Correct Answers
systematic approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔healthcare providerse use a
___________________ to assess and treat arrest and acutely ill or injured patients for optimal
care; the goal of the high-performance team's interventions for a patient in respiratory or
cardiac arrest is to support and restore effective oxygenation, ventilation, adn circulation with
return of intact neurologic function; an intermediate goal of resuscitation is return of
spontaneous circulation
systematic approach - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔__________________ used include:
BLS assessment
Primary Assessment (ABCDE)
Secondary Assessment (SAMPLE, H and T)
scene safety - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔after determination of __________________, the
systematic approach first requires ACLS providers to determine the patient's level of
consciousness; as you approach the patient,:
if hte patient appears unconscious: use the BLS assessment for the inital evaluation; after
completing all of the appropriate steps of hte BLS assessment, use the primary and secondary
assesssments for more advanced evaluation and treatment
if the patient appears conscious: use the primary assessment for your initial evaluation
uncertainty of pulse - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔if you are unsure about the presence of a pulse,
begin cycles of compressions and verifications; unnecessary compressions are less harmful than
failing to provide compressions when needed; delaying or failing to start CPR in a patient
without a pulse reduces the chance of survival