ACLS Questions and Answers
Graded A+
What is a system?
a group of interdependent components that regularly interact to form a whole
What does healthcare delivery require?
Structure and processes that when integrated
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ACLS Questions and Answers
Graded A+
What is a system?
a group of interdependent components that regularly interact to form a whole
What does healthcare delivery require?
Structure and processes that when integrated produce a system
What are the 4 elements of the system of care?
structure, processes, system, and patient outcome
What is the reason for systems?
for individuals and groups to share information, so that they can evaluate and improve their
system
What are important components of team approach?
Leadership and accountability
What does continous quality improvement process consist of?
systematically evaluating care and outcome
Creating benchmarks with stakeholder feedback
Strategically addressing identified deficiences.
What factors have been associated with improved survival in patients with cardiac arrest?
-Training healthcare providers
-Proactive planning and simulation of cardiac arrest
-Rapidly recocognizing sudden cardiac arrest
-Immediately providing high-quality CPR
-providing early defibrillation
-Providing goal-directed, time-sensitive post-cardiac arrest care
Among others which of the following factors has been assocaited with improved survival in
patients with cardiac arrest?
Immediate high-quality CPR
What is the first link in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest chain of survival?
Activation of emergency response
What is the purpose of a rapid response team or medical emergency team?
to improve patients outcomes by identifying and treating early clincal deterioration
What are the components of the rapid response system?
Event detectoin and response triggering arm
A planned response arm, such as a RRT or MET
Quality monitoring
Adminstrative support
What is the critera for adult patients to determine when to act?
airway compromise
RR- less than 6 or greater that 30
HR less than 40 or greater than 140
BP less than 90 or symptomatic hypertension
unexpected decrease in LOC
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What are signs of clinical deterioration that would prompt the activation of the rapid response
system?
unexplained agitiation, symptomatic hypertension, seizure
What is the chain of survival?
is a metaphor used to organize and describe the integrated set of time-sensitive coordinated
actions necessary to maximize survival
In hospital cardiac arrest (IHCAS) are often preceded by what?
changes in patient's vital signs
How do you decrease the number of In hospital cardiac arrests? (IHCAS)
Rapidly assess and intervene when patients have abnormal vital signs
In addition to decreased IHCA, what are some other benefits of implementing a rapid response
system?
--Decreased ICU length of stay
--Decreased in total hospital length of stay
What does a high-performance team need to focus on to function effectively?
timing, quality, coordination and administration
Which component of effectice high-performance teams is represented by the use of real-time
feedback devices?
quality
What is the main advantage of effective teamwork?
Division of tasks
What does the team lead must focus on?
comphrensive patient care
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