Question 50 · LDEK · Cardiac arrest
Indicate consecutive steps of basic life support in an unconscious patient:
- A. safety assessment, call for medical help, evaluation of consciousness and assessment of breathing.
- B. evaluation of consciousness, call for medical help, assessment of breathing and 2 artificial breaths.
- C. safety assessment, evaluation of consciousness, assessment of breath, call for help.
- D. safety assessment, evaluation of consciousness, call for help, assessment of breath, call the ambulance.
- E. evaluation of consciousness, assessment of breath, safety assessment, call for help.
Hint
Follow the ERC BLS algorithm: the rescuer's safety comes first, the ambulance call comes once the breathing check is done.
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