ACLS Provider Manual Supplementary Material

1 2016 American Heart Association acls Provider Manual Supplementary Material acls Provider Manual Supplementary Material 2016 American Heart Association 2 Contents Airway Management .. 4 Basic Airway Management .. 4 Devices to Provide Supplementary Oxygen .. 4 Overview .. 4 Oxygen Supply .. 4 Nasal Cannula .. 5 Simple Oxygen Face Mask .. 6 Venturi Mask .. 6 Face Mask With Oxygen Reservoir .. 6 Giving Adult Mouth-to-Mask Breaths .. 7 Bag-Mask Ventilation .. 8 Overview .. 8 Tips for Performing Bag-Mask Ventilation .. 9 Ventilation With an Advanced Airway and Chest Compressions .. 11 Advanced Airway Management .. 11 Advanced Airway Adjuncts: Laryngeal Mask Airway .. 11 Overview .. 11 Insertion of the Laryngeal Mask Airway.

2 12 Advanced Airway Adjuncts: Laryngeal Tube .. 13 Overview .. 13 Insertion of the Laryngeal Tube .. 13 Advanced Airway Adjuncts: Esophageal-Tracheal Tube .. 14 Overview .. 14 Insertion of the Esophageal-Tracheal 16 Advanced Airway Adjuncts: ET Intubation .. 17 Overview .. 17 Technique of ET Intubation .. 19 Indications for ET Intubation .. 21 Ventilating With an ET Tube in Place During Chest Compressions .. 21 Tube Trauma and Adverse Effects .. 22 Insertion of ET Tube Into One Bronchus .. 22 Confirmation of ET Tube Placement: Physical Exam .. 23 Confirmation of ET Tube Placement: Qualitative and Quantitative 24 Waveform Capnography .. 24 Quantitative End-Tidal CO2 Monitors (Capnometry) .. 26 Exhaled (Qualitative) CO2 Detectors.

3 26 Esophageal Detector Devices .. 26 acls Core Rhythms .. 29 Recognition of Core Electrocardiogram Arrest Rhythms .. 29 The Basics .. 29 Cardiac Arrest Rhythms and Conditions .. 29 Recognition of Selected Nonarrest ECG Rhythms .. 33 Recognition of Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias (SVTs) .. 33 Recognition of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias .. 37 Recognition of Sinus Bradycardia .. 41 Recognition of AV Block .. 42 VF Treated With CPR and Automated External Defibrillator .. 47 Defibrillation .. 48 Automated External Defibrillator Operation .. 48 Know Your AED .. 48 Universal Steps for Operating an AED .. 48 Troubleshooting the AED .. 50 acls Provider Manual Supplementary Material 2016 American Heart Association 3 Shock First vs CPR First.

4 51 AED Use in Special Situations .. 51 Introduction .. 51 Hairy Chest .. 51 Water .. 51 Implanted Pacemaker .. 52 Transdermal Medication Patches .. 52 Defibrillation and Safety .. 52 Manual Defibrillation .. 52 Using a Manual Defibrillator/ Monitor .. 52 Safety and Clearing the Patient .. 54 Clearing: You and Your Team .. 54 A Final Note About Defibrillators .. 54 Access for Medications .. 55 Intravenous Access .. 55 Using Peripheral Veins for IV Access .. 55 General IV Principles .. 57 Intraosseous Access .. 57 Introduction .. 57 Needles .. 57 58 Indications and Administration .. 58 Contraindications .. 58 Complications .. 58 Equipment Needed .. 58 Procedure .. 59 Follow-up .. 61 Acute Coronary Syndromes .. 62 ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Location and AV Block.

5 62 Right Ventricular Infarction .. 62 AV Block With Inferior MI .. 62 Fibrinolytic Checklist for STEMI .. 63 Human, Ethical, and Legal Dimensions of ECC and acls .. 64 Rescuer and Witness Issues .. 64 How Often Will CPR, Defibrillation, and acls Succeed? .. 64 Take Pride in Your Skills as an acls Provider .. 65 Stress Reactions After Resuscitation Attempts .. 65 Techniques to Reduce Stress in Rescuers and Witnesses .. 66 Psychological Barriers to Action .. 66 Legal and Ethical Issues .. 67 The Right Thing to Do .. 67 Principle of Futility .. 68 Terminating Resuscitative Efforts .. 69 When Not to Start CPR .. 69 Withholding vs Withdrawing CPR .. 70 Withdrawal of Life Support .. 70 Advance Directives, Living Wills, and Patient Self-Determination.

6 71 Out-of-Hospital DNAR Orders .. 72 EMS No-CPR Programs .. 72 Legal Aspects of AED Use .. 73 Providing Emotional Support for the Family .. 74 Conveying News of a Sudden Death to Family Members .. 74 Family Presence During Resuscitation .. 74 Organ and Tissue Donation .. 75 acls Provider Manual Supplementary Material 2016 American Heart Association 4 Airway Management Basic Airway Management Devices to Provide Supplementary Oxygen Overview Oxygen administration is often necessary for patients with acute coronary syndromes, pulmonary distress, or stroke. Various devices can deliver Supplementary oxygen from 21% to 100% (Table 1). This section describes 4 devices to provide Supplementary oxygen: Nasal cannula Simple oxygen face mask Venturi mask Face mask with oxygen reservoir Whenever you care for a patient receiving Supplementary oxygen, quickly verify the proper function of the oxygen delivery system in use.

7 Table 1. Delivery of Supplementary Oxygen: Flow Rates and Percentage of Oxygen Delivered Device Flow Rates (L/min) Delivered Oxygen (%)* Nasal cannula 1 2 3 4 5 6 21-24 25-28 29-32 33-36 37-40 41-44 Simple oxygen face mask 6-10 35-60 Venturi mask 4-8 10-12 24-40 40-50 Face mask with oxygen reservoir (nonrebreathing mask) 10-15 95-100 *Percentages are approximate. Oxygen Supply Oxygen supply refers to an oxygen cylinder or wall unit that connects to an administration device to deliver oxygen to the patient. When the patient is receiving oxygen from one of these systems, be sure to check the following equipment: Oxygen administration device Valve handles to open the cylinder Pressure gauge Flow meter Tubing that connects the oxygen supply to the patient s oxygen administration device acls Provider Manual Supplementary Material 2016 American Heart Association 5 Trained advanced cardiovascular life support ( acls ) providers should be sure they are familiar with all emergency equipment before an emergency arises.

8 Nasal Cannula Traditionally, the nasal cannula (Figure 1) is classified as a low-flow oxygen administration system designed to add oxygen to room air when the patient inspires. The ultimate inspired oxygen concentration is determined by the oxygen flow rate through the cannula and by how deeply and rapidly the patient breathes (minute ventilation), but the nasal cannula can provide up to 44% oxygen as inspired air mixes with room air. Increasing the oxygen flow by 1 L/min (starting with 1 L/min and limited to about 6 L/min) will increase the inspired oxygen concentration by approximately 4%. Recent years have seen the advent of high-flow nasal cannula systems, which allow for flow rates up to (and sometimes exceeding) 60 L/min.

9 Inspired oxygen concentration can be set up to 100%. Note that the use of the nasal cannula requires that the patient have adequate spontaneous respiratory effort, airway protective mechanism, and tidal volume. Indications Patients with arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation less than 94% (less than 90% for acute coronary syndromes [ACS] patients) Patients with minimal respiratory or oxygenation problems Patients who cannot tolerate a face mask Figure 1. A nasal cannula used for Supplementary oxygen delivery in spontaneously breathing patients. acls Provider Manual Supplementary Material 2016 American Heart Association 6 Simple Oxygen Face Mask The simple oxygen face mask delivers low-flow oxygen to the patient s nose and mouth.

10 It can supply up to 60% oxygen with flow rates of 6 to 10 L/min, but the final oxygen concentration is highly dependent on the fit of the mask (Table 1). Oxygen flow rate of at least 6 L/min is needed to prevent rebreathing of exhaled carbon dioxide (CO2) and to maintain increased inspired oxygen concentration. Venturi Mask A Venturi mask enables a more reliable and controlled delivery of oxygen concentrations from 24% to 50% (Table 1). Delivered oxygen concentrations can be adjusted to 24%, 28%, 35%, and 40% by using a flow rate of 4 to 8 L/min and 40% to 50% by using a flow rate of 10 to 12 L/min. Observe the patient closely for respiratory depression. Use a pulse oximeter to titrate quickly to the preferred level of oxygen administration as long as peripheral perfusion is adequate and no shunting has occurred.