ACLS Practice Questions   ACLS PALS

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“Quality CPR” includes providing compressions “hard and fast” at the rate of 100/minute; allowing the chest to fully recoil between each delivered compression; AVOID hyperventilation; and avoid or minimize interruptions to CPR.

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Keeping children with respiratory distress relaxed and quiet is the safest and ideal way to manage them. Agitation, screaming and crying may worsen airway swelling and/or bronchospasm. Additionally, a struggling child requires increased oxygen consumption, which should be avoided. Using individuals whom the child is comfortable with is often an easy solution. All pediatric patients with signs of potential respiratory dysfunction should receive supplemental oxygen.

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When an arrhythmia reduces cardiac output, and signs of shock and deterioration can be seen, electrical cardioversion should be undertaken immediately. Left untreated, a patient with an unstable tachycardia could end up in cardiac arrest.

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Children who desaturate enough hemoglobin to produce cyanosis are at high risk for cardiopulmonary arrest. Cyanosis should be treated immediately to prevent organ damage and/or arrest.

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Manufacturers supply pediatric chest patches that better fit the smaller chest. In an extreme emergency, if only larger adult patches are available, place the patch in an anterior/posterior* position, making certain there is no contact between the two electrodes.

*Place one patch on the front of the chest, over the heart, left of the sternum if possible. Place the second patch at the cardiac level on the rear chest.