ACLS REVISED Test Quiz Bank MOD 010 GRADED A+ Questions & Answers 2023/2024 VERIFIED

ACLS REVISED Test Quiz Bank MOD 010 GRADED A+ Questions & Answers 2023/2024 VERIFIED You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the emergency response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next action? correct answers Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min. You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 is 97%. What assessment step is most important now? correct answers Obtaining a 12 lead ECG. Identification of Chest Discomfort Suggestive of Ischemia What is the preferred method of access for epi administration during cardiac arrest in most pts? correct answers Peripheral IV An AED does not promptly analyze a rythm. What is your next step? correct answers Begin chest compressions. You have completed 2 min of CPR. The ECG monitor displays the lead below (PEA) and the pt. has no pulse. You partner resumes chest compressions and an IV is in place. What management step is your next priority? correct answers Administer 1mg of epinepherine During a pause in CPR, you see a narrow complex rythm on the monitor. The pt. has no pulse. What is the next action? correct answers Resume compressions What is acommon but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac arrest management? correct answers Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions. Which action is a componant of high-quality chest comressions? correct answers Allowing complete chest recoil Which action increases the chance of successful conversion of ventricular fibrillation? correct answers Providing quality compressions immediately before a defibrillation attempt. Which situation BEST describes PEA? correct answers Sinus rythm without a pulse What is the best strategy for perfoming high-quality CPR on a an advanced airway in place? correct answers Provide continuous chest compressionswithout pauses and 10 ventilations per minute. 3 min after witnessing a cardiac arrest, one memeber of your team inserts an ET tube while another performs continuous chest comressions. During subsequent bentilation, you notice the presence of a wavefom on the capnogrophy screen and a PETCO2 of 8 mm Hg. What is the significance of this finding? correct answers Chest compressions may not be effective. The use of quantitative capnography in intubated pt's does what? correct answers Allowsfor monitoring CPR quality For the past 25 min, EMS crews have attempted resuscitation of a pt who originally presented with V-FIB. After the 1st shock, the ECG screen displayed asystole which has persisted despite 2 doses of epi, a fluid bolus, and high quality CPR. What is your next treatment? correct answers Consider terminating resuscitive efforts after consulting medical control.