Author Question: An advantage of the automated external defibrillator (AED) is: A. Health care providers do not ... (Read 23 times)

iveyjurea · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

An advantage of the automated external defibrillator (AED) is:

A. Health care providers do not need to learn CPR to use the AED
B. The health care provider is given a printout of the rhythm change
C. The health care provider uses both CPR skills and AED skills safely
D. The health care provider can adjust the level of shock administered

Question 2

On admission to the hospital, a terminal cancer patient says he has a living will. This document functions to state the client's desire to:

A. Receive all means of technical assistance and equipment used to prolong his life
B. Have his wife make decisions regarding his care
C. Be allowed to die without life-prolonging techniques
D. Have a lethal injection administered to relieve his suffering

orangecrush · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
A and C. The advantage of the AED is that laypeople or health care providers trained in basic life support, who have less training than ACLS personnel, can defibrillate.
B. AEDs eliminate the training in rhythm interpretation and make early defibrillation practical and achievable. The AED is an automated external defibrillator that incorporates a rhythm analysis system.
D. Upon rhythm identification, some AEDs will automatically provide the electrical shock after a verbal warning (fully automated). Other AEDs will recommend a shock, if needed, and then prompt the responder to press the shock button.

Answer to Question 2

C
C. A living will is an advance directive, prepared when the individual is competent and able to make decisions, regarding that person's specific instruction about end-of-life care. Living wills allow people to specify whether they would want to be intubated, treated with pressor drugs, shocked with electricity, and fed or hydrated intravenously.
A. A living will specifies what interventions the client does not want, so that his or her life will not be prolonged.
B. If his wife had power of attorney, she would be able to make decisions regarding the client's care.
D. Assisted suicide, such as a lethal injection, is not a function of a living will. A living will defines a client's wishes for withholding of treatment that would prolong his or her life.