BLS Principles Flashcard 2
Rationale
C. Rationale: Apnea and abnormal breathing with absent pulses indicate a cardiac arrest. The prompt recognition and diagnosis of cardiac arrest in critically ill patients and rapid intervention improves survival rates. Agonal breathing is an abnormally slow, irregular, or gasping pattern of breathing associated with cardiac arrest.
Question
Which one of the following represents a type of abnormal breathing indicative of cardiac arrest?
a. wheezing
b. stridor
c. agonal gasps
d. Cheyne-Stokes
Answer
c. agonal gasps
Rationale
A. Rationale: Each breath given during assisted ventilation must be given over 1 second.
Question
You are involved in a 2-rescuer BLS approach to resuscitating an adult cardiac arrest patient in an airport. You are tasked with providing resuscitation via bag-mask. Each breath given during assisted ventilation must be given over what time period?
a. 1 second
b. 1.5 seconds
c. 2 seconds
d. 3 seconds
Answer
a. 1 second