Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Causes
trauma, chronic or acute illness, sudden cardiac arrest
Basic Life Support
Recognition, activate emergency response, high quality chest
compressions, rescue breathing, rapid defib
Interventions:
chest compression, rate 100-120
Airway
intubation, patent airway
Breathing
BVM, 2 ventilations, once every 5-6 seconds
Defibrillation
early defib better, CPR,
Medications
follow meds with flush, epi 1mg every 3-5 min. Amiodarone with
lidocaine as alternative
Causes
trauma, chronic or acute illness, sudden cardiac arrest
Basic Life Support
Recognition, activate emergency response, high quality chest
compressions, rescue breathing, rapid defib
Interventions:
chest compression, rate 100-120
Airway
intubation, patent airway
Breathing
BVM, 2 ventilations, once every 5-6 seconds
Defibrillation
early defib better, CPR,
Medications
follow meds with flush, epi 1mg every 3-5 min. Amiodarone with
lidocaine as alternative
