CPR Flashcards
a team of how many people is ideal?
3-5
the area where CPR takes place must (4):
- Be large enough to accommodate CPR team and to work
- Have an oxygen source – better than room air – 100% oxygen
- Have good lighting
- Have a solid, rigid surface on which to place the patient
5 clinical signs of CPA
Unconsciousness – always Absence of respiration Absence of a heartbeat (or pulse) Fixed (light has no effect)/dilated pupils Pale (or bluish mucous membranes)
A - E of CPR
- establish Airway
- Breathe for the patient
- restore effective Circulation
- Diagnose cause of ineffective CV function
- Emergency drugs administered
Perform external cardiac/thoracic compressions at a rate of __-__ per minute
80-120
Thorax must be compressed by __-__ of its normal diameter with each compression
1/3 - 1/2
Effectiveness of BLS procedures can be assessed by observing (5):
- mucous membrane color, - palpating peripheral pulse
- Doppler probe on cornea
- direct arterial pressure
- end-tidal CO2 monitor
5 emergency drugs that can be administered to re-establish CV function
- IV fluids
- Atropine
- Epinephrine/vasopressin
- 2% Lidocaine
- Sodium bicarbonate
emergency drugs may be admin via 3 routes
- IV
- intratracheal
- intraosseous
this drug can treat ventricular asystole, EM dissociation
epinephrine
this drug can dread ventricular asystole and sinus bradycardia
atropine
this can treat premature ventricular contractions and tachycardia
lidocaine
these 3 drugs can be given via the ETT
- epinephrine
- atropine
- lidocaine
you can expect a 1-2 minute delay in onset of drug effect
with this drug admin route
IV
give a double dose and mix w/ 5-10 ml of saline for this drug admin route
intratracheal
with this drug route admin, flush through ET tube using red rubber catheter
intratracheal
what drugs does Flumazenil reverse?
benzos
admin emergency drugs every other cycle - every __ min
every 4 mins
Depolarization of cardiac atrial muscle
P wave
depolarization of the ventricular muscle
QRS complex
repolarization of the ventricular muscle
T wave
this is the ventricle relaxing
diastole
all you see on an EKG is the contraction of ____
ventricles
treat Electromechanical Dissociation/ Pulseless Electrical Activity with this drug (there’s electrical activity but not resulting in contraction)
epinephrine
with a __ person team, you can give an abdominal compression in between cardiac compressions
3 person team
with a __ person team, you can give 2 Breaths/30 Compressions
1 person team
with a __ person team, you can give 1 Breath/5 Seconds
2 AND 3 person team
when giving CPR you want to switch people every __ min
2 min
the average is __ compressions per min
100
