PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support Exam 2024
(True or False) A low hemoglobin (anemia) may make it harder to detect in cyanosis in a critically ill child. 1. True
2. False - ANSWER-1.
(True or False) Grunting is often a sign of lung tissue disease resulting from small airway collapse, alveolar...
(True or False) A low hemoglobin (anemia) may make it harder to detect in
cyanosis in a critically ill child.
1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.
(True or False) Grunting is often a sign of lung tissue disease resulting from small
airway collapse, alveolar collapse or both.
1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.
(True or False) Hemoglobin concentration determines the oxygen-carrying
capacity of the blood.
1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.
,(True or False) Outcomes for cardiac arrest in children is generally good.
1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-2.
(True or False) Pediatric cardiac arrest typically has a primary cause that is related
to respiratory failure or shock.
1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.
(True or False) Stridor is a sign of lower airway problem.
1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-2.
(True or False) Tachycardia is a normal physiologic response in the critically ill
child?
1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.
(True or False) The sequence of evaluate-identify-intervene should be used before
and after each intervention and should continue until the child is stable.
1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.
(True or False) To ensure proper treatment of cardiac arrest, the rhythm must be
identified before initiating CPR.
, 1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-2.
(True or False) When assessing circulation, it is only necessary to assess the central
pulses.
1. True
2. False - ✔✔✔ANSWER-2.
A child is unresponsive and is not breathing. Emergency response was activated
and now a pulse check shows that the child does have a pulse. You then open the
airway, provide age-appropriate ventilations, and 100% oxygen with a bag valve
mask. The child's pulse is < 60/min, and the child has signs of poor perfusion.
What is your next intervention?
1. Begin CPR
2. Provide a 500ml NS bolus
3. Perform an ABG.
4. Intubate the patient. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1.
A child is unresponsive and is not breathing. You have activated the emergency
response system and your pulse check reveals that the child has a pulse. What
should you do now?
1. Perform a brief head to toe assessment.
2. Place the child in the recovery position.
3. Give epinephrine 1mg IV push
4. Open the airway and provide ventilations and oxygen. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-4.
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