Post-ACLS Principles Care Quiz 2

1. In post-cardiac arrest care, a blood pressure reading of 110/70 mm Hg: 

2. You are the nurse responsible for the care of a patient with recent cardiac arrest. He has the following vital signs: HR = 78 bpm, BP = 120/60 mm Hg, ETCO2 = 35 mm Hg, oxygen saturation = 100%, T = 36.8°C. The attending physician asks you to decrease the supplemental oxygen from 3 L/min to 1 L/min. Why have you been advised to decrease the fraction of inspired oxygen once oxyhemoglobin levels reach 100%?

3. In the ACLS post-cardiac arrest care algorithm, the decision to consider induced hypothermia is based on: 

4. Oxygen toxicity is a cause of mortality in the hospital after a patient has been resuscitated. The lowest necessary inspired oxygen supplementation must be administered to the patient. What is the lowest feasible oxygen saturation level to maintain post-cardiac arrest? 

5. Post-cardiac arrest care begins when: 

6. Post-cardiac arrest care commences when: 

7. Post-cardiac arrest patients must maintain which end-tidal CO2 pressure to increase the chance of survival to hospital discharge? 

8. Post-cardiac arrest patients should be maintained with vasopressors to optimize circulation. What is the level at which the systolic blood pressure should be maintained? 

9. Specific post-cardiac arrest management for pulmonary thromboembolism is which one of the following interventions? 

10. The only intervention that has been found to improve neurological recovery after cardiac arrest is: