When using a pocket mask, where should the rescuer be positioned?

When using a pocket mask, where should the rescuer be positioned?

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A. At the side of the victim

B. On top of the victim

C. At the top of the head of the victim

Answer – C. At the top of the head of the victim.

While using the pocket masks for conducting CPR, the rescuers need to stand at head of the victim and they need to position the masks over their nose and mouth. The mask is mainly of triangular shape and it has a pointed end which can go over the nose of the victim and it needs to be properly sealed against the face of the victim. The pocket mask is also called the pocket face-based mask or the CPR mask which is considered to be a device that is used for safely delivering the rescue breaths during the respiratory or cardiac arrest. Pocket masks are considered to be small and portable devices which are used in pre-hospital settings for providing adequate levels of ventilation to patients who can face the cardiac arrests or respiratory failure. The pocket masks are mainly designed for placing them over face of the patients that can create the seal which encloses the nose and mouth. The air is further administered to patients by the emergency responders and they exhale through the one-way filter valves by providing the adequate levels of ventilation to patients. The modern pocket-based masks can be developed in an attachable and one-way basis which has a disposable filter that help in protecting the emergency responders from the patients who can be considered as potentially infectious. Although the pocket masks are not efficient as the bag valve masks, these have the advantages when a single rescuer is present. The hand placement offers superior seals on face of the patients and allow responders towards performing the jaw thrusts.