Health Science Study Guide

Front 1

When should you initialy ensure that the scene is safe?

Back 1

When i first see a potential victim

Front 2

Which victim requires CPR?

Back 2

A victim who is unresponsive with no normal breathing and no pulse

Front 3

What is the best way to open the airway of an unresponsive victim with no suspected neck injury?

Back 3

Use the head tilt-chin lift

Front 4

What is the maximum amount of time you should take to check for a pulse?

Back 4

10 seconds

Front 5

Which of the following devices or techniques is not recommended for a single rescuer to provide breaths during CPR?

Back 5

Bag-mask device

Front 6

What is the recommended depth of chest compressions for an adult victim?

Back 6

At least 2 inches (5 cm)

Front 7

What is the compression-ventilation ratio for 1-rescuer adult CPR?

Back 7

30:2

Front 8

What is the recommened rate for performing chest compressions for a victims of all ages?

Back 8

At least 100 compressions per minute

Front 9

As soon as an AED becomes available, whats the first step?

Back 9

Turn on the AED

Front 10

Where should you place your hands to perform chest conpressions on an adult?

Back 10

On the lower half of the breastbone

Front 11

What should you do after the AED delivers a shock?

Back 11

Immediately restart CPR, beginning with chest compressions

Front 12

If a victim of foreign-body airway becommes unresponsive, what is the next action?

Back 12

Start CPR, beginning with compressions

Front 13

What is the recommended depth of compressions for an infant victim?

Back 13

At least one third the depth of the chest

Front 14

What is the best action to relieve severe chocking in a responsive infant?

Back 14

Begin cycles of 5 back slaps, followed by 5 chest thrust

Front 15

Parasitic microorganisms found on fleas, lice, ticks, and mites are called?

Back 15

Rickettsiae

Front 16

Any small living plant or animal not visible to the naked eye is:

Back 16

Microorganism

Front 17

Cause disease such as the common cold, measles, mumps, and hepatitis:

Back 17

Viruses

Front 18

The absence of disease organisms producing is called?

Back 18

Asepsis

Front 19

A ___ microorganism cannot live outside the cells of another living organism

Back 19

Exogenous

Front 20

Infections acquired by an individual in a health care facility, such as a hospital, are called__ infections:

Back 20

nosocomial

Front 21

The virus that causes AIDS is?

Back 21

HBV

Front 22

___ should be performed before and after ever patient contact and immediately after gloves are removed:

Back 22

Hand washing

Front 23

When should standard precautions be used?

Back 23

At all times

Front 24

These microorganisms cause diseases diseases such as gonorrhea and syphilis:

Back 24

Bacteria