What is the piece of equipment that houses the majority of tools needed to run an efficient resucitation effort?
crash cart or code cart
100
Who is the individual that should be available to provide information to the code leader about the patient?
Primary Nurse
100
What is the medication that increases the heart rate by decreasing the vagal tone?
Atropine
100
What is the abnormal decrease in the volume of blood plasma?
Hypovolemia
100
What is the delivery of a shock that is synchronize with the patient's cardiac rhythm?
Cardioversion
200
What is the piece of equipment used to control heart fibrillation by application of an electric current to the chest wall or heart?
AED or defibrillator
200
Who is the individual that directs the code and makes diagnoses and treatment decisions?
Leader of the code (physician)
200
What is the antidysrhythmic drug that suppresses ventricular ectopic activity?
Lidocaine (Xylocaine)
200
What is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature?
Hypothermia
200
What ACLS stand for?
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
300
What is the tool used to correct electrolyte imbalances, to deliver medications, or for blood transfusions?
Intravenous fluids
300
Who is the individual that supports the family during the code blue?
Chaplain
300
What is the medication that is the alternate to epinephrine during VF that is unresponsive to shock?
Vasopressin
300
What is the reduction of oxygen supply to a tissue below physiological levels despite adequate perfusion of the tissue by blood?
Hypoxia
300
What is the most important tool needed to promote the smooth flow of events during a code?
Communication
400
What is the devise that is used to remove mucus and fluids from the nose, mouth, or back of the throat or other body cavities?
Suction apparatus
400
Who is the individual that controls the crowd, endures that a bed is available in ICU, and assists with the transfer of the patient to the ICU?
Nursing supervisor
400
What is the medication that is given to treat Torsades de pointes?
Magnesium
400
What is the progressive build-up of air within the pleural space?
Tension pneumothorax
400
What is the lower half of the sternum in the center of the chest between the nipples?
Location for chest compressions
500
What is the tool used to record pertinent detailed events that occur during a code blue?
Documentation flow sheet and clip board
500
Who is the individual that intubates the patient and manages the airway?
Respiratory therapist or anesthesiologist
500
What is the drug of choice for the diagnosis and treatment of SVT dysrhythmias?
Adenosine
500
What is the pressure on the heart that occurs when blood or fluid builds up in the space between the heart muscle (myocardium) and the outer covering sac of the heart (pericardium)?
Tamponade (cardiac)
500
What is the external noninvasive procedure used during emergency situations to treat symptomatic bradycardia that has not responded to atropine?