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How many compressions per minute should be being provided?

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100-120

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What is the first step for V fib?

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Shock

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When should ventilation be started in V fib protocol?

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After the second shock and during the second round of chest compressions

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When is cardiac epi given in the v fib protocol?

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After the second shock

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What is the dosage of cardiac epi?

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10 cc of 1:10,000

Each cc has 100 mcg

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What drug is given after epi and how much?

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300 mg of amiodarone

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What must you do after giving amiodarone?

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Flush the line - amiodarone eats veins!

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What is the next med and dose given after the first dose of amiodarone?

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150 mg of amiodarone

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What can be given after amiodarone?

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Lidocaine (100) or magnesium (1-2 grams over 60 minutes)

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What is the maintenance dose of magnesium?

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0.5-1 gram q hour

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What is the first step in the treatment of anaphylaxis?

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0.3 mg epi IM

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What are the subsequent steps of treating anaphylaxis?

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Steroids
Benadryl
H2 blockers
Fluids

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What is the IV drip formula for epi in a patient in anaphylactic shock?

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1 liter of normal saline + 1 amp or 1 mg of epi hooked into a fast running bag at 1 cc/min increasing by 1 cc every minute

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What is PSVT?

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Narrow, 180, regular

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What is the first thing you say for PSVT?

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Stable or unstable

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What is the second thing you ask about PSVT?

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Old or young?

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What is the first step in treating PSVT?

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Vagal maneuvers:

  1. Valsalva
  2. Carotid massage
  3. 1+2
  4. Ice
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What is the medicine you give for PSVT?

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6 mg of adenosine IV push or 12

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18
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What is the PSVT protocol for older people?

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  1. Valsalva

2. Adenosine

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What is the PSVT protocol for stable young people?

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  1. Valsalva
  2. Carotid massage
  3. 1+2
  4. Ice
  5. Adenosine 6 mg IV push then flush
20
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What do you do for unstable PSVT?

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Synchronized cardioversion

21
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What are the contraindications to adenosine?

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  1. Sinus tachycardia
  2. Atrial flutter or fib
  3. Irregular rhythm
  4. Rate of over 220 (=bypass tract)
  5. History of a fib, a flutter, or MAT
  6. COPD, ACS, or HF
22
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What is a clean kill if you give adenosine?

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Wide, irregular rhythm = a fib with WPW

23
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What is the first thing you say with PEA?

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Reversible!

24
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What are the reversible causes of PEA?

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A: hypoxia
B: PTX
C: hypovolemic, hypervolemia (tamponade)
D: toxic (drug OD: TCA, BB, CAB) , metabolic (hyper K)

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What is the first step in treating PEA?

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  1. Oxygenate and ventilate
26
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What is the second step in PEA protocol?

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  1. Get open IV access
27
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What is the third step in PEA protocol?

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Look at 3:

  1. EKG
  2. Temperature
  3. Volume status
28
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What drug can you give in PEA?

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1 mg of epi q 3 min

29
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What is the PEA protocol?

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  1. Oxygenate and ventilate
  2. IV access
  3. Look at EKG, temp, volume status
  4. Give 1 mg of epi q 3 min
30
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Wide complex, rate = 25-40, no p waves

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Idioventricular rhythm

31
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What is the first step in the BLS protocol?

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  1. Check for responsiveness
32
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What is the second step on BLS.

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Activate the emergency response system/get an AED

33
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What is the third step in BLS?

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Check for carotid pulse

34
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What do you do if there is no pulse?

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Start chest compressions

35
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What do you do next if there is a pulse?

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Start rescue breathing at 1 breath every 5-6 seconds

36
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How often should you check a pulse?

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Every 2 minutes

37
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How often should you switch CPR givers?

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Every 2 minutes

38
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What does a end tidal CO2 less than 10 tell you?

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The chest compressions are of poor quality

39
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Which patients should have induced hypothermia?

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ROSC patients after out of hospital Vfib

Comatose patients with ROSC with cardiac arrest in the hospital or out of hospital with PEA or asystole

40
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What temperature is induced hypothermia?

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32 to 34 degrees Celsius

41
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What should oxygen supply be titrated to?

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The lowest level that can keep sats above 94%

42
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What should ventilation rates be titrated to?

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35-40 ETCO2 or PaCO2 of 40-45

43
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What is the MAP goal?

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65

44
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Where should the glucose be kept in a patient with ROSC after cardiac arrest?

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144-180

45
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How frequent do you give breath during a cardiac arrest with BMV?

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2 ventilation after every 30 compressions

46
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How frequently do you give breaths with an advanced airway in cardiac arrest?

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1 every 6-8 seconds

47
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Why so we resume chest compressions after successful defibrillation?

A

Because the rhythm the heart comes back with is usually slow and does not create a pulse or give adequate perfusion

48
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What does defibrillation do to the heart?

A

Briefly terminates all electrical activity

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