Nurses General Nursing
Published Sep 7, 2011
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DaughteroftheKing
213 Posts
I did :) Got the two day class woohoo!
Zookeeper3
1,361 Posts
You MUST know the lethal rhythms, 3rd degree block, vfib, vtach, and how to pace brady with symptoms. Asystole and PEA is the same thing, only you try to find out the "H"'s of the cause of PEA.
Once you know this... look listen, feel... the basics then two minutes of CPR long before epi is pushed. Just call vasopressin and you're good for 20 minutes.
ACLS is no longer the chemistry expirament it used to be, keep with the basics, stay on the chest for two minutes, pulse and rhythm check, switch compressors and treat the rhythm at the 2 minute mark.
Do not make this difficult, it may be foreign, but ask an ACLS teacher to walk you through if this is new to you.