Cardiac Arrest and Shock Assessment Questions And 100% Verified Answers.
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest
You are dispatched to a restaurant for a 28 yo female with trouble breathing. You arrive on scene and find a very worked up employee followed by a family member who is equally distraught. Both of them are urging you to hurry and get to the patient. She is in distress.
Given the above information w...
Cardiac Arrest and Shock Assessment
Questions And 100% Verified Answers.
You are dispatched to a restaurant for a 28 yo female with trouble breathing. You arrive on scene and
find a very worked up employee followed by a family member who is equally distraught. Both of them
are urging you to hurry and get to the patient. She is in distress.
Given the above information what is your first priority? - Answer Establish the scene is safe
Your scene is safe and given the concern for a sick patient, you bring all of your equipment to evaluate
the patient. You come across a patient that is sitting in a tripod position and appears in distress. Her eyes
are open and she appears very anxious. She is able to answer your questions with one word answers,
she is breathing about 40 times a minute and she has a weak radial pulse that you feel while you are
beginning your assessment.
The patient's airway and breathing are in tact although have very concerning features. A weak radial
pulse in a patient with other signs of distress make you think this patient might have signs of shock.
Which of the following are 3 of the 4 main categories of shock that you learned? - Answer
Hypovolemic, cardiogenic, distributive
Because you are worried the patient is in shock, you lay the patient down on the floor and ask your
partner to check a full set of vitals while you try to gather some more information. You call for advanced
resources, strat to get the patient placed on a nonrebreather mask and the friend of the patient tells you
while you are working that the patient is otherwise healthy. They were eating lunch and the symptoms
started with her feeling a little short of breath and complaining of a scratchy voice. As you are placing the
nonrebreather and doing a primary survey, the patient looks like this:
The eyes are swollen and there is a rash to the skin diffusely that the patient nods to say is itchy. Your
partner reports the blood pressure is 84/50, the pulse is 130, the respiratory rate is still 40.
What do you think is the most likely cause of this patient's shock? - Answer Anaphylaxis
4.
Question 4
What are other symptoms that would suggest this patient's symptoms are related to anaphylaxis?
Choose all that apply - Answer Wheezing on lung exam
Swelling to the back of the throat
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