PALS Precourse Assessment Questions
and Answers | Latest Update | 2024/2025
| Graded A+
How do you initially assess a child who is unresponsive and not breathing?
Check for responsiveness and begin chest compressions if necessary.
What is the first priority when managing a child with respirat...
PALS Precourse Assessment Questions
and Answers | Latest Update | 2024/2025
| Graded A+
How do you initially assess a child who is unresponsive and not breathing?
✔✔ Check for responsiveness and begin chest compressions if necessary.
What is the first priority when managing a child with respiratory distress?
✔✔ Ensure the airway is open and provide supplemental oxygen.
How should you perform chest compressions on a child during resuscitation?
✔✔ Compress the chest at least 1/3 of the chest depth at a rate of 100-120 compressions per
minute.
What is the appropriate action for a child with a heart rate of less than 60 beats per minute and
signs of poor perfusion despite adequate ventilation?
✔✔ Start chest compressions immediately.
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,When administering rescue breaths during CPR, how often should breaths be given if an
advanced airway is not in place?
✔✔ Provide 2 breaths after every 30 chest compressions.
How should you position an infant's head to open the airway during resuscitation?
✔✔ Tilt the head slightly to the "sniffing" position.
When managing a child with shock, what is the priority intervention?
✔✔ Provide rapid intravenous fluid resuscitation.
How often should you reassess the effectiveness of chest compressions during CPR?
✔✔ Continuously throughout the resuscitation effort.
In a child with bradycardia and poor perfusion, what is the initial medication to administer?
✔✔ Epinephrine.
What is the best method to confirm proper placement of an advanced airway during pediatric
resuscitation?
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, ✔✔ Continuous waveform capnography or end-tidal CO2 monitoring.
What is the most common cause of cardiac arrest in children?
✔✔ Respiratory failure or shock.
When ventilating a child with a bag-mask device, how can you determine if the breaths are
effective?
✔✔ Observe chest rise with each breath.
How should you manage a child with a foreign body airway obstruction who becomes
unresponsive?
✔✔ Begin chest compressions and check for the object after each set of compressions.
In the absence of shockable rhythms, what is the recommended compression-to-ventilation ratio
for a lone rescuer performing CPR on a child?
✔✔ 30 compressions to 2 breaths.
How should you deliver rescue breaths to an infant during CPR if an advanced airway is in
place?
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