RECOVER GUIDELINES

Question 1

What is the percentage of chance of survival after CPR?

Answer 1

5-7% in dogs and 1-19% in cats, higher in anaesthetised patients

Question 2

When were The first evidence-based consensus guidelines on veterinary CPR published?

Answer 2

2012

Question 3

When P is in dorsal recumbency and you perform chest compression, what’s the adequate depth?

Answer 3

25% (before 33-50%)

Question 4

What are the recommendations concerning the use of atropine?

Answer 4

early in the CPR effort, one time

Question 5

What is a refractory shockable rhythm?

Answer 5

A refractory shockable rhythm is either ventricular fibrillation (VF) or
pulseless ventricular tachycardia (PVT) that persists after the team has
performed an electrical defibrillation, completed the next full 2-minute
chest compression cycle, evaluated the ECG again, and confirmed that
the animal remains pulseless with a shockable rhythm of either VF
or PVT.

Question 6

When BLS techniques should be started?

Answer 6

When P is non-responsive and apneic.

Question 7

During single-rescuer BLS, what is the ratio (C:V)

Answer 7

ventilation (C:V) ratio of 30
compressions:2 breaths (30:2)

Question 8

When do they suggest to interrupt a 2-minute cycle chest compression if ROSC is suspected?

Answer 8

We suggest interrupting a 2-minute chest compression cycle only when ROSC is
suspected based on a combination of (1) a sudden and persistent increase in ETCO2
of great magnitude (eg, by ≥10mmHg to reach a value that is ≥35mmHg) and (2)
evidence of an arterial pulse distinct from chest compressions.

Question 9

What is there recommended compression rate during CPR

Answer 9

100-120 per minute

Question 10

What about if capnogaphy is not available?

Answer 10

they don’t recommend stopping the 2 minute cycle

Question 11

What is the capnography cutoff to decide whether or not the ET tube is in?

Answer 11

12 mmHg

Question 12

When should epinephrine be given in shockable patients

Answer 12

after 1st defibrillation

Question 13

How would you defibrillate a shockable patient if you had a biphasic defibrillator?

Answer 13

We recommend that for dogs and cats with shockable arrest rhythms, if an initial
standard-dose (2 J/kg) electrical defibrillation is unsuccessful, the second and
subsequent shocks be delivered at a dose of 2× the initial dose (4 J/kg).