ACLS

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Across
  1. 5. Two emergency cardiac care programs sponsored by the American Heart Association are BLS and ______
  2. 7. Children experience primarily ______ emergencies
  3. 9. The intubation procedure should last no longer than _____ seconds
  4. 10. The drug of choice for ventricular dysrhythmias
  5. 12. The treatment of choice for unstable ventricular tachycardia is _______ cardioversion
  6. 13. Thrombolytic agent used for the lysis of acute coronary thrombosis
  7. 15. The treatment of choice for complete heart block
  8. 19. The drug of choice for SVT dysrhythmias
  9. 21. The treatment of choice for torsades de pointes is magnesium _______.
  10. 23. The drug of choice for symptomatic bradyarrhythmias
  11. 25. A means of establishing an adequate airway
  12. 26. The drug of choice for ventricular fibrillation, asystole, and pulseless electrical activity
  13. 27. The most people dysrhythmia in seriously ill children
  14. 29. The drug of choice for angina
Down
  1. 1. This rhythm is the most common cause of cardiac arrest in adults (2nd word)
  2. 2. The most appropriate intervention for asystole is to start ______.
  3. 3. Endotracheal tube placement may be verified by auscultation and/or chest _______
  4. 4. This rhythm is the most common cause of cardiac arrest in adults. (1st word only)
  5. 6. The diuretic of choice for pulmonary edema
  6. 8. The treatment of choice for cardiac tamponade
  7. 11. The treatment of choice for ventricular fibrillation
  8. 14. The treatment of choice for stable paroxysmal SVT is the ______ maneuver.
  9. 16. The ideal vein for administering drugs during CPR
  10. 17. Assess for cardiac tamponade by the presence of neck vein ____.
  11. 18. A common cause of pulseless electrical activity
  12. 20. Hypotension may be the result of a rate problem, a volume problem, or a _______ problem
  13. 22. Prior defibrillation attempts you must ____ the patient and the stretcher.
  14. 24. This condition is characterized by electrical activity without a pulse (abbreviation)
  15. 28. The drug of choice for myocardial infarction pain