CPR Post-Resuscitation Care & Recovery 3

Question 1

What is the primary goal of targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest?

Accepted Answer

Protect the brain and improve neurological outcome

Answer

Controlled temperature reduces secondary brain injury and improves the chance of good neurological recovery.

Question 2

Which laboratory abnormality is commonly monitored and corrected during post-resuscitation care?

Accepted Answer

Blood glucose

Answer

Both high and low blood glucose worsen outcomes, so glucose is monitored and kept in a moderate range.

Question 3

During rewarming after targeted temperature management, what should be avoided?

Accepted Answer

Rapid rewarming and rebound fever

Answer

Rewarming should be slow and fever afterward must be prevented because it harms the brain.

Question 4

Why is hyperventilation harmful in the post-arrest period?

Accepted Answer

It reduces cerebral blood flow and cardiac output

Answer

Excessive ventilation lowers CO2, constricting cerebral vessels and reducing both brain and heart output.

Question 5

What does the term post-cardiac arrest syndrome describe?

Accepted Answer

Brain injury, myocardial dysfunction, and systemic ischemia-reperfusion

Answer

Post-cardiac arrest syndrome combines brain injury, heart dysfunction, and whole-body reperfusion injury.

CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) Practice Test