Circulation

Question 1

What is the name and location of each of the 4 chambers of the heart?

Answer 1

Right Atrium, Right Ventricle (from body to lungs)

Left Atrium, Left Ventricle (from lungs to body)

Question 2

What is a pulse and where can you best palpate it??

Answer 2

A pulse is the wave of blood sent through the body each time the heart contracts. It is best felt at the carotid in the neck, brachial in the upper arm, and femoral in the upper thigh.

Question 3

What are the links in the Adult Chain of Survival?

Answer 3

• Recognition of cardiac arrest
• Immediate CPR
• Rapid Defibrillation
• Basic and Advanced Life Support
• Advanced Life Support and integrated post cardiac-arrest care

Question 4

What is PAD and why is it important?

Answer 4

Public Access Defibrillation (PAD)

Is important because rapid defibrillation leads to increase survival rates

Question 5

What are the links in the Pediatric Chain of Survival?

Answer 5

• Prevention
• Early high quality bystander CPR
• Rapid activation of EMS
• Early ALS intervention and transport
• Integrated post cardiac arrest care

Question 6

Before starting CPR on your patient what must your assessment reveal?

Answer 6

Patient must be;

• unconscious
• breathless
• pulseless

Question 7

When should you active EMS when your patient is an unconscious adult? an unconscious infant?

Answer 7

Immediately after finding no breathing and no pulse