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Your patient suddenly becomes unconscious and you see a chaotic baseline with no organized complexes on the ECG.  The patient is pulseless, you should

A 42 year old patient complains of substernal chest pain radiating into their jaw and unrelieved by rest.  Their pain is an 8/10 and they report no previous cardiac history.  Their pulse is regular and their ECG is normal. Vitals HR 100, BP 130/80, SpO2 98%, RR 24. Select the most appropriate treatment plan.

Your adult patient has a prolapsed mitral valve. In what way does this affect his valve’s functioning?

What is the purpose of defibrillation ?

You are treating an 80-year-old female diabetic complaining of chest pain and dyspnea.  She’s been moving furniture over the past couple of days and is under stress to move from her house. P 88, R 26, SpO2 88%, BP 128/80, CBG 100. You should administer (Choose the three answers that are correct)

A patient tells you that he experiences spells of chest pain while at rest. This is referred to as

An 88-year-old female collapses in front of her family.  You arrive five minutes after her collapse.  She is apneic and pulseless and the monitor displays pulseless electrical activity. After starting CPR, you should (Choose the two answers that are correct)

The reactivation of myocardial tissue for the second or subsequent time by the same impulse is called

The inability to sleep lying flat, due to increasing dyspnea, is known as:

Identify this rhythm