Answer the mcq
Answer: Deliver two minutes of CPR
Reasoning:
In pediatric BLS, when you are a lone rescuer and find an unresponsive child (age 1-8), the sequence differs from adult BLS:
- First, deliver 2 minutes (5 cycles) of CPR - because in children, cardiac arrest is most often respiratory in origin (not primary cardiac). Getting oxygen in immediately is the priority.
- Then call 911 - after those 2 minutes, if no one else is available.
This is the key distinction from adult BLS, where a lone rescuer calls 911 first (since adult arrest is usually cardiac/shockable). For a child or infant found unresponsive, CPR before activating EMS maximizes survival by addressing the underlying hypoxia first.
- Blind finger sweep is incorrect - you never do a blind finger sweep in a child; only remove a visible object.
- Back blows are for choking (FBAO), not for an unresponsive, non-breathing child.
- Call 911 first is the adult lone-rescuer protocol, not pediatric.
Select: Deliver two minutes of CPR
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