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Memory Joggers: ACLS Pulseless Electrical Activity

Reviewed 8-2004
  • Assess responsiveness
  • Active EMS
  • Call for defibrillator
  • Head tilt, chin left, look, listen & feel for breathing
  • Give 2 breaths
  • Look for signs of circulation including a pulse
  • No pulse, start CPR at a rate of 15:2
  • Attach monitor with Quick combo patches
  • Identify rhythm without a pulse
  • Continue CPR
  • Intubate and confirm with 5 point auscultation & end CO2 detector (if available)
  • Start IV in antecubital with large angio cath
  • Consider and treat the causes: Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Cardiac tamonade, Tension pneumothorax, Hypothermia, Pulmonary embolism, Drug overdoeses, hyperkalemia, Acidosis, Myocardial infarction
  • Epinephrine 1mg. IV push, repeat every 3-5 min.
  • Check pulse. Contiue CPR
  • If PEA rate is slow, give atropine 1 mg IV. Repeat every 3-5 min to a total of 0.04 mg/kg (about 3 doses)
  • Check pulse. Continue CPR
  • Sodium bicarbonate 1 mEq/kg if patient has known preexisting hyperkalemia. Ventilate patient well.

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