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Your patient is an 8-year old child with a congenital heart defect. You note that the patient is lethargic and severely hypotensive with a weak carotid pulse that corresponds with the ECG. You are adequately ventilating the patient with a BVM and an OPA. The ECG rhytm is below. Which of the following procedures should be performed NEXT?

Your patient is a 35-year-old woman who is complaining of severe abdominal pain in both lower quadrants. She states that she had a tubal ligation two years ago. Which of the following questions is  most appropriate to ask during your care of this patient?

You have just successfully resuscitated a child from cardiac arrest and he now has spontaneous pulses and respirations. To avoid reperfusion injury, what is the ideal oxygen saturation range that you should maintain?

An 8-year-old child is found in cardiac arrest. You and your partner immediately begin performing CPR. Which compression-to-ventilation ratio should you use?

Your patient is a 6-month old in cardiac arrest. The ECG rhythm is below. Full and adequate CPR is being performed. There are no signs of aspiration and the patient is being ventilated adequately with a BVM and an OPA. Which of the following treatments is required FIRST? 

Most cardiac arrests, in infants and children, are caused by:

The correct CPR compression to ventilation ratio for single rescuer infant CPR is:

7-year-old child has accidentally ingested an unknown quantity of his grandmother’s Valium. She is unresponsive and breathing 8 breaths per minute. Her blood pressure is 74/38, heart rate is 46 per minute and the pulse ox shows 72% on room air. Her ECG is shown below. Which of the following should be performed FIRST?

A 27-year-old pregnant woman was assaulted with a knife. She sustained a large laceration to the upper thigh and has lost a significant amount of blood. Vital signs are: heart rate 106, blood pressure 114/72 mmHg, respirations 18, and her skin is pale and clammy. Which of the following BEST explains this patient’s presentation?

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