Basic Life Support

Question 1

What is the acronym for BLS?

Answer 1

DRSABC

Question 2

What is the Danger?

Answer 2

Assess the environment for any danger towards the patient or yourself.

Question 3

What is Response?

Answer 3

Assess the patient for response

• Call out first
• Apply painful stimulus - Sternal rub/ trap squeeze

Question 4

What is Send?

Answer 4

Send for help! Yell out for help if you are alone, call 111.

Question 5

What is Airway and Breathing?

Answer 5

Assess the status of the airway:

• Head tilt/ chin life
• Look into the airway, clear any obvious obstructions for chest rise and fall,
• Feel for air on your cheek

Question 6

What is circulation?

Answer 6

Feel for a carotid pulse - take a maximum of 10 seconds for this step.

Question 7

Commence CPR.
Describe ratio of breaths/ compressions.
Describe location and rate of chest compressions. Describe how to deliver breaths.

Answer 7

Deliver 30 compressions for every 2 breaths.
Compress the chest on the lower 2/3rds of the sternum, for 1/3 depth of the chest.
Aim for a rate of 100 - 120 compressions per minute.

Deliver breaths via mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by pinching the nose/ tilting the head and lifting the chin

Deliver breaths via Bag-Valve-Mask by applying jaw thrust.