A pre-hospital team attends a 55-year-old male who has collapsed at the gym. He is in VF cardiac arrest. The gym has a public-access AED which has alr...

Question

A pre-hospital team attends a 55-year-old male who has collapsed at the gym. He is in VF cardiac arrest. The gym has a public-access AED which has already delivered one shock. Your team arrives with a manual defibrillator. The AED shock was delivered 3 minutes ago. According to the ALS algorithm, what is the next action?

Accepted Answer

Continue CPR for the remainder of the 2-minute cycle from the AED shock, then perform a rhythm check with the manual defibrillator - do NOT interrupt CPR to switch devices unless the rhythm check is due

Answer

Immediately stop CPR, remove AED pads, apply manual defibrillator pads, and analyse the rhythm

Answer

Deliver an immediate shock with the manual defibrillator without rhythm analysis

Answer

The AED should continue to be used - do not switch to a manual defibrillator

Answer

Wait 5 minutes before switching from AED to manual defibrillator

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): AED to Manual Defibrillator Transition