Compressions
What is the ratio of compressions to breaths in an adult patient?
30:2
True or False: When receiving an adult code patient, you begin by delivering 2 rescue breaths.
False
Where is the NSC code cart with AED located?
Procedure room hallway next to blanket warmer
Epinephrine should be given every how many minutes?
3-5
How often do you need ACLS renewal at NSC?
Every 2 years
What is the standard depth of compression for an adult patient?
2-2.4 inches or at least inches
What measurement is best indication that an advanced airway such as an ET tube is placed correctly?
Waveform Capnography
What does "AED" stand for?
Automated External Defibrillator.
What is the standard dose of ASA (aspirin) for Acute Coronary Syndrome?
160-325mg
What does the accronym "ROSC" stand for?
"Return Of Spontaneous Circulation"
Change of person delivering compressions is recommended every _____ minutes?
Once an advanced airway is in place, 1 breath should be delivered every ____ seconds.
6 (or 10 per minute)
What are the 2 shockable rhythms during a code?
1) V-tach
2) V-fib
During an opiod related arrest, this drug is used to treat the reversible cause.
Narcan (Nalaxone)
PEA- Pulseless Electrical Activity
Compressions for an adult patient should be at least this fast.
100-120 per minute
Oxygen should be given to patients with acute cardiac symptoms or respiratory distress with the goal of maintaining a oxygen saturation of this or higher?
94%
Defibrillation doses are measured in this measurement?
Joules
This drug, is the 1st drug of choice for symptomatic, stable SVT.
Adenosine (1st dose-6mg, 2nd dose-12mg)
Antero-medial aspect of upper tibia
What is the purpose of chest recoil?
Maximize cardiac output
When a patient is unconscious, the tongue can obstruct the airway. What maneuver is the go-to to relieve this obstruction?
1) Head tilt-chin lift
2) Jaw thrust without head extension (if cervical spine trauma is suspected)
Adult AED defibrillation pads should be placed where?
1)Right side of chest, on pec muscle, bellow collar bone
2)Lower left side of the chest, under below pec muscle and axilla
Name 2 of the 3 "go-to" medications for treatment of symptomatic bradycardia
1) Atropine
2) Dopamine
3)Epinephrine
Reversible causes of arrest are often "H's" and "T's" Name 3 of the "H's"
-Hypoxia
-Hyperkalemia
-Hyperthermia
-Hypokalemia
-Hypothermia
-Heart block
-Hypovolemia
-Hydrogen acidosis
-Hypoglycemia