AHA PALS EXAM REVIEW 60 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024-2025
ALREADY GRADED A+.NEWEST
VERSION
1. What is the target respiratory rate?: 20 to 30 breath a minute
2. Why do we use cuffed ET tubes?: To improve accuracy of capnography
increased risk of aspiration
3. When do we consider naloxone?: (Narcan) in respiratory arrest due to
suspected opioid overdose
4. What is the fluid bolus for sepsis?: 10-20 ml/kg
5. You're in public and you see a child laying on the ground. What do you
do?: Check route for responsiveness shout for help activate EMS. Assess for
breathing and pulse taking no more than 10 seconds. Feel break your pulse and
infant, carotid or femoral pulse in child.
6. What do you do if the heart rate is less than 60 bpm with signs of poor
perfusion?: Start CPR
7. What do you do if the heart rate is greater than 60 bpm?: Continue rescue,
breathing and check the pulse every two minutes
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, 8. What do you do if you were alone and witness collapse?: Activate EMS 9.
What do you do if you are alone and witness to collapse, but there is no
sudden arrest: Activate EMS after two minutes of CPR
10. How do you give infant compressions?: Two finger or two thumb and circling
hands technique
11. How do you give a child compressions: One or two hands
12. What is the compression rate?: 100 to 120 bpm
13. What is the compression of ventilation rate for single rescuers?: 30:2
14. What is the compression to ventilation rate for two rescuers present?: 15:2
15. What is the A in the pediatric assessment triangle and what does it
signify?: Appearance, including interactivity, muscle tone, cry, TICLS tone
interactiveness consult ability looks/gaze speech/cry
16. What is the B in the pediatric assessment triangle: Work of breathing,
tripod, sniffing position, nasal flaring, retractions, audible breath sounds(grunting,
strider wheezing)
17. What is the C in the pediatric assessment triangle: Circulation, pale
model, cyanotic, petechia púrpura or obvious bleeding
18. What is something you see in early sepsis: Flash, capillary, refill and
bounding pulses
19. What are the GCS for mild moderate and severe head injuries: Mild 13
to 15 Moderate 9 to 12 Severe 3 to 8
20. What levels are considered hypoglycemia?: But glucose less than 45 in
the newborn blood glucose 60 or less in a child
21 Is strider/barking an upper airway obstruction or a lower airway
obstruction: Upper
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