4.0 Child and Infant CPR CPR/AED Practice Quiz
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Sample Questions
An instructor reviews the AHA age definitions used in the BLS pediatric section. Which range correctly describes an 'infant' for BLS purposes, excluding the newly born?
- A. From age 1 through puberty
- B. Younger than 1 year
- C. Birth to age 5
- D. Younger than 6 months only
AHA Part 1 defines an infant as someone younger than 1 year, excluding newly born infants in the delivery room.
Which range does AHA Part 1 use to define a 'child' for BLS purposes?
- A. From age 6 to age 12 only
- B. From birth to age 2
- C. From 1 year of age to puberty
- D. Anyone younger than 18 regardless of physical development
AHA Part 1 defines a child as anyone from 1 year of age to the onset of puberty.
You are caring for a 13-year-old who has visible chest hair and is in cardiac arrest. According to AHA Part 1, which BLS approach should you use?
- A. Use pediatric BLS because of chronologic age
- B. Use neonatal resuscitation guidelines
- C. Treat as an adult because there are signs of puberty
- D. Wait for parental consent before any care
AHA Part 1 lists chest or underarm hair on males and any breast development on females as signs of puberty, after which BLS treats the patient as an adult.
While performing CPR alone on a child, you finally retrieve the AED. AHA Part 6 directs you to do what with the device?
- A. Use it only if the child does not regain a pulse after 10 minutes
- B. Wait until 5 full cycles of CPR are completed before turning it on
- C. Use the AED as soon as it is available
- D. Avoid using an AED on a child of any age
AHA Part 6 directs rescuers to use the AED/defibrillator as soon as it is available during pediatric resuscitation.
You and a coworker simultaneously discover an unresponsive infant. According to the pediatric BLS multirescuer sequence, how should the two of you divide the initial tasks?
- A. Both rescuers leave to call for help, then return
- B. The first rescuer remains with the infant while the second activates EMS and retrieves the AED
- C. Both rescuers stand back and wait for paramedics
- D. The second rescuer alone performs all initial assessment and care
AHA Part 6 explicitly directs the first rescuer to remain with the infant or child while the second rescuer activates EMS and retrieves the AED.
AHA Part 6 explains why pediatric CPR includes both compressions and breaths even when adult Hands-Only CPR can be effective. Which physiologic reason does the manual cite?
- A. Children always have shorter resuscitation times than adults
- B. Pediatric cardiac arrests are commonly due to respiratory causes, so blood oxygen content is already low before arrest
- C. Children's hearts cannot generate any electrical activity
- D. Compression-only CPR is unsafe for any age group
AHA Part 6 explains that infant and child arrests are commonly due to respiratory causes, so oxygen content is reduced before arrest and compressions alone do not deliver oxygenated blood as effectively as compressions plus breaths.
You begin pediatric CPR alone using a 30:2 ratio. When the second rescuer returns, AHA Part 6 directs the team to switch to which compression-to-ventilation ratio?
- A. Continue at 30:2 until ALS arrives
- B. Switch to continuous compressions with no breaths
- C. Switch to 15 compressions to 2 breaths
- D. Switch to 50 compressions to 1 breath
AHA Part 6 specifies 15:2 when 2 or more rescuers are working on an infant or child, prioritizing ventilation because pediatric arrests are commonly respiratory in origin.
You are alone with an unresponsive 8-month-old whose collapse you did not witness, and you have no mobile device. According to the pediatric single-rescuer algorithm, what should you do before leaving to activate EMS?
- A. Leave immediately to call for help
- B. Wait until breathing returns spontaneously
- C. Provide breaths only and never give compressions
- D. Perform 5 cycles or about 2 minutes of CPR first
AHA Part 6 directs the lone rescuer at an unwitnessed pediatric collapse without a mobile device to perform 5 cycles or about 2 minutes of CPR before leaving to activate EMS and get an AED.
Key Terms in This Domain
- Compression-to-ventilation ratio (single rescuer): 30:2 for adults, children, and infants when one rescuer is present
- Compression-ventilation ratio (two-rescuer pediatric): 15:2 for children and infants when two rescuers are present
- Pulse check (lay rescuer): Lay rescuers do NOT check for a pulse; healthcare providers may check for ≤10 seconds (carotid in adult/child, brachial in infant)
- Cardiac arrest in children: Most pediatric arrests are caused by respiratory failure rather than primary cardiac problems, emphasize ventilation
- Witnessed vs unwitnessed arrest: A witnessed sudden collapse in an adult is likely cardiac (shockable); a child found unresponsive is more often respiratory
- Rescue breath duration: About 1 second per breath; just enough volume to make the chest visibly rise, avoid over-ventilation
- Lone-rescuer pediatric CPR sequence: For an unwitnessed child or infant collapse, give 2 minutes of CPR before leaving to call EMS / get an AED
- Pediatric breathing emphasis: Because most pediatric arrests are respiratory in origin, ventilations are critical, do not skip rescue breaths if trained
- Activate EMS (911): Send someone to call 911 and get an AED; if alone with an unresponsive adult, call 911 first; for a child or infant, give 2 minutes of CPR before calling if alone
- Adult definition: Adolescent (puberty and older) and adult: 30:2 single rescuer, 30:2 two-rescuer
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