CARDIAC ARREST Flashcards
BLS Assessment
Check Responsiveness: tap patient and shout “are you okay.”
Scan patient
Activate the emergency response system and obtain an AED
Circulation
Defibrillation
First Step Pulseless Arrest
Shout for Help
Activate Emergency Response
Second Step Pulseless Arrest
Start CPR
Give Oxygen
Attach Monitor / Defibrillator
What rhythms are not shockable
PEA and asystole
What rhythms are shockable
V fib and Pulseless V tach
Ventilation rate if NO advanced airway
30:2
Length of CPR
2 minutes / 5 cycles
Biphasic Shock energy for defibrillation
120-200 J
Dose and frequency of epinephrine
1 mg IV or IO followed by 20 ml NS every 3-5 minutes
Dose and frequency of amiodarone
Give after the third shock if VF or pVT
First dose 300 mg bolus followed by 20 ml NS
Second dose 150 mg bolus followed by 20 ml NS
Dose and frequency of Lidocaine
Give after 3rd round of CPR
1st dose: 1 -1.5 mg / kg
2nd dose: 0.5 - 0.75 mg / kg
Indications and dose of magnesium
Torsades do Pointes
1-2 grams diluted in 10 ml of D5W
List the reversible H’s of cardiac arrest
Hypovolemia
Hypoxia
Hydrogen idons (acidosis)
Hypokalemia
Hypothermia
List the reversible T’s of cardiac arrest
Tension pneumo
Tamponade
Toxins
Throbosis (pulmonary or coronary)
Uses of waveform capnography in CPR
Evaluate effectiveness of chest compressions
Indentification of ROSC
Verify and monitor ETT placement