Essentials of ACLS, Questions sections & Answers, Verified.
Course
ACLS
Institution
ACLS
Essentials of ACLS, Questions sections & Answers, Verified.
Core Competencies
(this is a long one - but just overview)
1. Good CPR skills
2. Effective basic airway skills (non-invasive)
3. Recognition of cardiac arrest rhythm & pre-arrest rhythms (fast & slow)
4. Electrical interventions
...
8. Knowledge of drugs and routes of administration.
t or f
basic airway skills are non invasive
t
, what electrical interventions are there
AED
Defibrillation (PEA, Vfib,Vtach)
Cardioversion (tachy)
Pacemaker (external) (pacing for brady)
advanced airway management includes what?
Intubation
End-tidal CO2 knowledge & use
Tube stabilization
what is the chain of survival
early access
early CPR
Early Defib
Early ACLS
t or f
does early CPR treat VF/VT/Aystole
NO but it buys time!
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