PHYA510: ACLS Algorithms
CARDIAC ARREST
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Your patient is pulseless, what is your first step to resuscitation?
What do you want attached to your patient while this occurs?
What are you doing every 2 minutes?
CPR
AED
Pulse, rhythm, compressor swap
You have begun CPR on your patient and the AED has just read the
rhythm and it is non-shockable, what is the most likely diagnosis?
What should you begin?
What can you NOT do?
What access do you want to establish ASAP?
Asystole/PEA
CPR
Shock
IV/IO
, What medication is indicated in your patient who is in asystole or PEA?
Epinephrine (1mg/3-5 minutes)
After administering 1mg of epinephrine, what should you resume?
CPR
After multiple rounds of epinephrine and CPR you have finally
resuscitated your asystole/PEA patient, what should you do now?
Post-cardiac arrest care
You have begun CPR on your pulseless patient and the AED has just
read the rhythm and it is shockable, what is the most likely diagnosis?
What should you begin?
What access should you establish during this?
VF/pVT
CPR
IV/IO
You finish your first round of CPR after 2 minutes on your VF/pVT
patient, what should you do now?
After this, what should you resume?
Shock
CPR
CARDIAC ARREST
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Your patient is pulseless, what is your first step to resuscitation?
What do you want attached to your patient while this occurs?
What are you doing every 2 minutes?
CPR
AED
Pulse, rhythm, compressor swap
You have begun CPR on your patient and the AED has just read the
rhythm and it is non-shockable, what is the most likely diagnosis?
What should you begin?
What can you NOT do?
What access do you want to establish ASAP?
Asystole/PEA
CPR
Shock
IV/IO
, What medication is indicated in your patient who is in asystole or PEA?
Epinephrine (1mg/3-5 minutes)
After administering 1mg of epinephrine, what should you resume?
CPR
After multiple rounds of epinephrine and CPR you have finally
resuscitated your asystole/PEA patient, what should you do now?
Post-cardiac arrest care
You have begun CPR on your pulseless patient and the AED has just
read the rhythm and it is shockable, what is the most likely diagnosis?
What should you begin?
What access should you establish during this?
VF/pVT
CPR
IV/IO
You finish your first round of CPR after 2 minutes on your VF/pVT
patient, what should you do now?
After this, what should you resume?
Shock
CPR
