Cardiac Arrest
This is the first step you should take when you find an unresponsive patient.
What is check responsiveness and call for help?
This is the most common symptom of an MI.
This rule helps estimate total body surface area burned.
What is the Rule of Nines?
This condition involves sudden blockage of a pulmonary artery.
What is pulmonary embolism?
This drug is commonly used for bronchospasm in asthma attacks.
What is albuterol?
This rhythm is shockable and commonly seen in sudden cardiac arrest.
What is ventricular fibrillation (V-fib)?
This diagnostic test shows ST elevation in an acute MI.
What is an ECG (electrocardiogram)?
This type of burn affects only the epidermis.
What is a first-degree burn?
This breath sound is commonly heard in asthma exacerbations.
What is wheezes?
This medication helps dissolve clots in certain emergencies like MI or PE.
What is thrombolytics (alteplase)?
This compression rate is recommended during CPR for adults.
What is 100–120 compressions per minute?
This acronym represents initial medications for MI treatment.
What is MONA (morphine, oxygen, nitroglycerin, aspirin)?
This is the priority fluid used in burn resuscitation.
What is lactated ringers?
This oxygen delivery device provides the highest concentration of oxygen without intubation.
What is a non-rebreather mask?
This intervention is priority for a patient with oxygen saturation below 90%.
What is oxygen therapy?
This medication is given every 3–5 minutes during cardiac arrest.
What is epinephrine?
This cardiac biomarker rises after myocardial injury.
What is troponin?
This formula calculates fluid needs in burn patients.
This condition is characterized by fluid in the alveoli.
What is pulmonary edema?
This drug is used to reduce preload in heart failure and MI.
What is nitroglycerin?
This advanced airway device is commonly used during resuscitation.
What is endotracheal tube?
This procedure restores blood flow in blocked coronary arteries.
What is percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)?
A burn patient becomes restless, BP drops, HR increases, and urine output decreases within the first 12 hours.
Question:
What complication is the patient most likely experiencing?
What is hypovolemic shock?
This life-threatening condition results from air trapped in the pleural space causing mediastinal shift.
What is tension pneumothorax?
Patient with chest pain given nitroglycerin.
Question:
Which finding requires intervention?
BP 84/50
HR 88
Pain 6/10
What is BP?