The nurse is performing cardiac compressions on a 4-year-old child with the assistance of another nurse. The nurses would deliver breaths and compressions at a ratio of _____ compressions for _____ breaths
a. 30; 2
b. 5; 1
c. 15; 2
d. 5; 2
C
The correct ratio of compressions to breaths is 15 chest compressions followed by 2 breaths if there are two rescuers for a child. A ratio of 30:2 would be used in adult CPR; if there are two rescuers, 1 breath is interspersed after 15 compressions but the ratio remains 30:2 . Ratios of 5:1 and 5:2 are always incorrect when CPR is performed on a child.
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