12: CPR Flashcards
What is cardiac arrest
Cessation if spontaneous and effective perfusion (circulation)
What is respiratory arrest
Cessation of spontaneous/ effective ventilation (breathing)
3 tenets of Basic life support (CAB)
Circulation
Airway management
Breathing
How to tell if cardiac arrest has occurred
EKG, palpate pulse, auscultate heart
If patient is asytolic you must begin
Chest compressions
Example of a barrel chested dog
English bulldogs
Positioning of barrel chested dog for compressions
Dorsal recumbency
Chest compression positioning for all dogs (except large/med or barrel chested) and cats
Lateral recumbency
Hand positioning for barrel chested dogs
Hands over sternum
Hand positioning for keel chested dogs , small breed dogs, and cats
Directly over heart
Hand positioning for L/M dogs
Over widest part of chest
How to give compressions on toy puppies and cats
Fingers on down side of thorax, thumb on up side (over heart) squeeze thorax between thumb and fingers
Regardless of species/ size compress the thorax __-___%,
___-____ compressions per minute
33-50%
100-120 comp/ min
Take turns doing compressions every ____ minutes
2
If animal not intubated or you’re alone, _____ compressions then ____ breaths
30, 2
If the airway is obscured or injured (and tube cannot be placed) vet may have to perform
Tracheotomy
Intubation is done when animal is in _____ recumbency
Lateral
Once airway is establish, connect to
100% O2
Give positive pressure ventilation every ___-____ seconds
3-5 seconds (12-20 a minute)
Handheld bag for giving positive pressure ventilations
Ambu bag
If not intubated to mouth to snout ventilations after every ____ compressions. ____ breathes in nares
30 compressions
2 breathes
What advanced life support entails (D and E)
Monitoring:
EKG
and End-Tidal CO2
Observe EKG to determine wether or not to
Defibrillate ( or what drugs to give)
End-Tidal CO2 measures what
CO2 expelled in air
