The American Heart Association has two different classifications of…

The American Heart Association has two different classifications of… The American Heart Association has two different classifications of certifications, one for lay people and one for all health care providers. As a nursing student you should use the health care provider guidelines to answer the following s. You are on duty in an extended care facility when you enter a patient’s room and find the patient unconscious and not breathing. The patient’s meal tray is in front of her, and you notice part of an orange on it. 1) What is the first action you should take? The patient does not respond. 2) What should you do next? 3) How would open the airway? The patient is not breathing. 4) What is your next action? Would you attempt rescue breath, or attempt some other action, if so what other action(s) would you attempt? If any, remember the chest does not rise. 5) What is your next action? You detect no obstruction  6) What should you do next? After repeated maneuvers, the situation remains unchanged. 7) What should your next action be? The paramedics arrive and attempt to manually ventilate the patient with a bag-valve-mask device. They are unable to ventilate the patient’s lungs. They then attempt to intubate the patient. While visualizing with the laryngoscope, the paramedic notices dentures and a piece of orange in the patient’s airway. 8. How could this obstruction have occurred? The obstructions were removed, the patient was intubated, manually ventilated, and transported to the hospital. She suffered a cardiac arrest in the ambulance and all attempts to resuscitate were unsuccessful. The patient was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. 9) What 3 things could have been taken in the above scenario that may have averted this outcome. List preventive measures first and know the current BLS/CPR guidelines. Health Science Science Nursing NUR 123 Share EmailCopy link Comments (0)

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