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May 18, 2012
 
According to 2010 CPR Guidelines
(2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science)
in the “Adult Cardiac Arrest”Algorithm (Figure 1, p S736)
which drug(s) do/does not appear on the algorithm?
A) Amiodarone
B) Epinephrine
C) Vasopressin
D) Procainamide, Lidocaine
   
May 17, 2012
According to 2010 CPR Guidelines: Adult ACLS p S739, S744
(2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science)
“with refractory VF/pulseless VT . . . If Amiodarone is unavailable, ___________ may be considered, but . . . has not been demonstrated to improve rates of ROSC . . . ”
“ . . . has no proven short- or long-term efficacy in cardiac arrest.”
(ROSC = return of spontaneous circulation)
A) Procaimamide
B) Sotalol
C) Lidocaine
D) Dofetilide
Weekly Quiz for the General Public
May 16, 2012
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and May 19th is Hepatitis Testing Day. According to the CDC (Hepatitis C FAQs for the Public, 2012),
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/C/cFAQ.htm
“Who should get tested for Hepatitis C?” (partial list)
a) “You are a current or former injection drug user, even if you injected only one time or many years ago.”
b) “You received a blood transfusion or organ transplant before July 1992.”
c) “You are on long-term hemodialysis treatment.”
d) “You are infected with HIV.” or any of the above.
May 16, 2012
According to 2010 CPR Guidelines
(2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science)
for “Drug Therapy in VF/Pulseless VT”
(p S739)
“____________ may be considered when VF/VT is unresponsive to CPR, defibrillation, and vasopressor therapy” “Magnesium sulfate should be considered only for torsades de pointes associated with a long QT interval”
A) Lidocaine
B) Amiodarone
C) Amiodarone or Procainamide
D) Amiodarone, Lidocaine or Procainamide
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