BLS

Question 1

How do you test for a response in younger children?

Answer 1

Earlobe rub
For neonates, clap your hands
Placing your hand on their chest

Question 2

How should an infant’s head be placed to open their airway?

Answer 2

In a neutral position

Question 3

How should a young child’s head be positioned to open their airway?

Answer 3

Head tilt into a “sniffing position”

Question 4

What’s a FBAO

Answer 4

Foreign Body Airway Obstruction

Question 5

How to do assess a FBAO?

Answer 5

If cough is effective, the blockage is mild but if ineffective it is considered severe

Question 6

What are causes of acute onset ineffective breathing?

Answer 6

Direct depression of breathing control centre in brain
Upper airway obstruction
Paralysis or impairment of the nerves and muscles that control breathing
Problems affecting the lungs
Drowning
Suffocation

Question 7

What steps should be taken post resuscitation?

Answer 7

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Transfer to an intensive or special care nursery
Assess for damage to brain, heart, GI tract, kidneys or other organs
FBD and BGL monitoring
Consider antibiotic treatment