CH 10

Question 1

Advanced LIFE SUPPORT ALS

Answer 1

PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE THAT INVOLVES THE USE OF INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS, DRUG INFUSIONS, CARDIAC MONITORING.

Question 2

ASYSTOLE

Answer 2

NO ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN THE HEART; CARDIAC ARREST.

Question 3

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR AED

Answer 3

ELECTRICAL DEVICE THAT CAN DETECT ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHMS AND DELIVER A SHOCK TO CHEST.

Question 4

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT

Answer 4

EXTERNALLY SUPPORTING THE CIRCULATION AND RESPIRATORY OR CARDIAC ARREST THRU CPR

Question 5

CARDIAC ARREST

Answer 5

ABSENCE OF HEART BEAT

Question 6

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

Answer 6

COMPRESSION AND BREATHING TECNIGUES

Question 7

CHAIN OF SURVIVAL

Answer 7

EARLY CPR EARLY DEFIB, AND EARLY LIFE SUPPORT

Question 8

FIBRILATION

Answer 8

A DISORGANIZED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE HEART THAT RENDERS THE HEART INCAPABLE OF PUMPING BLOOD.

Question 9

VENTRICULAR FIBRILATION

Answer 9

DISORGANIZED ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY, CAUSING INEFFECTIVE CONTRACTIONS OG THE LOWER HEART CHAMBERS

Question 10

VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA

Answer 10

ABNORMALLY RAPID CONTRACTION OF THE HEARTS LOWER CHAMBERS, RESULTING IN POOR CIRCULATION.