ACLS Practical Application
You are providing bag-mask ventilations to a patient in respiratory arrest. How often should you
provide ventilations? - About every 5-6 seconds
A 45-year-old woman with a history of palpitations develops light headedness and palpitations.
She has recieved adenosi...
ACLS Practical Application You are providing bag -mask ventilations to a patient in respiratory arrest. How often should you provide ven tilations? - ✔✔About every 5 -6 seconds A 45 -year-old woman with a history of palpitations develops light headedness and palpitations. She has recieved adenosine 6 mg IV for the rhythm shown here, without conversion of the rhythm. She is now extremely appr ehensive. Her blood pressure is 128/70 mm Hg. What is the next appropriate intervention? - ✔✔Administer adenosine 12 mg IV A patients 12 -lead ECG is transmitted by the paramedics and shows a STEMI. When the patient arrives in the emergency department, the rhythm shown here is seen on the cardiac monitor. The patient has resolution of moderate (5/10) chest pain after 3 doses of sublingual nitroglycerin. Blood pressure is 104/70 mm hg. Which intervention is most important in reducing this patient's in hospital and 30 day mortality rate? - ✔✔Reperfusion therapy A patient becomes unresponsive. You are uncertain if a faint pulse is present. The rhythm shown here is seen on the cardiac monitor. An IV is in place. Which action do you take next? - ✔✔Start high-quality CPR What action minimizes the risk of air entering the victim's stomach during bag -mask ventilation? - ✔✔Ventilating u ntil you see the chest rise
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