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Updated New 2023!Advanced Cardiac Life Support HESI Case Study/ Advanced Cardiac Life Support Sepsis HESI Case Study ACLS Updated Role of thrombolytic therapy and angioplasty/stent --------- Answer --------- Treatment within 1 hour- mortality 1% Delayed treatment >1 hr- mortality 10% No t...

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Updated New 2023!Advanced Cardiac Life Support
HESI Case Study/ Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Sepsis HESI Case Study ACLS Updated 2023-2024
Role of thrombolytic therapy and angioplasty/stent --------- Answer --------- Treatment
within 1 hour- mortality 1%
Delayed treatment >1 hr- mortality 10%
No treatment- mortality 15%

Sudden Death Syndrome High Risk --------- Answer --------- CAD
Cardiomyopathy
LVEF <40%
Frequent ventricular ectopy

Sudden Death Syndrome --------- Answer --------- High Risk
Asytole
V Tach (common underlying problem)
Bradycardia
Primary V. Fib

Chain of Survival:
Early Access --------- Answer --------- will call 9-11 quick. No messing around

Chain of Survival:
Early CPR --------- Answer --------- Bystander helps out. No damage

Chain of Survival:
Early Defibrillation --------- Answer --------- shocking

Chain of Survival:
ACLS --------- Answer --------- Drugs and shocking, airway management

Phases: Electrical --------- Answer --------- Prompt defibrillation most important

Phases: Circulatory --------- Answer --------- CPR is most important
- Cerebral and coronary perfusion pressure critical to neurologic intact survival (save
brain)

Phases: Metabolic --------- Answer --------- Effectiveness of defibrillation and CPR
decreases
- survival rates poor
Therapeutic hypothermia
-After return of spontaneous circulation
-Approx 15 min in

, -Survival rate is poor

Primary survey --------- Answer --------- Assess responsiveness
Assess airway
Assess breathing
Assess circulation
Defibrillation

FeO2
FiO2 --------- Answer --------- 17%
21%

Atropine --------- Answer --------- bradycardia, increased firing of SA node

Dopamine --------- Answer --------- Peipheral vasoconstrictor- vital organs survive

Epinephrine --------- Answer --------- Vasoconstriction, Increased BP

Lidocaine --------- Answer --------- Ventricle anti-arrthymic
V Fib, V Tach- less sensitive to depolarization

Morphine --------- Answer --------- Tricks CNS- analgesic system

Nitroglycerine --------- Answer --------- Chest pain
arterial dilator, causes headache

Sodium Bicarbonate --------- Answer --------- Acidotic
alkalizing agent

Digitalis --------- Answer --------- decreased rate of conduction
tachy patients

Verapamil --------- Answer --------- converts any rhythm to normal

Oxygen --------- Answer --------- 1 drug given in any cardiac event

Cardiovascular Disease invokes Heart and Blood Vessels --------- Answer --------- Heart
Disease
Coronary artery disease

Nonmodifiable risk factors --------- Answer --------- Heredity
Race
Gender
Age

Modifiable risk factors --------- Answer --------- Hypertension

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