ROLE Criteria

0.0(0)
Studied by 1 person
call kaiCall Kai
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
GameKnowt Play
Card Sorting

1/3

flashcard set

Earn XP

Description and Tags

Last updated 10:24 AM on 10/4/22
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced
Call with Kai

No analytics yet

Send a link to your students to track their progress

4 Terms

1
New cards
Under what conditions would you not resuscitate?
- Hemicorporectomy
- Massive cranial or cerebral destruction
- Massive truncal injury incompatible with life including decapitation
- Decomposition/putrefaction
- Incineration
- Hypostasis
- Rigor mortis
- Fetal maceration
2
New cards
When can resuscitation be discontinued?
- Presence of a DNAR
- Patients death is expected due to long term illness
- Submersion of adults for longer than an hour
- Submersion of a child for longer than 1.5 hours
3
New cards
What conditions must all be present to make resuscitation futile?
- 15 minutes since onset of collapse
- No bystander CPR prior to ambulance arrival
- Asystole on ECG for more than 30 seconds
- Absence of exclusion factors
4
New cards
What are the exclusion factors?
- Drowning
- Hypothermia
- Poisoning
- Overdose
- Pregnancy