Post-Cardiac Arrest Quiz 2

1. What is the goal of oxygen saturation during post-cardiac arrest care?

2. Which of the following neurologic events causes respiratory failure due to suppression of the respiratory centers in the brain?

3. Which one of the following interventions is recommended to improve systolic blood pressure in pediatric cardiac arrest patients that have achieved a return of spontaneous circulation?

4. You would like to know if a post-cardiac arrest pediatric patient has adequate oxygenation. What noninvasive device can efficiently measure oxygen saturation?

5. You would like to know if an intubated pediatric patient can maintain an adequate gas exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen. What device do we use to measure the patient’s end-tidal CO2?