ACLS Practice Questions 2 ( Updated 2024 ) Complete Questions & Answers (Solved) 100% Correct
- Rate of chest compressions for adults
Answer: 100-120 compressions per minute
- Ratio of compressions to breaths in adults
Answer: 30:2
- Rate of bag valve mask ventilation for adults in respiratory arrest
Answer: Once every 5-6 seconds or 10-12 times per minute
- Treatments for hypotension following cardiac arrest
Answer:
IV dopamine infusion, IV epinephrine infusion
IV Ringer's lactate, IV normal saline
- Recommended ED door-to-balloon inflation time for a STEMI patient
Answer: No longer than 90 minutes
- Ways to estimate effectiveness of CPR
Answer: Arterial diastolic blood pressure, quantitative waveform capnography, central venous oxygen saturation
- Best drug used for narrow complex supraventricular tachycardia
Answer: Adenosine
- Drug used for pulseless electrical activity
Answer: Epinephrine
- Sequence of basic life support
Answer: Compressions, airway, breathing (CAB)
- Initial dose of adenosine for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia
Answer: 6 mg IV
- Heart rate at which tachycardia usually becomes symptomatic
Answer: 150 bpm
- Longest duration for pulse check
Answer: 10 seconds 1 / 2
- Recommended initial dosage of atropine for symptomatic bradycardia
Answer: 0.5 mg IV
- Recommended dose of oxygen during CPR
Answer: 100%
- Goal for initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patients
Answer: Within 1 hour of ED arrival
- Common reversible causes of cardiac arrest ("H's and T's")
Answer: Hypotension, hypoxia, hypothermia, hydrogen ions (acidosis), hypo-/hyperkalemia
Tension pneumothorax, tamponade, thrombosis (coronary), thrombosis (pulmonary), toxins
- Best option for treatment of STEMI diagnosed in ambulance via 12-lead ECG
Answer: Transport to PCI-capable hospital
- Components of Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS)
Answer: Facial droop, arm drift, speech abnormality
- Asystole should be treated with all of the following EXCEPT
Answer:
CPR Ventilations
Defibrillation
Epinephrine: 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-
Answer: Continue chest compressions
- Which of the following is treated with synchronized shocks?
Unstable atrial fibrillation Sinus tachycardia VT without a pulse VF: Which of the following is treated with synchronized shocks?
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