Advance Cardiac Life Support: Short, Sweet and to the Point

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Balboa Press rev. date: 10/29/2020

Contents

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Overview; the Science

• High Quality Compressions, the Key to Success!

• Extracorporeal CPR

• Ventilations

Early Recognition and Treatment

• Access, Recognize and Care

• Assessment Findings

Systematic Approach

• Rapid Assessment

• Initial Assessment Appearance, Breathing, Color

• Conscious/Unconscious - VOMIT

Primary Assessment

• Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure

Secondary Assessment

• SAMPLE

• H and T’s

• Head To Toe Exam, Labs And Diagnostic Testing Are Included In the Secondary Assessment

High Quality BLS

• Maintains Adequate Blood Supply To Brain and Vital Organs

Recovery Position

• Adult Recovery Positioning

• BLS for Children and Infants

• Child

Infant under the Age of One

• AED Use in Infant and Children

• Choking - Obtain Consent If Patient Is Alert)

• Adult/Child (Responding)

• Infant (Responding)

• Wheel Chair Bound

Unresponsive choking (all ages)

• All Ages

• CPR Continues Until:

• Measurements of High quality CPR

• Team lead should assess for

• Maternal Cardiac Arrest:

Opioid Overdose

• Respiratory Depression The Hallmark

• Airway Management/Respiratory Arrest

Respitory Distress, Failure, Arrest

Airway Management Is a Fundamental Lifesaving Skill

• Recue Breathing Is Breaths without Compressions

• Advance Airway

• Confirmation of ET Tube

Laryngeal Mask Airway

• ET Suctioning

• Capnography vs. Oximetry

• PETCO – Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide at the End of Expiration.

Five Steps to Interpret a Waveform

Normal Capnogram

Hyperventilation

• Waveform Graphs

Hypoventilation

• SaO2 Level

Capnography Waveform

• Exhalation

Team Dynamics Elements of Team Dynamics and Communication

• Communication

• Roles

• What to Communicate

• How to Communicate

• Debriefing

Management of Arrhythmias

• Secondary Arrhythmias

• Algorithm’s : Stable vs Unstable

• Stable or Unstable

EKGS

• 3 Lead EKG

• 5 Lead EKG

• 12 Lead EKG