STEMI EKG definition : new ST elevation at the J point in 2 contiguous leads of 2mm or more in men or 1.5 mm in women in...

This is somewhat counter-intuitive in that a score of 0 means normal! This system measures deficits, not abilities...

Interrupt CPR for 10 seconds at some point to insert an Endotracheal tube. Remember, 10 seconds means 10 seconds and...

If he can breathe and talk, don't interfere. If he cannot talk, or seems to be in distress or cannot breathe, perform...

If he can breathe and talk, encourage him to cough. If he cannot talk, or seems to be in distress or cannot breathe...

Hold the infant on your forearm and palm, face down. Let your forearm rest on the top of your thigh. Give 5 back blows...

Be sure to use a barrier device when giving breaths. If you dont have a barrier device, just give...

If there is no response, call 911, or call a code if you are in the hospital. Get a defibrillator if available....

If no pulse, start chest compressions. Place the heel of your hand over the breastbone, at the nipple line. Give 30...

Do a head-tilt chin lift to open the airway and give two breaths. Each breath is for one second. Check whether is chest is rising...

CPR sequence is Compressions- Airway - Breathing. The only exception is drowning victims where the sequence is...

Perform 30 chest compressions. Use two fingers and deliver the compressions over the breastbone, just below the nipple line...

If the patient is tachycardia, the technique is to count the number of large boxes between one R wave and the R wave after the next...

Remember, you already have an organized rhythm in PEA. What you dont have is a pulse. So , NO SHOCKS please...

In emergent situation, Magnesium may be given as a loading dose of 2 g in 100 mL D5W, given over 1-2 minutes...

Oxygenation : Maintain SpO2 >94%, Perfusion: Capnography can be used as a guide. Target PETCO2 35-40mm Hg...

In adult CPR, in a patient with no spontaneous breathing, at what frequency will you administer breaths...

"Stable" means he does not have chest pain or shortness of breath or hypotension or altered mental status or any signs...

Read the unstable tachycardia section first. The patient is in stable tachycardia if he does not have any...

NOW MEMORIZE THIS PART: WE CARDIOVERT UNSTABLE TACHYCARDIA.While getting ready to perform cardioversion, have your...

It this was an unwitnessed arrest, meaning it did not happen in front of you, you should give him 5 cycles of CPR...