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CPR and AED Usage Flashcards

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  1. When placing AED pads on an adult male victim, where should the first pad be positioned?

    Answer: On the upper right chest below the collarbone

    One AED pad goes on the upper right chest (below the collarbone, right of the sternum) and the other on the lower left side of the chest.

  2. A victim in cardiac arrest has a pacemaker. The pacemaker bulge is visible under the skin. How should you place AED pads?

    Answer: At least 1 inch away from the pacemaker

    AED pads should be placed at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) away from an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator to avoid interference.

  3. What is the purpose of allowing full chest recoil between compressions?

    Answer: It allows the heart to refill with blood

    Full chest recoil between compressions allows the heart's chambers to refill with blood, maximizing the volume pumped with each compression.

  4. An AED analyzes the victim's heart rhythm and says 'No shock advised.' What should you do?

    Answer: Immediately resume CPR

    If the AED advises no shock, immediately resume CPR for 2 minutes, then allow the AED to reanalyze the rhythm.

  5. When giving rescue breaths during CPR, how long should each breath last?

    Answer: About 1 second, just enough to see the chest rise

    Each rescue breath should be delivered over 1 second — just enough to see the chest rise — to avoid gastric inflation.

  6. You are doing CPR alone and become exhausted. A bystander with no CPR training arrives. What should you do?

    Answer: Guide the bystander to take over chest compressions with your coaching

    Any willing bystander can be coached to perform hands-only chest compressions, switching rescuers every 2 minutes reduces fatigue.

  7. What should a rescuer do if the victim's chest does not rise during a rescue breath?

    Answer: Reposition the head and try one more breath, then resume compressions

    If the first breath doesn't make the chest rise, reposition the head with a head-tilt chin-lift, give one more breath, then return to compressions regardless.