A cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructor is presenting a health care provider CPR course. The instructor reviews the ABCDs of basic CPR, which
A) Airway, breathing, cardioversion, and diuretics
B) Assessment, balloon pump, circulation, and drugs
C) Adrenalin, Bumex, Cardizem, and Dobutrex
D) Airway, breathing, circulation, and defibrillation
Ans: D
Feedback: The ABCDs of basic CPR are airway, breathing, circulation, and defibrillation. Resuscitation consists of the following steps:
1. Airway: maintaining an open airway
2. Breathing: providing artificial ventilation by rescue breathing
3. Circulation: promoting artificial circulation by external cardiac compression; administering medication therapy
4. Defibrillation: used for ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation
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