Shock / Review from Previous Sections

Complications associated with chest compressions include all of the following, EXCEPT:

• gastric distension.
• rib fractures.
  
• a fractured sternum.
  
• liver laceration
  

Hemoglobin is a molecule that attaches to ___________ and carries oxygen.

• thrombocytes
  
• leukocytes
  
• monocytes
  
• erythrocytes
  

Your protocols state that during the first few minutes of working on a cardiac arrest patient, you should provide passive ventilation. This means that you will:

• time your positive-pressure ventilations to occur during chest recoil.
• allow recoil of the chest between compressions to draw air into the lungs.
• deliver positive-pressure ventilation at rate of only 5 or 6 breaths/min.
• ventilate with a bag-valve mask that is not attached to oxygen.

Shock due to severe infection is called ________.

• septic shock 
• neurogenic shock
• anaphylactic shock
• hypovolemic shock

Burns tend to result in hypovolemic shock resultant from a loss in:

• whole blood
• erythrocytes
• plasma
• platelets

You recognize that your patient may be in shock, but his body has been able to maintain adequate circulation. You recognize this patient is in:

• late shock
• irreversible shock
• compensated shock
• decompensated shock

Clinical signs of labored breathing include all of the following, EXCEPT:

• supraclavicular retractions.
• gasping attempts to breathe.
• use of accessory muscles.
• shallow chest movement.

A patient with spontaneous respirations is breathing:

• without assistance.
  
• with shallow depth.
• without difficulty.
• at a normal rate.

Inadequate circulation of blood throughout the body is called ________.

• shock
• hypotension
• hypoxia
• perfusion

In order to maintain the function of vital organs, the body will direct blood from organs that are more tolerant of this low flow, such as:

• the brain
• the heart
• the lungs
• the skin