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ACLS Practice Questions With Answers 2024

ACLS Practice Questions With Answers 2024
Rate of chest compressions for adults correct answer: 100-120 compressions per minute

Ratio of compressions to breaths in adults correct answer: 30:2

Rate of bag valve mask ventilation for adults in respiratory arrest correct answer: Once every 5-
6 seconds or 10-12 times per minute

Treatments for hypotension following cardiac arrest correct answer: IV dopamine infusion, IV
epinephrine infusion

IV Ringer's lactate, IV normal saline

*The leader in team resuscitation must be able to perform all the skills if needed.* correct
answer:

Recommended ED door-to-balloon inflation time for a STEMI patient correct answer: No
longer than 90 minutes

Ways to estimate effectiveness of CPR correct answer: Arterial diastolic blood pressure,
quantitative waveform capnography, central venous oxygen saturation

Best drug used for narrow complex supraventricular tachycardia correct answer: Adenosine

Drug used for pulseless electrical activity correct answer: Epinephrine

Sequence of basic life support correct answer: Compressions, airway, breathing (CAB)

Initial dose of adenosine for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia correct answer: 6 mg IV

Heart rate at which tachycardia usually becomes symptomatic correct answer: 150 bpm

Longest duration for pulse check correct answer: 10 seconds

Recommended initial dosage of atropine for symptomatic bradycardia correct answer: 0.5 mg IV

Recommended dose of oxygen during CPR correct answer: 100%

Goal for initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patients correct answer: Within 1 hour of ED
arrival

Common reversible causes of cardiac arrest ("H's and T's") correct answer: Hypotension,
hypoxia, hypothermia, hydrogen ions (acidosis), hypo-/hyperkalemia

Tension pneumothorax, tamponade, thrombosis (coronary), thrombosis (pulmonary), toxins

, ACLS Practice Questions With Answers 2024

Best option for treatment of STEMI diagnosed in ambulance via 12-lead ECG correct answer:
Transport to PCI-capable hospital

Components of Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS) correct answer: Facial droop, arm
drift, speech abnormality

Asystole should be treated with all of the following EXCEPT:

CPR
Ventilations
Defibrillation
Epinephrine correct answer: Asystole should be treated with all of the following EXCEPT:

CPR
Ventilations
*Defibrillation*
Epinephrine

Appropriate response to an AED that is having problems analyzing rhythm correct answer:
Continue chest compressions

Which of the following is treated with synchronized shocks?

Unstable atrial fibrillation
Sinus tachycardia
VT without a pulse
VF correct answer: Which of the following is treated with synchronized shocks?

*Unstable atrial fibrillation*
Sinus tachycardia
VT without a pulse
VF

Dose for procainamide correct answer: 20-50 mg/min

Drug that should be given to all acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients correct answer:
Aspirin

Concentration of maintenance amiodarone drip correct answer: 900 mg amiodarone in 500 mL
D5W (1.8 mg/mL)

EMS dispatchers who recognize ACS symptoms should instruct patients to: correct answer:
Take aspirin

Longest acceptable delay in chest compressions correct answer: 10 seconds

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