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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 m...
What is acommon but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac arrest management? - 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.
3 min after witnessing a cardiac arrest, one memeber of your team inserts an ET tube while
another performs continuous chest comressions. During subsequent bentilation, you notice the
presence of a wavefom on the capnogrophy screen and a PETCO2 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✔✔-Allowsfor
monitoring CPR quality
For the past 25 min, EMS crews have attemptedresuscitation of a pt who originally presented
with V-FIB. After the 1st shock, the ECG screen displayed asystole which has persisted despite 2
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