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Cardiac Emergencies EMSP 344 Draft
7. Deliver first cycle of compressions at correct rate (>100 compressions per minute) 1
11. Deliver third cycle of compressions of adequate depth with full chest recoil 1
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Adult CHOKING
Points Points
Actions
Possible Awarded
1. Takes or verbalizes body substance isolation precautions 1
Responsive Patient
2. Airway
Ask the victim, “Are you choking?”
Determine whether complete airway obstruction is present:
If the victim can talk or is coughing, it is a partial airway obstruction. 2
Encourage them to cough forcefully to dislodge the obstruction.
If the victim cannot cough, has a very weak cough, or is cyanotic, treat the
patient as if there is a severe airway obstruction and begin abdominal thrusts.
3. Perform abdominal thrusts
Position yourself behind the victim.
Make a fist, and place the thumb side of this fist against the midline of the
patient’s abdomen between waist and rib cage.
Grasp your properly positioned fist with your other hand and apply pressure 2
inward and up toward the patient’s head in a smooth, quick movement. Each
thrust should be distinct and be delivered with the intent of relieving the
airway obstruction.
Give five abdominal thrusts.
4. Reassess
If the obstruction is not relieved after a series of five thrusts, reassess your
position and the patient’s airway.
Repeat the sequence of thrusts and assessments until the obstruction is
relieved or the patient loses consciousness.
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Infant CHOKING
Points Points
Actions
Possible Awarded
1. Takes or verbalizes body substance isolation precautions 1
2. Student states, “some of the signs of severe airway obstruction are: poor or no air
exchange, weak, ineffective cough, high-pitched sounds while inhaling, turning 1
blue, unable to cry or make sounds, unable to move air”.
3. Airway Maneuver
Kneel or sit with the infant in your lap. If easy to do, bare infant’s chest.
Hold infant face down with head slightly lower than the chest, resting on you
forearm.
Support head and jaw with your hand.
Deliver up to five back slaps forcefully between the infant’s shoulder blades,
using the heel of your hand. 6
Place your free hand on the infant’s back, supporting the back of the infant’s
head with the palm. Turn the infant as a unit while carefully supporting the
head and neck. Hold the infant on his back with your forearm resting on your
thigh. Keep the infant’s head lower than the trunk.
Provide up to five quick downward chest thrusts in the same location as chest
compressions – just below the nipple line.
4. Assess
Repeat until the object is dislodged or the victim becomes unresponsive. Do
not perform blind finger sweeps because the foreign body may be pushed back 2
into the airway causing further obstruction or injury.
If the infant becomes unresponsive, stop back slaps and begin CPR.
Total 10
Manual Defibrillation
Points Points
Actions
Possible Awarded
1. Takes standard precautions. 0.5
2. Recognizes the need for defibrillation 1*
3. Ensures quality CPR is being performed while preparing monitor 0.5
4. Turns on monitor/defibrillator and selects paddles or pads lead. 0.5
5. Perform skin preparation (drying chest, shaving chest, applying conductive
1*
medium, removing medication patches, etc. if necessary).
6. Places pads or paddles correctly and demonstrates or verbalizes application of
0.5
firm pressure if using paddles.
7. Verbalizes identification of ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia
1*
on monitor.
8. Sets appropriate defibrillator energy level. 1
9. Charges defibrillator. (Compressions may continue throughout charge) 0.5
10.Says "CLEAR” and visually checks that other rescuers are clear of patient. and
1*
remove oxygen
11.Delivers shock. 0.5
12.Immediately directs assistants to resume CPR. 1
13.CPR consists of 30:2 for 2 minutes or compressions at least 100 b/min 1
Total 10
Synchronized Cardioversion
Points Points
Actions
Possible Awarded
1. Takes standard precautions. 0.5
2. Turn the monitor on and apply the pads to patient 0.5
3. Confirms the dysrhythmia 1*
4. Sedate the patient if time permits(Consider midazolam for sedation) 0.5
5. Ensure that the “SYNC” button is pressed. And there are markers on the R
1*
waves
6. Select appropriate cardioversion dose (monitor specific) 1
7. State, “stand clear, charging pads 1
8. Charge the defibrillator 0.5
9. Check personal, state all clear and do a visual check and reconfirm rhythm 1
10.Deliver the energy 1
11.Check pulse and reassess the patient 0.5
12.If patient does not convert, check that synchronization is still on, increase the
energy (120J, 150J, 200J) and shock again / continue with the appropriate 1*
protocol
13.Record the procedure 0.5
Total 10
1.
Rate: Rhythm:
P Wave: QRS complex:
PR Interval: Interpretation:
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Chest Auscultation
Actions Points Points
Takes or verbalizes body substance isolation precautions Possibl Awarde
1
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Direct patient to breathe deeply through an open mouth. 1
Place stethoscope diaphragm directly on patient’s skin. 1
Listen
In a minimum of 4 fields anterior (front) and posterior (back):
Anterior
3 fingers breadth below the clavicle at the midclavicular line, on right and
left sides.
Just below the nipple line (6th intercostals space) midaxillary, on right and 7
left sides.
Posterior
Upper back, 3 fingers breadth below the shoulder (not over the scapular
bone), on right and left sides.
3 fingers breadth below the scapular bone, on right and left sides.
Total 10
Pulse Assessment
Points Points
Actions
Possible Awarded
1. Don appropriate standard precautions 1*
2. Choose site & Palpate Pulse
1) Carotid (lateral to thyroid cartilage and trachea)
2) Brachial (medial aspect of upper arm parallel to humerus)
3) Radial (thumb side of wrist)
4) Ulnar (little finger side of wrist)
1
5) Femoral (medial aspect of the inguinal fossa; two-thirds the distance
between the hip and groin)
6) Popliteal (behind knee)
7) Dorsalis pedis (top of foot)
8) Posterior tibial (behind medial malleolus)
3. Press lightly over area with fingertips of index, middle and ring fingers
1*
(Certain sites may require more pressure as the arteries lie deeper)
Evaluate Pulse
4. Evaluate rate
Count pulse beats for 30 seconds and multiply by 2 to obtain beats per minute, or
2*
Count pulse beats for 15 seconds and multiply by 4 to obtain beats per minute
If pulse is irregular, count for 60 seconds
Descriptors: normal, tachycardic, bradycardic
5. Evaluate regularity: Pattern and equality of intervals between beats
2
Descriptors: regular, regularly irregular, irregularly irregular
6. Evaluate quality 1
7. Strength of pulse 1
8. Compare a central pulse (femoral, carotid) to a peripheral one (e.g., radial or
1
brachial) Descriptors: bounding, strong, normal, weak, thready
Total 10