Cardiac Arrest Nursing Interventions for Certified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR)
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Cardiac Arrest Nursing Interventions
Guidelines:
- Train
- Screen risk patients
- Identify
- Alarm
- ACLS
- Preserve field as possible
- Anticipate internal massage
- Unique needs of surgical procedure (open abd)
- REVERSIBLE CAUSES
Considerations:
- Foot traffic
- Sterility
- Compressions alongside surgery
- Reversible cause?
- Know patient history
- Cards pre-op
- Emergency instrument cart
- checks
- Anticipate high risk patient
- back pad before induction?
Nurse’s role:
- Train
- Identify
- Alarm
- ACLS
- Anticipate needs
- REVERSIBLE CAUSES
Pitfalls:
- Delayed alarm
- Improper carts
- No training
Examples:
- Hysteroscopy patient codes mid diagnostic. (call code, acls, abort hysteroscopy) CABG patient arrests unexpectedly (pads on field, notify, anticipate needs, causes)
Linchpins (Key Points):
- Train for standard response plus unique surgical nuance to each patient
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References
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses. (2022). Guidelines for Perioperative Practice (2022 ed.).
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