All Choked Up
Now adults, as well as infants and children, receive 5 back blows prior to receiving 5 abdominal thrusts to treat this situation
What is severe foreign body airway obstruction (choking)?
The AHA recommends this lifesaving device be used on infants, children, and adults
What is the Automated External Defibrillator (AED)?
This measure of oxgenation status may be inaccurate in cases of low perfusion and dark skin color
What is the SpO2 reading?
For this group, the AHA recommends a single rescuer to give one minute of CPR before activating EMS or attaching the AED
What are infants?
Re-phrased in 2025 to "Lay Rescuer" to indicate their active role, they used to be known as what?
What is a bystander?
Condition marked by coughing, making noises
What is mild foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO)?
2025 CPR recommendations allow this piece of clothing to remain on a woman; simply apply defibrillation pads beneath it
What is a brassiere ("bra")?
The delineated target goal for oxygenation levels in the ROSC period for adults
What is SpO2 of 90-98% (PaO2 60-105 mmHg)?
Because these can be both the cause and/or manifestation of clinical instability, professionals should thoughtfully apply the guidelines to them
What are cardiac arrhythmias?
The new 2025 Guidelines reiterate that the routine use of automated mechanical CPR devices is not recommended and this alternative should be used
What are manual chest compressions?
Condtion marked by inability to speak, cough, or cry, being unable to breath, and/or having a change in color or mental status
What is severe foreign body airway obstruction?
The 2025 Guidelines require that the "Code Team" have at least one of these people availble during the resuscitation effort
What is an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) trained person?
The 2025 updated term for when lay community members provide patient oxygenation with mouth or pocket mask
What are "breaths"?
The two rhythms that are detectable and treatable by the Automated External Defibrillator
What are ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation?
This 6-link, unified model replaces the prior two "In Hospital"/"Out of Hospital", "Adult"/"Pediatric" infographics
What is the "Chain of Survival"?
A blind finger sweep should not be used for this group, but a visible object in the mouth may be removed prior to giving breaths
What are unconscious choking victims?
In addition to AED defibrillator use, this medication was added to the 2025 AHA BLS algorithim
What is Naloxone (Narcan)?
The 2025 updated term for when health care professionals provide patient oxygenation with a medical device
What is "ventilation"?
This rhythm has got no rhythm!
What is asystole or irregularly irregular atrial fibrillation?
The 2025 AHA Guidelines for medication administration recommends IV administration, only allows IO administration if IV access if delayed, and no longer recommends this route of medication administration
What is endotracheal medication administration
If choking patient progresses to pulselessness, begin with this maneuver
What are chest compressions?
2025 Guidelines increased the dose of electricity for cardioversion (atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter) attempts to this level
What is 200 joules or greater?
Because ETCO2 levels may be falsely low in post-cardiac arrest patients, this measurement is preferred to measure adequate ventilation after ROSC
What is an Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)?
The 2025 Guidelines insist that this rhythm is always unstable and should be treated with immediate defibrillation
What is polymorphic ventricular tachycardia?
This is one of the AHA initiatives designed to improve cardiac arrest survival
What is more layperson training of CPR, AED, and/or Naloxone use and/or more equity in healthcare in rural, ethnic minority areas?