Dispatch Life Support Instructions Flashcards
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When providing telephone CPR instructions, the dispatcher should direct the caller to compress the adult chest at what rate?
Answer: 100-120 compressions per minute
Current guidelines specify 100-120 chest compressions per minute for effective CPR in adults.
A caller reports their child swallowed a small object and is now silent with a blue tinge around the lips. The dispatcher should first instruct the caller to:
Answer: Perform 5 back blows followed by 5 chest thrusts
For a severe infant or child choking victim who loses effective breathing, the dispatcher directs 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts (not abdominal thrusts for infants).
Which Dispatch Life Support instruction is most appropriate when a caller reports a patient who is unconscious and not breathing normally?
Answer: Instruct caller to begin CPR compression-only protocol
An unconscious, apneic (not breathing normally) adult patient requires immediate compression-only CPR instructions until EMS arrives.
A caller states their pregnant wife is fully crowning and delivery is imminent. After guiding delivery of the head, the dispatcher should next instruct the caller to:
Answer: Check if the umbilical cord is wrapped around the baby's neck
After the head delivers, check for nuchal cord (cord around the neck) before proceeding with shoulder delivery.
When instructing a caller on bleeding control for a severe extremity wound, what should the dispatcher direct first?
Answer: Apply firm, direct pressure with the cleanest material available
Direct pressure is the first-line intervention for severe bleeding before considering tourniquet application.
A caller says a patient had a seizure and is now breathing but unconscious. After confirming the seizure has stopped, the dispatcher should instruct the caller to:
Answer: Place the patient in the recovery (lateral) position
The recovery position protects the airway from aspiration in a post-ictal patient who is breathing but unconscious.
During a DLS call for a suspected stroke, which instruction set should the dispatcher provide to the caller?
Answer: Keep the patient calm, do not give food or water, note symptom onset time
For stroke patients, dispatchers instruct callers to keep the patient calm, avoid oral intake, and note the exact time symptoms began — critical for treatment decisions.