Question - 1 - vuyyuru

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Q) A 47-year-old Caucasian man is playing tennis, when a thunderstorm occurs. He gets struck by lightning, and is thrown several feet away by the force of the bolt of lightning. Emergency medical services arrive shortly, find him in cardiac arrest, and begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The patient fails to respond to the CPR. Which of the following is the most appropriate intervention?

A. Epinephrine.
B. Lidocaine.
C. Defibrillation
D. Amiodarone
E. Atropine.

[ArchivalUser]

A,

vuyyuru--What's the source of these Qs? I'm not opening the rest of them because I fear if they are from self assessment test!

[ArchivalUser]

epinephrine

[ArchivalUser]

Sorry defibrillator damn dnt read the qs

[ArchivalUser]

I think it should be Defibrillator.
@vuyyuru: It would be awesome if you posted your answers as well.


Thank you.