INSTRUCTIONS<\/strong>: Circle the letter of the response that BEST completes the statement or BEST answers the question. After you have completed all of the exercises, turn to “Solutions to Exercise” at the end of the lesson exercises and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the material referenced with the solution.<\/p>\n 1. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation consists of:<\/p>\n a. Artificially restoring blood circulation through the use of chest compressions.<\/p>\n b. Artificially restoring breathing through the use of rescue breathing procedures.<\/p>\n c. Both a and b above.<\/p>\n 2. Which one of the following terms is used to describe the death of heart tissue due\u00a0to the blockage of a coronary artery?<\/p>\n a. Biological death.<\/p>\n b. Cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n c. Clinical death.<\/p>\n d. Heart attack.<\/p>\n 3. Which of the following signs and symptoms is least likely to occur when a casualty\u00a0has a heart attack?<\/p>\n a. Nausea.<\/p>\n b. Sharp, stabbing chest pains.<\/p>\n c. Shortness of breath.<\/p>\n d. Uncomfortable feeling of pressure behind the sternum.<\/p>\n 4. The most common cause of cardiac arrest is:<\/p>\n a. Drug reaction.<\/p>\n b. Electrical shock.<\/p>\n c. Heart attack.<\/p>\n 5. Biological death usually results if a person’s heart stops beating (normal pumping\u00a0action stops and CPR is not administered) for:<\/p>\n a. 30 seconds.<\/p>\n b. 1 minute.<\/p>\n c. 3 minutes.<\/p>\n d. 6 minutes.<\/p>\n 6. Chest compressions simulate normal heart function by:<\/p>\n a. Forcing blood to be pumped by squeezing the heart between the sternum and\u00a0the spine.<\/p>\n b. Causing an artificial electrical stimulation which causes the ventricles of the\u00a0heart to contract.<\/p>\n c. Forcing blood to be pumped by the atria into the veins instead of the ventricles\u00a0pumping blood into the arteries.<\/p>\n d. Causing the diaphragm to rise and fall, thus producing a pulse.<\/p>\n 7. Of the following, which is most likely to result in a person having a heart attack?<\/p>\n a. Being a female.<\/p>\n b. Having a family history of cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n c. Having high blood pressure.<\/p>\n d. Not having a program of regular exercise.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1. c (paras 2-1e, 2-6, 2-7)<\/p>\n 2. d (para 2-1a)<\/p>\n 3. b (paras 2-4a, b)<\/p>\n 4. c (para 2-2)<\/p>\n 5. d (paras 2-1d, 2-5)<\/p>\n 6. a (para 2-7)<\/p>\n 7. c (para 2-3a(2))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EXERCISES, LESSON 2 INSTRUCTIONS: Circle the letter of the response that BEST completes the statement or BEST answers the question. After you have completed all of the exercises, turn to “Solutions to Exercise” at the end of the lesson exercises and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the material referenced with the … Continue reading Lesson 2. Exercises and Solutions<\/span>
\nSOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 2<\/h2>\n