A nurse is working in the medical-surgical unit when the code alarm goes off

A nurse is working in the medical-surgical unit when the code alarm goes off, signifying that one of the clients on the unit is in cardiac arrest. The nurse steps in to the room to help with the code and starts to provide chest compressions to the client. Which of the following elements are part of providing external chest compressions during CPR? Select all that apply.

• One knee is placed on either side of the client so that the client is straddled during compressions

• The heel of one hand is applied over the sternum, with the second hand on top of the first

• The elbows are locked during chest compressions

• During compressions, the nurse should push hard and fast in an attempt to perfuse the client

• Chest compressions cause blood to be pumped through the body 

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