Special circumstances in ALS quiz

In which conditions, according to JRCALC, would you consider early endotracheal intubation in a cardiac arrest scenario?

Manual compression of a hyper-inflated chest may be required during cardiac arrest when caused by:

In a cardiac arrest patient, the temperature you record is 29.4°C. How does this affect your initial arrest treatment?

It is recommended in JRCALC to give large quantities of Naloxone to an opioid toxicity patient after cardiac arrest is confirmed?

The dosage and administration of Naloxone in an opioid overdose-related cardiac arrest patient is the same as in a patient with respiratory arrest or depression from a different cause?

What immediate additional modifications should be applied as soon as possible when attending a maternal arrest?

You are attending a drowning cardiac arrest. The patient is 36 years of age. What further considerations or modifications to normal ALS practice would apply?

You are attending a paediatric cardiac arrest. The patient has been pulled from the water 45 minutes after being fully submerged. The water is recorded at 10°C. Do you start your ALS protocol?

What makes up the H’s and T’s of reversible causes for cardiac arrest?

What does HOTT stand for?

What treatments would you apply when completing the hypovolaemia component of a HOTT cardiac arrest scenario?

You are attending a 30-year-old patient who has fallen 15m from scaffolding. Bystanders state that he complained of heat and dizziness, and while climbing down, collapsed and fell sideways. He was initially breathing but is now in confirmed cardiac arrest. Which algorithm should you follow?

After a witnessed traumatic cardiac arrest, what is the most common rhythm monitored on the defibrillator?

Once ROSC is achieved in a trauma patient, what systolic blood pressure should we aim for when giving fluid boluses? 

In which cardiac arrest circumstances should you limit on-scene time to 5 minutes if ROSC is not achieved within that time?