Question 88 · LEK · Reversible causes of cardiac arrest
The potentially reversible causes of cardiac arrest (so-called ‘four H’) do not include:
- A. hypoxia.
- B. hypovolemia.
- C. hypercalcaemia.
- D. hyperkalaemia.
- E. hypothermia.
Hint
Recall the four H items of the ERC list and check which electrolyte disorder is named there explicitly.
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