Emergency Response and CPR Flashcards

A conscious adult patient is clutching their throat and cannot speak, cough, or breathe. What should the PCT do?

Answer: Perform abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)

The universal choking sign combined with inability to speak or breathe indicates severe airway obstruction requiring immediate abdominal thrusts.

After delivering a shock with an AED, what should immediately follow?

Answer: Resume CPR immediately, starting with chest compressions

After AED shock delivery, CPR should be resumed immediately beginning with compressions without pausing to check for a pulse.

Which of the following is a sign of anaphylaxis requiring emergency intervention?

Answer: Hives, throat tightness, and sudden hypotension

Anaphylaxis presents with rapid-onset hives, airway compromise (throat tightness/stridor), and hemodynamic instability (hypotension), requiring immediate epinephrine and emergency response.

What is the purpose of allowing complete chest recoil between CPR compressions?

Answer: To allow the heart to refill with blood for the next compression

Full chest recoil allows negative pressure to draw blood back into the ventricles so subsequent compressions can eject blood forward.

A patient suddenly becomes pale, diaphoretic, and loses consciousness. After activating emergency response, the PCT should:

Answer: Check responsiveness, call for help, begin CPR if no normal breathing and no pulse

If a patient becomes unresponsive with absent or agonal breathing, emergency response activation and CPR initiation are the correct immediate steps.

For infant CPR, where should chest compressions be performed?

Answer: Just below the nipple line on the lower half of the sternum

Infant compressions are performed on the lower half of the sternum, just below the nipple line, using two fingers or two-thumb-encircling technique.