ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support

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Question 4

Greater defibrillating current is expected with which of the following?

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  • successive countershocks

  • firm paddle pressure

  • use of conductive medium

  • lower body weight

Question 5

Intubation with an endotracheal tube:

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  • allows adjunctive ventilatory equipment to be used effectively

  • decreases the risk of aspiration

  • is the first priority in ventricular fibrillation

  • if performed improperly may result in only one lung being inflated

Question 6

Which of the following patients require intubation?

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  • conscious with a suspected stroke

  • unconscious with no gag reflex

  • normotensive with third degree heart block

  • cardiac arrest after three unsuccessful countershocks