Learning objectives
— Recognizing apnea and respiratory failure; beginning bag-mask ventilation; evaluate and improve one’s technique to obtain adequate ventilation.
— Palpating central pulses and measuring arterial blood pressure; measuring peripheral arterial oxygen saturation; performing chest compressions.
— Preparing and administering emergency drugs: obtaining venous access, atropine, epinephrine, beta agonists.
— Preparing and administering infusions of analgesics through a venous line.