Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Questions With Verified Answers

What are the 6 roles in ACLS? - Answer compressor, AED/monitor/defibrillator, airway, team leader, IV/OV/medication, timer/recorder What is considered quality compressions? - Answer 100-120 compressions a minute, 2 inches in depth, allow complete chest recoil What are the H's in the H's and T's? - Answer hypovolemia, hypoxia, hydrogen ions, hypo/hyper kalemia, hypothermia What are the T's in the H's and T's? - Answer Tension pneumothorax, tamponade, toxins, thrombosis pulmonary, thrombosis coronary How do you fix hypovolemia? - Answer fluid bolus How do you fix hypoxia? - Answer O2 How do you fix hyperkalemia? - Answer insulin and D50, kayexalate How do you fix hypokalemia? - Answer K run What do you do first when someone is in cardiac arrest? - Answer Start CPR, give oxygen and attach to monitor and defibrillator What rhythms are shockable? - Answer VF/pVT What are non shockable rhythms? - Answer asystole and PEA What are the drugs you can use for a shockable rhythm? - Answer epinephrine and amiodarone What are the drugs you can use for a non shockable rhythm? - Answer epinephrine only How much and how often can you give epinephrine? - Answer 1mg every 3-5 minutes