Every Breath
You Take
You Take
You are rescue breathing for a patient:
giving ____ breaths every ____ seconds
1 breath every 5-6 seconds
This piece of equipment is flat and firm and lives on the back of the code cart
Compression board
This large piece of equipment lives on every unit and is brought to EVERY code blue and EVERY rapid response event
What is a code cart
The number to call a code in Laconia
3999
Extra points:
Number to call in Franklin?
This agency is called within 1 hour of all deaths
NEDS
New England Donor Services
This piece of equipment is curved or straight and is needed to intubate:
laryngoscope
This repetitive motion causes blood to circulate throughout the body
What are compressions
The amount of energy used for an initial defibrillation attempt
200 joules
Your patient is unresponsive, you see V tach on the monitor, you would call
code blue
You are assessing the quality of CPR bring administered, you can NOT feel a femoral pulse. You would now:
coach the compressor
Switch out compressors
This is placed inside an ET tube prior to intubation to provide stability and shape
Normal heartrate for an adult
60 - 100 bpm
The term ROSC stands for
Return of spontaneous circulation
Your patient is diaphoretic, tachypneic, and monitor shows HR of 220. You would call
Rapid Response
You are unable to obtain IV access in this code event, for med administration you would recommend
IO
Extra Points:
where do IO kits live?
You are managing the airway during a code - you know you are effectively ventilating because you see this with each breath
Chest rise
Rate of compressions / compressions in 1 min
100 - 120
V- Fib
This person responds and is in charge of the running the code blue event
who is the code blue leader
Extra Points:
Code Leader for CHLF events?
These are located in non-clinical areas throughout the hospital and outpatient areas and should be used in the event of an unresponsive patient
AED
Extra point - name one non clinical area an AED lives in the hospital
This is used to determine and verify if the endotracheal tube is in the correct position
What is colormetric, stethescope, PCXR
Places where a pulse can be checked during an adult code blue
carotid, femoral, brachial, radial arteries
You determine your patient is unresponsive and pulseless and has a shockable rhythm, the AHA states this person should be defibrillated within how many minutes?
2 min
This persons role is to write down information and time events
Recorder
"Shocking on 3, all clear, 1-2-3
What is said loudly prior to defibrillation