Assessment Quiz 8

1. The rationale for the removal of the “look, listen, and feel” step that used to be part of the initial BLS survey was based on:

2. The sensor for quantitative waveform capnography attaches to which one of the following medical devices?

3. Using the systematic approach, if a patient appears conscious, the rescuer should use which survey for the INITIAL assessment?  

4. Waveform capnography measures which physiologic variable when treating a patient with cardiac arrest in pulseless ventricular tachycardia?

5. What is a significant problem when providing ACLS to patients with cardiac arrest secondary to hypothermia?

6. What is the clinical condition where blood or fluid accumulates between the pericardium and heart wall secondary to trauma or infection and causes the pericardium to stretch to its elastic limit, which will restrict cardiac motion, leading to cardiac arrest?

7. What is the clinical condition wherein air leakage from a damaged lung within the thoracic cavity compresses cardiac vessels and leads to cardiac arrest?

8. What is the first thing to check upon seeing an unresponsive person on the ground?

9. What is the goal of responders during the BLS assessment?

10. What physiologic parameter does waveform capnography measure?