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HEARTCODE ACLS ONLINE CLASS
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Integrated response known as the system of care - correct answer- structure processes system patient outcome
Structure - correct answer- People Education Equipment
Process - correct answer- Protocols Policies Procedures
System - correct answer- Programs Organization Culture
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Patient Outcome - correct answer- Satisfaction Quality Safety
Properly functioning resuscitation equipment represents that element of a system of care? - correct answer- Structure
Among others which of the following factors has been associated with improved survival in patients with cardiac arrest? - correct answer- Immediate high quality CPR
What is the first link in the out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) Chain of Survival? - correct answer- Activation of emergency response
The purpose of a rapid response team (RRT) or medical emergency team (MET) is to - correct answer- improve patient outcomes by identifying and treating early clinical deterioration.
Components of a rapid response system: - correct answer-
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A plant response such an RRT or MET Quality monitoring Administrative support
Criteria for RRT - correct answer- Airway compromise Respiratory rate less than six per minute or more than 30 per minute Heart rate less than 40 per minute or greater than 140 per minute Systolic blood pressure less than 90 mm HG Symptomatic hypertension Unexpended decrease in level of consciousness Unexplained agitation Seizure Significant decrease in urine output
Clinical deterioration that would prompt the activation of a rapid response system - correct answer- Symptomatic hypertension Seizure Unexplained agitation
IHCA - correct answer- In hospital cardiac arrest
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