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1. What element of a system of care is represented by properly functioningresuscitation
equipment?
Answer: Structure
2. What is the first link in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) chain ofsurvival?
Answer: Activation of emergency response
3. What are signs of clinical deterioration that would prompt the activation ofrapid response
system?
Answer:
Symptomatic hypertension
Seizure
Unexplained agitation
4. What is the primary purpose of a rapid response team (RRT) or medical emergency team
(MET)?
Answer: To improve patient outcomes by identifying and treatingearly clinical deterioration
5. What happens when teams rapidly assess and intervene when patients haveabnormal vital
signs?
Answer: The number of in hospital cardiac arrest decreases
6. In addition to decreased IHCA, what are some other benefits of implementing a rapid
response system? Select all that apply.
Answer: Decrease ICU length of stay.Decreased in total hospital length of stay.
7. Which is the main advantage of effective teamwork?
Answer: Division of tasks
8. Which is the best example of a role of the team leader?
Answer: Models excellentteam behavior
9. Which is the best example of a role of a team member?
Answer: Prepared to fulfill theirrole responsibilities
10. What is the primary purpose of the CPR coach on a resuscitation team?
Answer: -Increasing CPR quality
11. What are the 6 positions for high performance teams in resuscitation?
Answer: -
Team leader Airway
, Timer/recorder
Compressor (rotate every 2 minutes)
Monitor/defibrillator/cpr coach IV/IO/Medications
12. Which member of the high performance team has the responsibility forassigning roles
(positions)?
Answer: Team leader
13. Which high performance team member is part of the resuscitation triangle?
Answer: Monitor/defibrillator/cpr coach
14. Which is an example of knowledge sharing by a team leader?
Answer: Asking forsuggestions about interventions
15. Which is an example of summarizing and reevaluating?
Answer: Increasing monitoring of the patients condition deteriorates
16. Which is a step of closed-loop communication?
Answer: Confirming task completionbefore assigning another task
17. Which are examples of mutual respect? Select all that apply:
Answer:
Acknowledging correctly completed tasks in a positive way
Ensuring that only one person talks at a time
18. What are the components of high quality CPR? Select all that apply:
Answer:
Com-pression depth of at least 2 inches (5cm)
Switching compressors every 2 minutes
Avoiding excessive ventilation
Complete chest recoil after each compression
Interruption limited to under 10 seconds
19. How do you calculate the chest compression fraction (CCF)? What is idealpercentage?
Answer: Divide chest compression time by total code time. You want this at least 60% but
ideally greater than 80%
20. Which component of effective high-performance teams is represented bythe use of real-
time feedback devices?
Answer: Quality
21. How do you calculate Coronary Perfusion Pressure (CPP)?
Answer: Aortic diastolicpressure "minus" Right Atrial Diastolic Pressure
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