The extremely poor resuscitation rate for TCPA patients is probably due to:
a. lack of recognition by bystanders and prolonged time to call for EMS
b. many patients had been hypoxic for a prolonged period of time before the arrest
c. nonaggressiveness on the part of first responders and EMS personnel
d. the fact that all TCPA patents bleed out before EMS can arrive on-scene
Question 2More than 90 of childhood deaths are from ________that occur in children under 5 years of age.
a. scald burns from abuse
b. accidental poisonings
c. diaphragmatic hernias
d. foreign body aspiration
Question 3What is commotio cordis?
a. V-Fib triggered by a blow to the anterior chest wall during cardiac repolarization
b. V-Fib triggered by a blow to the anterior chest wall during cardiac depolarization
c. V-Fib triggered by a blow to the posterior chest wall during cardiac repolarization
d. V-Fib triggered by a blow to the posterior chest during cardiac depolarization
Question 4Which of the following does NOT make up Beck's triad?
a. hypotension
b. muffled heart tones
c. diminished lung sounds
d. jugular vein distention