A 37-year-old woman presented to your emergency department complaining of shortness of breath and palpitations. You have placed the patient on O2 and an
... [Show More] IV has been established. Her mental status is rapidly decreasing and she is very pale. Her initial blood pressure was 148/70. It is now 62/38. Breathing is shallow at 8 to 12 breaths/minute. The cardiac monitor shows the below rhythm. Your best course of action will be: - answerPerform synchronized cardioversion starting with 50 J
The two chambers of the heart that carry deoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation to the pulmonary circulation are: - answerRight atrium and right ventricle
Your patient in the emergency department is a positive stroke patient and has a blood pressure of 210/120. What must you attempt to get the SBP and DBP to in order to meet Fibrinolytic Therapy at the safest level for this patient? - answerLess than 185 mm Hg SBP; less than 110 mm Hg DSP
The first drug of choice utilizing the cardiac arrest algorithm for this rhythm, when indicated, will be: - answerEpinephrine
If this patient remains in persistent VF/pVT, the next drug of choice, as indicated by the ECC Guidelines, would be: - answerAmiodarone
A 50 year-old man presents to the ER you are working in having suddenly begun to experience facial drooping and left-sided weakness. In order for him to meet guidelines for fibrinolytic therapy you must first: - answerOrder a CT Scan
Working in the ICU, a patient is admitted post-cardiac arrest. Therapeutic hypothermia has been initiated. What method would you select to monitor core body temperature during the hypothermia treatment process? - answerEsophageal thermometer
You are assigned to the monitor for a code resuscitation on the hospital floor. The monitor initially shows asystole. Which of the following should you do to make sure the monitor is funtioning correctly? - answerConfirm asystole in two consecutive leads
During a code resuscitation, the team leader is responsible for which of the following tasks? - [Show Less]