CLINICAL-PHARMACY-CARDIOPULMONARY-ARREST.docx

Ventilatory aids

Ventilatory aids

________ like oropharyngeal airway (OPA) and the nasopharyngeal airway (NPA) may be used if the rescuer is experiencing difficulty in ventilating the patient.

Antiarrhythmic therapy

________ with amiodarone may be started after recurrent electrical instability and failed defibrillation.

biphasic waveform

A defibrillator with a(n) ________ is preferred over monophasic.

public use

If defibrillation is available for ________, then it should be activated and used if needed.

cardiopulmonary arrest

Men and women in middle- age have different susceptibilities to ________; however, the sex differences decrease with increasing age.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

________ should be carried out whilst the AED is being charged.

Compression

________ should start within 10 seconds of diagnosing cardiopulmonary arrest.

Respiratory Muscle Weakness

________: due to spinal cord injury.

essential element

The rapidity by which defibrillation is performed is a(n) ________ for improving patient outcomes.

Calcium gluconate

________ is not considered safe, and its use is only reserved for patients having hyperkalemia or have taken a lethal dose of calcium channel blocker.

nonconventional responders

The AEDs are easily handled via ________, for instance: ambulance drivers, police officers, firefighters, security guards, and laypersons.

cardiopulmonary arrest

The ________ could be reversed by two main interventions, i.e., early CPR and early Automated external defibrillation (AED)

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

________ should not be interrupted for doing blood or radiological investigation.

cardiopulmonary arrest

The identification of a(n) ________ victim includes ensuring that the patient is unresponsive, pulseless, and having abnormal breathing.

cardiopulmonary arrest

There are various causes for ________ in adults which varies by age and population.

cardiopulmonary arrest

Patients with ________ due to myocardial ischemia should be managed by surgical, pharmacological (anti ischemia therapy), and radiological intervention so that long term survival can be improved.

cardiopulmonary arrest

Confirming ________ need careful examination of the patient's level of consciousness, skin color, breathing movement, and arterial pulse either in the carotid or femoral artery.

Respiratory Muscle Weakness

due to spinal cord injury

The AEDs are easily handled via nonconventional responders, for instance

ambulance drivers, police officers, firefighters, security guards, and laypersons