to dislodge the object.
b. Modified-H.A.IN.E.S. recovery position.
c. Rescue breaths at a rate of 1 breath every 3 seconds.
d. Rescue breaths at a rate of 1 breath every 5 seconds.
6. You find an unconscious 6-year-old boy. After sizing up the scene and obtaining consent,
you perform an initial assessment and determine that the boy has a pulse, but is
not moving or breathing. How often do you need to breathe for him?
a. Once every 3 seconds
b. Once every 5 seconds
c. Once every few minutes
d. About every minute
7. You are caring for a victim in an emergency who may have ingested drugs. The victim
suddenly becomes hostile, violent and threatening. As a professional rescuer, what
should you do?
a. Continue to attempt to treat the victim because he needs your care.
b. Attempt to restrain the victim until he calms down.
c. Remove yourself from harm, observe the victim and wait for law enforcement to arrive.
d. Leave the scene. It is too dangerous to remain on site.
8. In an emergency, move a victim only when not moving him or her will cause further
harm to the victim or the rescuer. Which of the following includes examples of such a
situation?
a. Explosions, fire, toxic gas exposure or unstable structures in the immediate vicinity
b. Confined downed power lines, moving traffic or domestic animals
c. Unstable structures a block away or power outages
d. Rainstorms, moving traffic or power outages
9. When checking for signs of life during the initial assessment, the rescuer is looking for—
a. Circulation and breathing.
b. Chest and arm movement.
c. Circulation and chest movement.
d. Movement and normal breathing.
Matching Match each term with the correct definition.
10.
A. Two-person seat carry
B. Clothes drag
C. Blanket drag
D. Walking assist
E. Foot drag
F. Pack-strap carry
___ Used to move a clothed victim who you think may have a head, neck or back injury.
___ Used to help a victim who needs assistance walking to safety.
___ Used to move a victim too large to carry or move otherwise.
___ Used to carry a conscious victim who cannot walk and has no suspected head, neck or
back injury.
___ Used to move an unconscious victim in an emergency situation when rescue equip-ment
is limited.
___ Used to help move a conscious or unconscious victim with no suspected head, neck or
back injury.
11.
A. Bag-Valve-Mask Resuscitator (BVM)
B. Resuscitation Mask
C. Face Shield
___ A lightweight, plastic cover that lies across the victim’s face with a one-way valve that en-ables
a rescuer to provide rescue breathing and reduces the risk of disease transmission.
___ A hand-held device used primarily to ventilate a victim in respiratory arrest, but also
used for a victim in respiratory distress.
___ A flexible, dome-shaped device that covers the victim’s mouth and nose, creating a seal
that allows the rescuer to provide rescue breathing and can be connected to oxygen.
Multiple Answers choose the correct answer or answers.
12. Signs that a victim may be suffering from hypoxia include—
a. Decreased breathing and heart rates
b. Blue lips and nail beds
c. A change in the level of consciousness
d. Sleeplessness
e. Chest pain
f. Increased breathing and heart rate
g. Hot, flushed skin
h. Restlessness
True or False Circle True or False.
13. True False When you give rescue breaths to a victim of a nonfatal submersion,
the victim will probably vomit.
14. True False When caring for a conscious choking infant, use a combination of
5 back blows and 1 chest thrust.
15. True False Using a resuscitation mask when giving rescue breaths promotes safe
practices that reduce the risk of transmitting bloodborne pathogens.
16. True False When giving care to an unconscious choking child, open the mouth
and immediately sweep for the object after giving 5 chest thrusts.
Then try 2 rescue breaths again.
17. True False A breathing emergency occurs if a victim has difficulty breathing, and is called
respiratory arrest.
18. True False In a breathing emergency if a victim stops breathing, it is known as respiratory arrest, or respiratory failure.
19. True False Rescue breathing is a technique for delivering air into a victim to give him or her the
oxygen needed to survive.
20. True False When performing rescue breathing on an adult, give one breath every 20 seconds
with the exhaled breaths lasting for approximately one second.
21. True False When performing rescue breathing on a child or infant, give one breath every seven
seconds
22. True False If you give an unconscious adult rescue breaths and they do not make the chest
clearly rise, reposition the airway by tilting the head further back and then try abdominal thrusts again
Ordering Place in the correct order.
23. Place in the correct order the steps necessary to administer an intramuscular injection
using an auto-injector.
___ Remove the safety cap from the auto-injector.
___ Give the used auto-injector to EMS personnel.
___ Push the injector firmly against the victim’s thigh until the injector is activated.
___ Locate the lateral (outside) portion of the victim’s thigh, midway between the waist
and knee.
___ Hold the injector in place until the medication is injected (about 10 seconds).
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