ACLS EP Special Considerations Quiz 2

1. In a drowning scenario, upon bringing the patient out of the water to a safe environment, rescuers should: 

2. In the ED, you are asked to rate the severity of a patient with an asthma exacerbation. Oxygen saturation on room air is 88%, respiratory rate is 32 breaths/min with the use of accessory muscles, heart rate is 124 bpm, and the patient is agitated. He is answering your questions using one or two words and is obviously breathless. You would rate the severity of the condition as:

3. Internal active warming techniques include all of the following EXCEPT: 

4. Of the following, which patient should have cardiac arrest resuscitation efforts terminated at once? 

5. The team should be aware that following treatment for anaphylaxis there is a probability for symptom recurrence that may be as high as:

6. The type of lightning strike that is most common is one in which the patient absorbs current extending radially from an object on the ground that is hit directly. This type of strike is called a(n): 

7. What is the correct sequence of physiologic changes associated with hypothermia?

8. What is the most common acid-base disturbance in diabetic ketoacidosis?

9. When an electric shock causes direct injury to cardiac tissue, the damage usually occurs in which area of the heart:

10. When determining the prognosis for a patient after a drowning incident, the clinician is aware that all of the following are associated with 100% mortality EXCEPT: