Question 163 · LEK · Defibrillation
After defibrillation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation the ECG should be evaluated:
- A. directly after defibrillation, but it should not take more than 5 seconds.
- B. directly after defibrillation, but it should not take more than 10 seconds.
- C. after 1 min of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- D. after 2 min of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation or earlier if the signs of spontaneous circulation occurred.
- E. after 5 min of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation or earlier if the signs of spontaneous circulation occurred.
Hint
Recall how long one CPR cycle lasts in the ALS algorithm before the next pause for rhythm analysis.
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