CPR Numbers

1. If you are alone and a child goes into cardiac arrest, what is the proper first step?

Go call for help immediately, to get an AED on scene.

Perform 2 minutes of CPR, then call for help.

2. When you are ventilating an apneic pediatric patient ( who does NOT have an advanced airway in place) from the age of 1 up until the onset of puberty, the proper rate of ventilations is once every ___ seconds.

6 to 8

3 to 5

5 to 6

12 to 20

3. What is the proper ratio of compressions-to-ventilations when performing child or infant one-person CPR?

30:2

15:1

30:1

15:2

4. Adult CPR requires that you compress the chest:

No more than 2 inches

1 to 1 1/2 inches

At least 2 inches

1/3 their anterior/posterior diameter

5. How many compressions are you to perform, per minute, on an adult in cardiac arrest?

No more than 100

60-100

As fast as needed for the patient to regain signs of perfusion

At least 100

6. When two-person CPR is being performed on a child, what is the correct compression-to-ventilation ratio?

30:2

15:2

15:1

30:1

7. After how many minutes of performing CPR after unsuccessful FBAO procedures should you go call for help, if you are otherwise alone?

5

2

3

10

8. Chest compressions are to be performed in any pediatric patient with a pulse below___ beats per minute and signs of poor perfusion.

100

60

120

You do not perform compressions on any patient with a pulse.

9. When you are ventilating an apneic adult without an advanced airway in place, the proper rate of ventilations is one breath every ___ seconds.

5

2 to 3

3 to 5

5 to 6

10. What is the proper rate of ventilations when an advanced airway is in place during CPR?

Once every 5 to 6 seconds

Once every 3 to 5 seconds

Once every 6 to 8 seconds

Once every 5 seconds