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American Red Cross - Advanced Life Support Final study guide
Complete questions and Answers Exam
(Correct Answer on Top of Every Question)
Ventricular Tachycardia
A patient is being treated in the emergency department and is determined to have NSTE-ACS. Invasive management is planned base...
American Red Cross - Advanced Life Support Final study guide
Complete questions and Answers Exam 2024-2025
(Correct Answer on Top of Every Question)
Ventricular Tachycardia
A patient is being treated in the emergency department and is determined to have NSTE-ACS.
Invasive management is planned based on which finding? Answer:
A. Ventricular Tachycardia
B. Atrial Fibrillation
C. Ventricular Fibrillation
D. Atrial Tachycardia
On the lower RIGHT abdomen
A healthcare provider is establishing cardiac monitoring using a five-electrode system. The
healthcare provider demonstrates proper use of the system by placing the green electrode in
which location? Answer:
A. Under the left clavicle at the midclavicular line
B. At the 4th intercostal space, right sternal border
C. On the lower right abdomen
D. On the lower left
abdomen Atrial Fibrillation
The stroke team is assessing a patient with a suspected stroke. The patient is alert and able to
carry on a conversation, although the patient has difficulty getting the words out. Testing
confirms that the patient has had an ischemic stroke. Based on the patient’s medical history, a
history of which arrhythmia would alert the team to the patient’s increased risk for stroke?
Answer:
A. Atrial tachycardia
B. Atrial fibrillation
C. Ventricular fibrillation
D. Bradycardia
,Pneumothora
x
, A patient experiences cardiac arrest, and the resuscitation team initiates ventilations using a
bag- valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator. The development of which condition during the
provision of care would lead the team to suspect that improper BVM technique is being
used? Answer:
A. Hypertension
B. Pneumothorax
C. Rib Fracture
D. Esophageal
Injury Unstable
Angina
A patient presents to the emergency department with mild to moderate recurrent chest pain,
without any nausea or vomiting. A 12-lead ECG is obtained and shows ST-segment depression
with transient T- wave elevation indicative of NSTE-ACS. Cardiac enzyme levels are obtained and
are not elevated.
These findings suggest which condition? Answer:
A. Non-STEMI
B. Myocardial Infarction
C. STEMI
D. Unstable Angina
Visual function, LOC, and Language deficits
A patient is brought to the emergency department by their spouse. The spouse says, “I think it’s
a stroke.” The stroke team initiates a rapid stroke assessment using the National Institutes of
Health Stroke Scale. Which area(s) would the team include in this assessment? Answer:
A. Visual function
B. Level of consciousness
C. Cranial Nerve function
D. Language deficits
E. Facial Palsy
Atropine 0.5 mg q 4-5 min
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