The nurse enters a room and finds a 6-year-old child who is unconscious. After calling for help and before being able to use an automatic external defibrillator, which steps should the nurse take?
Place in correct order. Provide answer using lowercase letters separated by commas (e.g., a, b, c, d, e, f).
a. Place on a hard surface.
b. Administer 30 chest compressions with two breaths.
c. Feel carotid pulse while maintaining head tilt with the other hand.
d. Use the head tilt–chin lift maneuver and check for breathing.
e. Place heel of one hand on lower half of sternum with other hand on top.
f. Give two rescue breaths.
ANS:
a, d, f, c, e, b
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