Author Question: You are called for a young man who was diving head first off a dock into a lake. Bystanders say he ... (Read 197 times)

karateprodigy · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

You are called for a young man who was diving head first off a dock into a lake. Bystanders say he struck his head on the bottom because the water was too shallow. They said he was not breathing when they pulled him from the water and they have been performing rescue breathing for him. He is awake, but he is unable to breathe on his own. What type of damage or injury does this indicate?

A) Closed head injury B) Damage to C-3, C-4, or C5
C) Damage to his thoracic spine D) Open head injury

Question 2

All of the following are elements of adult high performance CPR, except:

A) compressing the patient's chest about 1 inch in depth before allowing full relaxation.
B) taking no more than 1 second to deliver each ventilation.
C) compression rate of at least 100 per minute.
D) spending half of each compression on the downstroke and half on the upstroke.