Posted: January 22nd, 2018

You respond to a call for help from the ED waiting room. There is a 70 year old patient lying on the floor. List the order of importance for the actions that you must perform.

You respond to a call for help from the ED waiting room. There is an elderly patient lying on the floor. List the order for the actions that you must perform.

1. Call for help and activate the code team.
2. Instruct a nursing assistant to get the emergency cart.
3. Initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
4. Perform the chin lift or jaw thrust maneuver.
5. Establish unresponsiveness.
A. 5, 2, 4, 3, 1
B. 1, 5, 2, 4, 3
C. 1, 2, 5, 4, 3
D. 5, 1, 4, 3, 2