{"id":210910,"date":"2025-05-02T09:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=210910"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:06:08","slug":"you-and-your-colleague-respond-to-an-adult-victim-who-is-unresponsive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/02\/you-and-your-colleague-respond-to-an-adult-victim-who-is-unresponsive\/","title":{"rendered":"You and your colleague respond to an adult victim who is unresponsive."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You and your colleague respond to an adult victim who is unresponsive. After assessing that the victim is not breathing and has no pulse, what do you instruct your colleague to do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question bystanders to determine what happened
Check the victim for identification
Provide breaths while you begin compressions
Activate the emergency response system and get the AED<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activate the emergency response system and get the AED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Explanation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When you find an unresponsive adult who is not breathing and has no pulse<\/strong>, this indicates cardiac arrest<\/strong>, and immediate action is critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) guidelines<\/strong>, the proper steps when two responders are available are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. One rescuer begins CPR immediately<\/strong> \u2014 starting with chest compressions<\/strong> at a rate of 100\u2013120 per minute and a depth of at least 2 inches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The other rescuer activates the emergency response system and retrieves the AED<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Why the other choices are incorrect:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • “Question bystanders to determine what happened”<\/strong>: While gathering information can be helpful, it should never delay activation of EMS or CPR\/AED use<\/strong>. This is not the immediate priority when the victim has no pulse or breathing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • “Check the victim for identification”<\/strong>: This may be relevant for hospital care or if there are medical alert tags, but again, it should never delay CPR and emergency response actions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • “Provide breaths while you begin compressions”<\/strong>: In a two-rescuer scenario, you begin compressions while your colleague gets the AED and activates EMS<\/strong>. Only after the AED is ready or additional help arrives would breaths be integrated efficiently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      \n\n\n\n

      Summary:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Time is life<\/strong> in cardiac arrest. Early activation of the emergency response system<\/strong> and use of an AED<\/strong> greatly improve survival chances. Instructing your colleague to do this is the most critical and appropriate next step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      You and your colleague respond to an adult victim who is unresponsive. After assessing that the victim is not breathing and has no pulse, what do you instruct your colleague to do? CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER Question bystanders to determine what happenedCheck the victim for identificationProvide breaths while you begin compressionsActivate the emergency response system […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}