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You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the emergency response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next action?

Answer: Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min.

You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 is 97%. What assessment step is most important now?

Answer: Obtaining a 12 lead ECG.

What is the preferred method of access for epi administration during cardiac arrest in most pts?

Answer: Peripheral IV

An AED does not promptly analyze a rythm. What is your next step?

Answer: Begin chest compressions.

You have completed 2 min of CPR. The ECG monitor displays the lead be- low (PEA) and the pt. has no pulse.You partner resumes chest compressions and an IV is in place. What management step is your next priority?

Answer: Administer 1mg of epinepherine

During a pause in CPR, you see a narrow complex rythm on the monitor. The pt. has no pulse. What is the next action? 1 / 2

Answer: Resume compressions

What is acommon but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac arrest manage ment?

Answer: Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions.

Which action is a componant of high-quality chest comressions?

Answer: Allowing complete chest recoil

Which action increases the chance of successful conversion of ventricular fibrillation?

Answer: Providing quality compressions immediately before a

defibrillation attempt.

Which situation BEST describes PEA?

Answer: Sinus rythm without a pulse

What is the best strategy for perfoming high-quality CPR on a pt.with an advanced airway in place?

Answer: Provide continuous chest compressionswithout pauses

and 10 ventilations per minute.

• min after witnessing a cardiac arrest, one member of your team

inserts an ET tube while another performs continuous chest comressions. During subsequent ventilation, you notice the presence of a wavefom on the capnogrophy screen and a PET CO2 of 8 mm Hg. What is the significance of this finding?

Answer: Chest compressions may not be effective.

The use of quantitative capnography in intubated pt's does what?

Answer: Allows for monitoring CPR quality

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