Cardiac Arrest
After 2 minutes of high-quality CPR, this is the next step for a patient in cardiac arrest.
What is a pulse check?
This medication is given for symptomatic bradycardia.
What is atropine?
The heart rate threshold that defines bradycardia in adults.
What is less than 60 beats per minute?
This H occurs from extreme blood loss or severe hydration.
What is hypovolemia?
This lab confirms myocardial cell damage.
What is troponin?
This is the recommended ratio of chest compressions to rescue breaths in adult CPR.
What is 30:2?
This antiarrhythmic drug is often used to treat ventricular arrhythmias like pulseless VT.
What is amiodarone?
This medication is used for the management of unstable tachycardia.
What is adenosine?
This intervention is the priority when hypovolemia is identified as the reversal cause of cardiac arrest in ACLS?
What is rapid fluid resuscitation?
The normal range for albumin.
What is 3.4-5.4 g/dL?
This type of shockable rhythm is treated with defibrillation.
What is ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT)?
The treatment mnemonic given for a adult patient suspected of experiencing an MI.
What is MONA (morphine, oxygen, nitroglycerin, and aspirin)?
This is the first-line treatment for an unstable tachycardic patient.
What is synchronized cardioversion?
The intervention when the ABG shows severe acidosis.
What is administer sodium bicarb?
This lab pair rises in kidney failure and can worsen acidosis.
What are BUN and creatinine?
The medication given for a patient in cardiac arrest with an initial rhythm of asystole.
What is epinephrine?
This medication is used in ACLS to treat torsades de pointes or other life-threatening arrhythmias.
What is magnesium sulfate?
This device can be used to treat symptomatic bradycardia when medications are ineffective.
What is a transcutaneous pacemaker?
This T may present with sudden chest pain, SOB, and hypotension.
What is pulmonary embolism?
A magnesium level of 1.0mg/dL puts a pt at risk of this arrhythmia.
What is torsades de pointes?
Following ROSC, ACLS recommends maintaining this minimum systolic blood pressure to ensure adequate perfusion to vital organs.
What is systolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg?
The dose of epinephrine recommended for patients in cardiac arrest.
What is 1 mg every 3-5 minutes?
This is the first medication used to treat symptomatic bradycardia when atropine is ineffective.
What is dopamine or epinephrine?
This condition presents with shuffled heart sounds, narrow pulse pressure, and JVD.
What is cardiac tamponade?
This refers to the collection of multiple lab draws each with a different cap color, typically used to run a variety of diagnostic panels.
What is a rainbow?