My friends and I were having trouble finding the online study guide for the CPR written exam tomorrow, has anybody been able to locate it?

Thanks!

Practice test with answers:
http://qp2.sgu.edu/QuickPlace/postit.../?OpenDocument

Study Guide:
http://qp2.sgu.edu/QuickPlace/postit.../?OpenDocument

If you have trouble accessing them, let me know and I can PM you the files.

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Nope, no luck. Gives me an "Unknown OS Error."

Hmm... you have a Mac or something? J/k Btw, you actually need to be logged in to the member's center for it to work - so login to the member's center and then click the links.

Attached are the files.

EDIT: For some reason the attachments aren't showing up... Here is the study guide, and I will PM the Practice Test pdf to you.

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
SGUSOM
Written Exam Outline
February 12 , 2005

1. Know the steps to follow if you should encounter an unresponsive victim
in a variety of situation, with/without emergency equipment.
-BLS for Healthcare Providers Chapter 1 pp 5-8, and Chapter 6 pp65-80.

2. Know the steps to follow if you should encounter a victim having chest
pain (Acute Coronary Syndrome/ MI) with no known prior heart history.
-BLS for Healthcare Providers Chapter 3 pp 25-30, Chapter 1 pp 4-6.
-Red Flags pp 26.

3. Know the risk factors for stroke and those factors that can be modified.
-BLS for Healthcare Providers Chapter 5 pp 50-52 and 57.

4. Know the classic signs of an acute stroke.
-BLS for Healthcare Providers Chapter 4 pp40-43.

5. Know the steps to follow if you should encounter an infant that is found
unresponsive with a history of prematurely and pneumonia.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 9 pp135-136.

6. A victim of a cardiac arrest with prior MI history would have the best
chance of survival in what give situation.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 1 pp 5-8 and Chapter 7 pp 91-93.

7. Best way to open an airway in a give situation.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 6 pp 67-69.

8. Know the best way to check a victim for adequate breathing.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 2 pp 68.

9. Know the methods used to deliver rescue breaths with a pocket mask.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 6 pp 71-72.

10. Know the steps to follow in rescue breathing.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 6 pp75.

11. Know the steps for handling a chocking victim that has become
unresponsive.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 8 pp127-128.

12. Know the signs of airway obstructions and how to tell the degree of
obstruction.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 9 pp142 and pp161.

13. Know the ventilation volume of air that should be provided to a child
based on age.
- BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 9 pp 148-152.

14. Know the rate of rescue breaths for a child.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 9 pp 147-154 particularly pp 154.

15. Know what cause(s) air inflation of the stomach during resuscitation.
- BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 6 pp73-74 and pp 82.

16. Know the location(s) for pulse check for adult, child, and infant.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 6 pp 76-77.

17. Know the rate/speed of chest compressions for adult, child and
infant.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 6 pp77-80.
-Particularly pp 77 first paragraph right column.

18. Know how to determine if a rescuer is compressing with enough force
and depth.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 6 pp 78-80.
-Particularly page 79 # 2.
-Two-rescuer CPR pp 81.

19. Know the compression guidelines to follow for adult, child, and
infant.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 9 pp 155-159 particularly pp 158.

20. Know the correct technique for determining hand position for adult,
child and infant.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 9 pp 155-159. Particularly pp
158.

21. Know the most common problem(s) that may cause cardiac arrest in
children, and infants.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 9 pp135-136.

22. Know the correct ratio of compressions to ventilations for child and
infant CPR.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 9 pp 155-159.
-Particularly pp 159.

23. Know the best time to do the first pulse check on a victim that has
collapsed.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 6 pp 75-77.

24. Be able to give explanation of what value CPR is providing to victim
of cardiac arrest.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 6 pp 77-78 and Chapter 7 pp 92.

25. Know how to control the airway of a victim with trauma to the head and
neck.
-BLS for the Healthcare Providers Chapter 9 pp 146-147.
-Note special situations.

That exam was pretty tricky, anyone else agree? Hopefully I should pass...

IndianBabu

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Yeah Babu... I agree... that exam did have some tricky moments. I as well hope I got enough correct to pass. I noticed that reading the BLS book helped though.

Something a lot of people forget :-)
But really, med students tend to overanalyze the test. It's made for the lowest common demoninator, so if a question seems too obvious, it probably is.

Thanks, EMT. Unfortunately I asked too late and had to take the test blind. Hopefully I'll pass, if not I'll make good use of this thread before the next one

No worries, I got 23/25. I'm so smrat

Congrats... unfortunately the grade doesn't count for anything, and you have to do it over again in Vinnies... :-)

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