Case Entry - Ineffective Breathing Descriptors

Question 1

Agonal Breathing

Answer 1

Patient unconscious, more than 8 seconds in between breaths. Check for 4 breaths.

Question 2

Agonal Breathing Verbatim

Answer 2

“I want you to say [now] everytime he/she takes a breath, starting immediately”

Question 3

What is Agonal Breathing

Answer 3

Ineffective, deteriorating breathing pattern that lingers after heart stops pumping blood to brain

Question 4

What is uncertain breathing?

Answer 4

When 2nd party caller is unsure or ambigious when asked if unconscious patient is breathing

Question 5

What is considered “offered responses” to ECHO Entry Questions?

Answer 5

None/uncertain breathing, Hanging/Strangulation, Suffocation, Obstruction, Drowning, Underwater

Question 6

What are reasonable equivalents when volunteered in ECHO Entry Questions?

Answer 6

“barely breathing, fighting for air, gasping, making funny noises, turning blue”