Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation LESSON 3: INITIATE RESCUE BREATHING ON AN ADULT
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EXERCISES, LESSON 3
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 Exercises" at the end of the lesson exercises and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly, reread the material referenced after the solution.
1. You are near a car wreck. A car is on fire and a person is still in the car. As a rescuer, which of the following should be your first action?
2. Before beginning rescue breathing on a casualty, you should check the casualty for the presence of a fractured:
3. You find a person in a park lying on the ground and not moving. As a rescuer, which of the following should you perform first?
4. You are treating a casualty who requires CPR. There is no one to assist you. Should you delay starting CPR in order to telephone for help?
5. You are preparing to administer rescue breathing to a soldier lying on his stomach. What should you do to the casualty before administering ventilations?
6. How is the head-tilt portion of the head-tilt/chin-lift method of opening an adult casualty's airway accomplished?
7. In the jaw-thrust method of opening an adult casualty's airway, the jaw is lifted by:
8. After you have performed the head-tilt/chin-lift, the casualty's mouth should be:
9. You have found an unconscious casualty and are initiating rescue breathing. When is the first time that you really take time to see if the casualty is breathing?
10. After using the head-tilt/chin-lift method to open a casualty's airway, the casualty began to breathe normally and soon regained consciousness. The casualty has no injuries. How should you position the casualty?
11. You are checking a casualty for spontaneous breathing. Which of the following statements is/are true concerning the look, listen, and feel procedures?
12. You have found an unconscious casualty who is not breathing. After opening his airway, you should:
13. You are administering rescue breathing using the mouth-to-mouth method. What, if anything, is done to the casualty's nose?
14. You have found an unconscious casualty who is not breathing. You have just perform the head-tilt/chin-lift procedure and tried to initiate rescue breathing. The casualty's airway, however, appears to be blocked. You should:
15. Which of the following locations is correct for checking the casualty's pulse while performing rescue breathing.
16. You are administering rescue breathing to a casualty. You have checked the casualty's pulse and found that his heart is still beating. When do you check the casualty's pulse again?
17. When you are administering rescue breathing (no external chest compressions) using the mouth-to-nose method, you should administer ventilations at a rate of one ventilation every:
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