16. Your rescue team arrives to find a 59-year-old man lying on the kitchen floor. You
determine that he is unresponsive. Which is the next step in your assessment and
management of this patient?
A. Apply the AED
B. Check the patient's breathing and pulse
C. Open the patient's airway
D. Check for a medical alert bracelet -
Answer✅
B. Check the patient's breathing and pulse
Quiz_________________?
31. Which is the recommended oral dose of aspirin for a patient with a suspected acute
coronary syndrome?
A. 40mg
B. 81mg
C. 160 to 325 mg
D. 350 to 650 mg -
Answer✅
C. 160 to 325 mg
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, Quiz_________________?
A patient in stable narrow-complex tachycardia with a peripheral IV in place is refractory to
the first dose of adenosine. Which dose would you administer next?
A. 3mg
B. 12mg
C. 20mg D. 40mg -
Answer✅
B. 12mg
Quiz_________________?
A patient is being resuscitated in a very noisy environment. A team member thinks he heard
an order for 500 mg of amiodarone IV. Which is the best response from the team member?
A. "OK."
B. "Are you sure?"
C. "Amiodarone 500 mg IV has been given."
D. "I have an order to give 500 mg of amiodarone IV. Is this correct?" -
Answer✅
D. "I have an order to give 500 mg of amiodarone IV. Is this correct?"
Quiz_________________?
A team member is unable to perform an assigned task because it is beyond the team
member's scope of practice. Which action should the team member take?
A. Ask for a new task or role
B. Assign it to another team member
C. Do it anyway
D. Seek expert advice -
Answer✅
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, A. Ask for a new task or role
Quiz_________________?
After your initial assessment of this patient, which intervention should be performed next?
A. Synchronized cardioversion
B. Administration of amiodarone 150 mg IM
C. Immediate defibrillation
D. Endotracheal intubation -
Answer✅
A. Synchronized cardioversion
Quiz_________________?
As the team leader, when do you tell the chest compressors to switch?
A. Only when they tell you that they are fatigued
B. About every 2 minutes
C. About every 5 minutes D. About every 7 minutes -
Answer✅
B. About every 2 minutes
Quiz_________________?
Based on this patient's initial presentation, which condition do you suspect led to the cardiac
arrest?
A. Acute coronary syndrome
B. Acute heart failure
C. Acute ischemic stroke
D. Supraventricular tachycardia with ischemic chest pain -
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