Question 48 · LDEK · Cardiac arrest
The potentially reversible causes of sudden cardiac arrest denoted as ‘4H’ do not include:
- A. hypoxia.
- B. hypovolemia.
- C. hypocalcemia.
- D. hypothermia.
- E. hyperkalemia.
Hint
Go through the ERC 4H mnemonic: low oxygen, low volume, potassium and metabolic disorders, abnormal body temperature.
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