Vagal maneuvers - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Advanced Life Support (ALS) Online Session Final Exam / Comprehensive Study Guide – Expert Strategies, Review of Key Quizzes, and Practice Questions for Guaranteed Success Terms in this set (48)  A patient's ECG reveals a narrow QRS complex with a regular rhythm, indicating a narrowcomplex supraventricular tachyarrhythmia. The patient is hemodynamically stable. Which intervention would be initiated first? Vagal maneuvers For a patient who is hemodynamically stable and experiencing a ...

ACLS Final Exam latest updated version april NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 500 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ A patient experiences cardiac arrest, and the resuscitation team initiates ventilations using a bag- valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator. The development of which condition during the provision of care would lead the team to suspect that improper BVM technique is being used? Complications can occur with the use of a BVM resuscitator due...

The resuscitation team suspects that hyperkalemia is the cause of cardiac arrest in a patient brought to the emergency department. Which finding on a 12-lead ECG would confirm this suspicion? - correct answer Wide-complex ventricular rhythm or tall, pointed T waves A patient with dyspnea and a change in mental status arrives at the emergency department. The healthcare team completes the necessary assessments and begins to care for the patient, including initiating cardiac monitoring, pulse ox...

dysrhythmia aka arrhythmia - Correct answer - abnormal cardiac rhythms which can cause disturbances of: rate, rhythm, or both rate and rhythm how are dysrhythmias identified? - Correct answer Electrographic Waveform Analysis (ECG) what controls the rate and rhythm of the heartbeat? - Correct answer the heart's electrical system explain the heart's electrical system - Correct answer Each electrical signal (impulse) begins in a group of cells called the sinus node or sinoatrial (SA...

Prophecy Relias Emergency Department (ED) RN A Exam |Version 3| (Latest 2023/ 2024) Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A Q: You are delegating wound care to a licensed practical nurse. The LPN states she has never performed this type of wound care before. What component of delegation have you neglected? Answer: Competency Q: A 46-year old patient presents with complaint of palpitations beginning 1 hour prior to presentation. He reports excessive caffeine intake over the past 2...

CPEN PRACTICE QUESTIONS & RATIONALES EXAM | QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADEA+ An anxious adolescent presents with palpitations, a heart rate of 184 beats/min, and normal skin tone. Which of the following is the PRIORITY intervention? A. Obtain urine drug screen. B. Administer IV adenosine (Adenocard) rapidly. C. Instruct the patient to bear down. D. Provide comfort and reassurance. Correct Answer: D. SVT is defined as heart rate >220 in infan...

Exam 3: NSG4100 / NSG 4100 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Nursing Practice - Adult Health III Review| Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)- Galen Q: What does the qrs complex represent Answer: ventricular depolarization Q: What does the t wave represent Answer: ventricular repolarization Q: What does the u wave represent Answer: repolarization of the purkinje fibers Hypokalemia Q: What does the PR interval measure? Answer...

Select the one syndrome listed below that is not a degree in the progression of coronary artery occlusion. Stable angina (SA) Which of the following is used to categorize patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome? 12-lead ECG to determine if an ST-segment elevation MI is present The BLS Assessment places emphasis on early: CPR and defibrillation The first step in the PEA algorithm is defibrillation. False - administer chest compressions and oxygen first Which of the...

What drug is used to treat sinus bradycardia? - Answer-Atropine 0.5mg Do you pace sinus bradycardia? - Answer-Yes, with external or transvenous pacemakers What drugs should you HOLD with sinus bradycardia? - Answer-Digoxin and beta blockers How do you treat sinus tachycardia? - Answer-treat the underlying cause What drugs are used to treat sinus pause/block? - Answer-Atropine 0.5mg or epinephrine What type of pacemaker is used to treat sinus node disease (sinus pause/block)? - Answer-Atrial...

PALS 2023/ 2024 FINAL EXAM Version 1| 50 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS| GRADE A Q: An 8-year-old child being treated in the emergency department has significant respiratory distress. The child also exhibits hives, wheezing, angioedema, tachycardia and dyspnea. The parents state that the child, who is allergic to peanuts, had eaten some popcorn that had peanuts in it. The team initiates care, preparing to administer which agent first? Answer: Epinephrine Q: A child in the ...

The resuscitation team suspects that hyperkalemia is the cause of cardiac arrest in a patient brought to the emergency department. Which finding on a 12-lead ECG would confirm this suspicion? - Wide-complex ventricular rhythm or tall, pointed T waves A patient with dyspnea and a change in mental status arrives at the emergency department. The healthcare team completes the necessary assessments and begins to care for the patient, including initiating cardiac monitoring, pulse oximetry, supplem...