Cardiorespiratory arrest and post-arrest care — branching viva

Branch 1 — Confirming and managing the arrest

Examiner. How do you confirm this child is in arrest, and what are the first three things you do?[2]

Confirm in under 10 seconds: unresponsive, no normal breathing (gasping is agonal and counts as a respiratory arrest sign), and no central pulse (carotid or femoral, brachial in a young infant). The first three actions are call for help, start high-quality chest compressions, and ventilate with 100 percent oxygen by bag-valve-mask, using 15 compressions to 2 ventilations with two rescuers.[2][3]