Algorhithms

Question 1

ADENOSINE FIRST IV DOSE

Answer 1

6MG

Question 2

ADENOSINE SECOND IV DOSE

Answer 2

12 MG

Question 3

WHAT HAPPENS IF ADENOSINE DOESN’T WORK?

Answer 3

MOVE TO TRANSCUTANEOUS PACING

Question 4

PACING…

Answer 4

SET MONITOR UP

GO TO PACING/SYNC

SET RATE TO 60

MILIAMPS TO 70 OR UNTIL CAPTURE

START PACING.

Question 5

WHAT ARE THE H’s?

Answer 5

1. HYPOVOLEMIA
2. HYPOXIA
3. HYDROGEN IONS (ACIDOSIS)
4. HYPER-/HYPO/KALEMIA
5. HYPOTHERMIA

Question 6

WHAT ARE THE T’s?

Answer 6

1. TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX
2. TAMPONADE
3. TOXINS
4. THROMBOSIS

Question 7

HYPOKALEMIA

Answer 7

ADD MAGNESIUM IF CARDIAC ARREST

Question 8

HYPOVOLEMIA

Answer 8

FLAT NECK VEINS

ADD MAGNESIUM IF CARDIAC ARREST

Question 9

HYPOXIA

Answer 9

CYANOSIS
BLOOD GASES
AIRWAY PROBLEMS

OXYGENATION
VENTILATION
ADVANCED AIRWAY

Question 10

HYDROGEN IONS

Answer 10

HX OF DIABETES
RENAL FAILURE

TREAT WITH VENTILATION AND BICARBONATE

Question 11

HYPERKALEMIA

Answer 11

HX OF RENAL FAILURE
DIALYSIS
MEDS

TREAT WITH 
CALCIUM CHLORIDE
SODIUM BICARB
GLUCOSE AND INSULIN
ALBUTEROL

Question 12

HYPOTHERMIA

Answer 12

MUST WARM THE PATIENT BEFORE YOU TRY AND SAVE THEM

Question 13

TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX

Answer 13

PEA
TRACH DEVIATION
UNEQUAL BREATH SOUNDS

TREAT WITH NEEDLE DECOMPRESSION AND CHEST TUBE

Question 14

CARDIAC TAMPONADE

Answer 14

PEA
VEIN DISTENTION

TREAT WITH
PERICARDIOCENTESIS

Question 15

TOXINS

Answer 15

PEA
VEIN DISTENTION

TREAT WITH INTUBATION
SPECIFIC ANTIDOTES

Question 16

THROMBOSIS

Answer 16

PEA
DISTENDED NECK VEINS

TREAT WITH
SURGERY
OR FIBRINOLYTICS

Question 17

VASOPRESSIN

Answer 17

40 UNITS

Question 18

EPINEPHERINE

Answer 18

1 MG EVERY 3-5 MIN

INFUSION-
2-10 MCG/MIN

Question 19

NOREPI/LEVO

Answer 19

0.1-0.5 MCG/KG/MIN

Question 20

DOPAMINE

Answer 20

2-10 MCG/KG/MIN

Question 21

POST CARDIAC ARREST THERAPY

Answer 21

OXYGENATE EVERY 6 SEC

VITALS

IV BOLUS 1-2 L NS/LR

EPI/LEVO/ DOPA INFUS

H AND T’S

Question 22

ROSC

Answer 22

OXYGENATE EVERY 6 SEC

VITALS/ AWAKE?

IV BOLUS 1-2 L NS/LR

EPI/LEVO/ DOPA INFUS

H AND T’S

12 LEAD

Question 23

ASYSTOLE

Answer 23

1. CHECK LEADS PLUGGED IN

2. CHECK GAIT

Question 24

VFIB-

Answer 24

START CPR

HOOK TO THE MONITOR 150 TURN SYNC OFF

PUT ON OXYGEN

IV

SHOCK- SWITCH

CPR
GIVE 1 MG EPI
DRAW UP 300MG AMI

CHECK RHYTHM
SWITCH/SHOCK

GIVE AMI
DRAW UP EPI

ASYSTOLE-
CONTINUE CPR/EPI/H-T

Question 25

ATROPINE

Answer 25

0.5 MG
REPEAT 3-5 MIN
MAXIMUM OF 3 MG