First Aid - Cardiac Arrest

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First Aid - Cardiac Arrest - Study #1 Online Dictionary

Q1) Cardiac arrest is what happens when a person dies. The heart does not beat and breathing ceases, which starves the body of oxygen. True or False?

True

Q2) Sometimes a person can be revived during the first several minutes after cardiac arrest. True or False?

True

Q3) Brain damage is likely if cardiac arrest lasts for more than 5 minutes, and death is likely if cardiac arrest lasts for more than 10 minutes. True or False?

True

Q4) Fewer than __?__ percent of people who are not already hospitalized when they have a cardiac arrest survive to be discharged from the hospital, and many survivors have brain damage.

Q5) A person in cardiac arrest lies motionless without breathing and does not respond to questions or to stimulation, such as shaking. True or False?

True

Q6) First aid for cardiac arrest should proceed as quickly as possible. True or False?

True

Q7) What is the first aid treatment procedure if you suspect cardiac arrest?

1) if person not breathing, check and clear air passage.
2) have someone phone 911
3) if not breathing, apply CPR
4) artificial breathing and chest compressions.

Q8) A cardiac arrest, also known as __?__.

cardiorespiratory arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest.

Q9) Most out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur following a __?__.

heart attack (Myocardial infarction)

Q10) Although cardiac arrest can result from a heart attack, cardiac arrest can occur suddenly without any signs and symptoms of a heart attack first. This occurrence is called sudden death. There are the signs and symptoms of cardiac arrest:

1) unresponsiveness.
2) absence of movement by the casualty.
3) absence of effective breathing.
4) presence of cyanosis or blue coloring of the skin.
5) Absence of a carotid pulse.