Basic ACLS algorithm concepts, rapid response activation criteria, and the nurse's role during a code.
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- What does a 'Code Blue' announcement typically indicate in a hospital?
- A patient in cardiac or respiratory arrest requiring immediate resuscitation
- Recommended chest compression rate for adult CPR
- 100 to 120 compressions per minute
- Recommended chest compression depth for an adult
- At least 2 inches (5 cm)
- Compression-to-ventilation ratio for one or two rescuers without an advanced airway (adult CPR)
- 30 compressions to 2 breaths
- Why should rescuers allow full chest recoil between compressions?
- It lets the heart refill with blood between compressions, improving perfusion
- Maximum time recommended to check for a pulse during CPR
- No more than 10 seconds
- Which two cardiac arrest rhythms are shockable?
- Ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia
- Which two cardiac arrest rhythms are non-shockable?
- Asystole and pulseless electrical activity (PEA)
- Typical initial energy setting for a biphasic defibrillator in adult cardiac arrest
- 120 to 200 joules
- Standard epinephrine dose given during adult cardiac arrest
- 1 mg IV or IO
- How often is epinephrine repeated during cardiac arrest?
- Every 3 to 5 minutes
- First dose of amiodarone for shock-refractory VF or pulseless VT
- 300 mg IV or IO
- What do the 'H's and T's' represent in ACLS?
- A mnemonic for the reversible causes of cardiac arrest
- Name one of the 'H's' in the ACLS reversible causes mnemonic related to oxygen
- Hypoxia
- Name one of the 'H's' in the ACLS reversible causes mnemonic related to blood volume
- Hypovolemia