ACLS Pre-test.

ACLS Pre-test.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 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? -