ACLS Test with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. Start chest com-
pressions of at
You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After ac-
tivating the emergency response system, you determine
least 100 per min. there is no pulse. What is your next action?
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ACLS Test with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. Start chest com- You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After ac-
pressions of at tivating the emergency response system, you determine
least 100 per min. there is no pulse. What is your next action?
2. Obtaining a 12 You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain.
lead ECG. The BP is 92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min, non-labored
respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 is 97%.
What assessment step is most important now?
3. Peripheral IV What is the preferred method of access for epi administra-
tion during cardiac arrest in most pts?
4. Begin chest com- An AED does not promptly analyze a rythm. What is your
pressions. next step?
5. Administer 1mg You have completed 2 min of CPR. The ECG monitor
of epinepherine displays the lead below (PEA) and the pt. has no pulse.
You partner resumes chest compressions and an IV is in
place. What management step is your next priority?
6. Resume com- During a pause in CPR, you see a narrow complex rythm
pressions on the monitor. The pt. has no pulse. What is the next
action?
7. Prolonged inter- What is acommon but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac
ruptions in chest arrest management?
compressions.
8. Allowing com- Which action is a componant of high-quality chest comres-
plete chest recoil sions?
9. Providing quali- Which action increases the chance of successful conver-
ty compressions sion of ventricular fibrillation?
immediately be-
fore a defibrilla-
tion attempt.
10. Sinus rythm with- Which situation BEST describes PEA?
out a pulse
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, ACLS Test with Verified Answers Graded A+
11. Provide What is the best strategy for perfoming high-quality CPR
continuous on a pt.with an advanced airway in place?
chest
compression-
swithout pauses
and 10
ventilations per
minute.
12. Chest compres- 3 min after witnessing a cardiac arrest, one memeber
sions may not be of your team inserts an ET tube while another performs
effective. continuous chest comressions. During subsequent ben-
tilation, you notice the presence of a wavefom on the
capnogrophy screen and a PETCO2 of 8 mm Hg. What
is the significance of this finding?
13. Allowsfor moni- The use of quantitative capnography in intubated pt's does
toring CPR quali- what?
ty
14. Consider termi- For the past 25 min, EMS crews have attemptedresusci-
nating resusci- tation of a pt who originally presented with V-FIB. After the
tive efforts after 1st shock, the ECG screen displayed asystole which has
consulting med- persisted despite 2 doses of epi, a fluid bolus, and high
ical control. quality CPR. What is your next treatment?
15. Be sure O2 Which is a safe and effective practice within the defibrilla-
is NOT blow- tion sequence?
ing over the
pt's chest during
shock.
16. Begin chest com- During your assessment, your pt suddenly loses con-
pressions. sciousness. After calling for help and determining that the
pt. is not breathing, you are unsure whether the pt. has a
pulse. What is your next action?
17. Hands-free al- What is an advantage of using hands-free d-fib pads in-
lows for more stead of d-fib paddles?
rapid d-fib.
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