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ACLS overview + Flashcards

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100% Oxygen preferred because hypoxemia leads to anaerobic metabolism which…

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may blunt benefits of chemical and electrical therapy

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Rescue breathing uses exhaled air at what percent oxygen?

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Rescue breathing uses exhaled air at 16-17% oxygen

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curved

macintosh blade
miller blade

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macintosh blade

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vallecula

macintosh blade
miller blade

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macintosh blade

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straight

macintosh blade
miller blade

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miller blade

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epliglottis

macintosh blade
miller blade

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miller blade

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drugs administered through ETT

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Naloxone
Atropine
Vasopressin
Epinephrine
Lidocaine
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8.0-8.5 mm ID ETT size

male
female

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male

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7.0-7.5 mm ID ETT size

male
female

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female

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10
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calculate ETT size for pedia

<6yo
>6yo

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< 6 yo age/3 + 3.5

> 6yo age /4 + 4.5

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Assessment by physical examination to confirm ET tube placement

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Five point auscultation

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12
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Devices used to confirm ET tube placement

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  • Waveform capnography
  • Exhaled CO2 detectors
  • Esophageal Detector Device
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Survival rates decreases by (what percent) for every minute delay in defibrillation without CPR

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Survival rates decreases by 7-10% for every minute delay in defibrillation without CPR

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Survival rates decreases by (what percent) for every minute delay in defibrillation with CPR

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Survival rates decreases by 3-4% for every minute delay in defibrillation with CPR

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Four Arrest Rhythms

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  • Ventricular Fibrillation
  • Ventricular Tachycardia
  • Pulseless Electrical Activity
  • Asystole
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adult volume expanders. what is preferred for CPR

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Volume Expanders : Fresh Whole Blood, Crystalloid solutions, Colloid Solutions

Plain NSS or LR preferred for CPR

17
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pediatric volume expanders

avoid giving large volume because

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Volume Expanders : Crystalloid, colloid solutions

Avoid giving large glucose volume may cause osmotic diuresis potential poor neurologic outcome

18
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when is volume expanders given to neonates

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indicated when there is evidence or suspicion of acute blood loss with poor response to resuscitation

19
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type and dose for acls volume expander for neonate

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  • Dose 10 ml / kg
  • Plain NSS or PLR
  • 5% Albumin Saline or Plasma substitute
20
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Medications to Control of Heart Rhythm and Rate

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Lidocaine
Amiodarone
Adenosine
Beta-Blockers
Procainamide
Atropine 
Verapamil/ Diltiazem
21
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Medications to Improve Cardiac Output and Blood Pressure

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Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
Dopamine
Dobutamine 
Sodium Nitroprusside
Nitroglycerine
Digitalis
Diuretics
22
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Medications to manage myocardial infarction

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Morphine SO4
Oxygen
Nitroglycerine
Aspirin
Thrombolytic agents : Streptokinase, r- TPA, Heparin
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors
Beta Blockers

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