You are working in the radiology department as a registered nurse. A panicked secretary calls you to the waiting room where you arrive to find a middle-aged man lying supine on the floor. He appears cyanotic. His wife tells you that they were talking and he suddenly got a funny look on his face and collapsed. He is a diabetic but has no other medical conditions. He was here to have a painful ankle imaged. You instruct the secretary to call for the cardiac arrest team and to send the x-ray technician to retrieve the department defibrillator.
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Question 1 of 5
Your assessment of the patient begins with:
Question 2 of 5
You determine that he is breathing agonal, about two times per minute. You are unsure if you feel a pulse or not. Your next step is to:
Question 3 of 5
Compressions should be done:
Question 4 of 5
You perform 30 compressions being sure that the chest has complete recoil between each compression. Your next step is to:
Question 5 of 5
The x-ray technician arrives with the monitor/defibrillator and attaches it. The monitor reveals ventricular fibrillation. You should:
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