American Red Cross Lifeguarding Questions and Answers, Exams of Medicine

Download American Red Cross Lifeguarding Questions and Answers and more Exams Medicine in PDF only on Docsity! American Red Cross Lifeguarding Questions and Answers What is the amount of oxygen that you exhale into a victim using only your pocketmask? - Correct answer 35-55% What is the amount of oxygen given to a victim using a BVM without oxygen? - Correct answer Up to 90% What is the amount of oxygen given to a victim using a BVM hooked up to oxygen? - Correct answer 90% or higher What are some signs of hypoxia? - Correct answer increased breathing & heart rates, changes in LOC, restlessness, chest pain, cynosis LOC - Correct answer Level of consciousness Cynosis - Correct answer tissue doesnt get enough oxygen; victim turns blue. What are the breathing rates for an adult? - Correct answer 12-20 bpm BPM - Correct answer breaths per minute What are the breathing rates for a child? - Correct answer 15-30 bpm What are the breathing rates for an infant? - Correct answer 25-50 bpm What if breathing rate is above or below normal rates? - Correct answer administer emergency breathing When placing mask on victim, what is the proper placement? - Correct answer For adults, you want the narrow part over the nose and the rim (bottom part) over the chin. Same for children. But for infants, the sides are reversed. What is the best method to determine that breaths given by a BVM are effective? - Correct answer check for chest rise and fall, rise in oxygenation, and change in color. You and another rescuer arrive on the scene and are about to give breaths using BVM. You just sealed the mask. Whats next? - Correct answer make sure head is in proper alignment What is the flow rate for nasal cannula? - Correct answer 1-6 LPM LPM - Correct answer Liters per minute What is the flow rate for resuscitation mask? - Correct answer 6-15 LPM What is the flow rate for a non-rebreather mask? - Correct answer 10-15 LPM BVM - Correct answer Bag-Valve Mask What is the flow rate for a BVM? - Correct answer 15LPM or higher What do you use to set LPM? - Correct answer with a variable-flow-rate oxygen system, turn the FLOWMETER to suggested L.P.M How do you determine oxygen is flowing? - Correct answer Listen for a hissing sound and feel for oxygen flow through the delivery device. What will interfere with the accuracy of a pulse oximeter reading? - Correct answer shock, cardiac arrest, excessive motion of patient during reading, carbon monoxide poisoning, fingernail polish, hypothermia or other other cold related emergency, sickle cell anemia, cigarette smokers, swelling, time lag detection of repiratory insufficiency Pulse oximeter (the finger box thing) - Correct answer used to measure percentage of oxygen saturation in the blood. What should you do when the oxygen cylinder reaads 200 lbs per sq. Inch? - Correct answer do not use. You want the pressure gauge to read more than 200 psi You must leave the victim in order to get help. What must you do with the victim? - Correct answer Put them in the correct HAINES position HAINES - Correct answer High Arm IN Endangered Spine What pieces of equip. Needs to be accessible for an emergency? - Correct answer Backboards, AED's, BVM, PPE, Reaching poles, Shepherds Crooks What equip. Should be carried with you at all time? - Correct answer Pocket mask, Gloves, First AID materials, Rescue tube In what order do you strap the victim on the backboard in? - Correct answer Chest, Waist, Thighs The facility management should provide you with what things? - Correct answer pre-service evaluation, annual or preseason orientation and training, a policies and procedures manual and reg. In service training What is an MSDS sheet and what info is on it? - Correct answer Material Safety Data Sheet; info about chemical, how to clean it up and how to safely dispose, What is good indication someone has suffered a headback or spine injury? - Correct answer If the accident was not seen What is the good samaritan law? Are you protected? - Correct answer protect people against claims of negligence after providing care in good faith without having accepted anything in return What is negligence - Correct answer The failure to follow the standard of care or to act, thereby causing injury or further harm to another. What should you do if you hear/ see lighting and thunder? - Correct answer clear the pool, get everyone inside, no phones, no showers, watch for storm on weather report, PPE - Correct answer personal protective equipment, use whenever you come in contact with open wounds, another person, emergency breaths Signs of Asthma. How to handle. - Correct answer Hoarse inhaling (wheezing), coughing, inability to talk. Caring: Sit in comfortable position, help with medication, use inhaler, count to 10 holding breath (victim) Conscious choking: Adult, Child - Correct answer 5 hits on upper back between shoulder blades, 5 abdominal thrusts. Differences in providing care - Correct answer breathing/has pulse; no breathing/pulse;not breathing/no pulse *Unconscious choking; Adult. Child. Infant - Correct answer Retilt head and attempt ventilation, give 30 chest compressions, look inside mouth, attempt ventilations Infant. Conscious choking - Correct answer 5 back blows, 5 chest thrusts (with two fingers) Continue providing care for choking until - Correct answer object is forced out, victim begins to cough or forcefully breathe, victim becomes unconscious Adult CPR compression depth - Correct answer 2 in or more Child CPR compression depth - Correct answer 2 in Infant CPR compression depth - Correct answer 1.5 in Adult, Child, Infant CPR co0mpression cycles one rescuer - Correct answer 30 chest compressions and 2 vent. Adult Child Infant CPR Compression cycles 2 rescuers - Correct answer Adult stays the same. Infant and Child change to 15 chest compressions 2 breaths Rate of CPR compressions - Correct answer 100 p.m. Cardiac Chain of Survival (4 earlies) - Correct answer early recognition and early access to 911, early CPR, early defibrillation, early EMS care V-fib - Correct answer heart quivers, pumps but shallow. Venticular fibrillation V-tech - Correct answer abnormal electrical impulse of heart; ventricular tachycardia How to use AED - Correct answer AED present, powered on, victims chest/suit is prepped (shave, cut, dry, patch), pads placed on victims upper right & lower left, pads are then plugged in, place analyze button or shock button if machine indicates Agonal Gasps - Correct answer Isolated or infrequent gasping in the Absence of other breathing in an unconscious person. Care for victim as if not breathing by giving ventilations or providing CPR Life threatening conditions - Correct answer drowning, severe bleeding, unconsciousness, cardiac problems, breathing problems Non life threatening conditions - Correct answer head neck back injury, cramps, overexertion, dislocations, sunburns, fractures, sprains, dehydration RWI - Correct answer Recreational Water Illnesses OSHA - Correct answer Occupational and Safety Health Administration Total coverage - Correct answer one person FIND - F - Correct answer Figure out the problem FIND - I - Correct answer Identify possible solutions FIND - N - Correct answer Name the pros and cons for each solution FIND - D - Correct answer Decide which solution is best One long whistle - Correct answer leaving stand 2 whistles - Correct answer someone come and help me with...