RCIS Responding to Emergency
Procedures and Protocols Exam 4
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is an appropriate treatment for a STEMI (Choose 2):
A. Balloon inflation
B. infusion catheter
C. atherectomy
D. thrombectomy
E. Impella
F. IABP -
correct answer ✅A. Balloon inflation
C. atherectomy
What is a sign of cardiac tamponade on a 12 lead?
A. electrical alternans
,RCIS Responding to Emergency
Procedures and Protocols Exam 4
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
B. pulsus alternans
C. global ST elevation
D. pulsus paradoxus -
correct answer ✅A. electrical alternans
A patient in VFIB receives a defibrillator shock and they are still in
VFIB, what should be the next step to take?
A. CPR
B. move onto SVT medications
C. the next defibrillation deliver at a lower energy
D. the next defibrillation deliver at the same energy or higher -
correct answer ✅A. CPR
What is the preferred access for a temporary pacemaker?
, RCIS Responding to Emergency
Procedures and Protocols Exam 4
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
A. femoral vein
B. internal jugular vein
C. subclavian vein -
correct answer ✅A. femoral vein
What is the appropriate location for the IABP? (Choose 2)
A. distal to the left subclavian
B. proximal to the left subclavian
C. above the renal arteries
D. below the renal arteries -
correct answer ✅A. distal to the left subclavian
C. above the renal arteries
What is the first step to using an AED?
Procedures and Protocols Exam 4
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What is an appropriate treatment for a STEMI (Choose 2):
A. Balloon inflation
B. infusion catheter
C. atherectomy
D. thrombectomy
E. Impella
F. IABP -
correct answer ✅A. Balloon inflation
C. atherectomy
What is a sign of cardiac tamponade on a 12 lead?
A. electrical alternans
,RCIS Responding to Emergency
Procedures and Protocols Exam 4
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
B. pulsus alternans
C. global ST elevation
D. pulsus paradoxus -
correct answer ✅A. electrical alternans
A patient in VFIB receives a defibrillator shock and they are still in
VFIB, what should be the next step to take?
A. CPR
B. move onto SVT medications
C. the next defibrillation deliver at a lower energy
D. the next defibrillation deliver at the same energy or higher -
correct answer ✅A. CPR
What is the preferred access for a temporary pacemaker?
, RCIS Responding to Emergency
Procedures and Protocols Exam 4
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
A. femoral vein
B. internal jugular vein
C. subclavian vein -
correct answer ✅A. femoral vein
What is the appropriate location for the IABP? (Choose 2)
A. distal to the left subclavian
B. proximal to the left subclavian
C. above the renal arteries
D. below the renal arteries -
correct answer ✅A. distal to the left subclavian
C. above the renal arteries
What is the first step to using an AED?