NREMT P-Medic: Operations Exam Questions With Solutions

NREMT P-Medic: Operations Exam Questions With Solutions What is the MOST important concept to explain to a group of non-BLS trained citizens when discussing the importance of rapid EMS notification for a patient in cardiac arrest? Importance of early CPR and defibrillation. Because of the predominance of ventricular fibrillation in the majority of adult cardiac arrest patients, it must be emphasized to laypeople that early, effective CPR and defibrillation are the most critical interventions and have clearly demonstrated increased survival rates from cardiac arrest. Fibrinolytic drugs are contraindicated in patients with cardiac arrest. Early advanced care (ie, intubation, cardiac medications) and rapid transport are important to the patient's survival; however, the vast majority of patients who survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest received early, effective CPR and prompt defibrillation.