Pals Heartcode 2025 Exam Questions With Correct Answers. Graded A+.
1. Where can you check a pulse on an infant and child?: infant - brachial child - femoral
2. What are signs of increased respiratory effort that can lead to fatigue and respiratory
failure? Select all that apply
nasal flaring unlabored
breathing apnea
seesaw respirations retractions
head bobbing: nasal
flaring seesaw respirations
retractions head bobbing
3. Determine the respiratory rate by counting the number of times the chest rises in
_____ seconds and multiplying by _____.: 30 2
4. Tachypnea is often the first sign of respiratory ______ in infants: distress
5. Hypotension fro children 1 to 10 years of age is a systolic blood pressure of less than
40mmHg + 2 x age in years
50mmHg + 2 x age in years
60mmHg + 2 x age in years
70mmHg + 2 x age in years: 70mmHg + 2 x age in years
6. What sequence is used when care for a seriously ill or injured child to help
determine the best treatment or intervention? The __________ ___________
____________ sequence: Evaluate Identify Intervene
7. Automated blood pressure cuffs may provide _________ ________ readings when the
child is in shock.: inaccurately high
8. The primary assessment included the ABCDE approach. What does it assess?-
: Airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure
9. What does a prolonged capillary refill time indicate?: low cardiac output
10. ________ is usually high-pitched breathing during inspiration, whereas
___________ is usually during expiration: Stridor wheezing
11. Normal capillary refill time is _____ seconds or less: 2
12. What pulses should be assessed to monitor systemic perfusion in a child?: -
Peripheral and central
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13. What do weak central pulses indicate a need for immediate intervention to
prevent?: Cardiac arrest
14. When oxygenation delivery to the extremities becomes inadequate, the _______
and ________ are the first to exhibit designs.: Hands
Feet
15. What should be used to assess skin temperature?: the back of the hand
16. What is the preferred technique for infant compressions when there are 2 or more
rescuers present?: 2 thumb-encircling hands technique
17. If pupils to not _________ in response to light consider increased _____________
pressure: Constrict
intracranial pressure
18. If ________ is not identified and treated immediately, it can result in ________
injury: hypoglycemia brain
19. What are the 4 indicators of the AVPU scale that are used to determine
responsiveness?: Alert
Responds to pain
Unresponsive
Responds to voice
20. If the child does not respond to voice, assess the child's response to ______-
: pain
21. What should you look for when exposing the child?: Bruising
purpura
bleeding 22
What does
the
mnemonic
SAMPLE
stand for?:
Signs &
symptoms
allergies
medications
1. Where can you check a pulse on an infant and child?: infant - brachial child - femoral
2. What are signs of increased respiratory effort that can lead to fatigue and respiratory
failure? Select all that apply
nasal flaring unlabored
breathing apnea
seesaw respirations retractions
head bobbing: nasal
flaring seesaw respirations
retractions head bobbing
3. Determine the respiratory rate by counting the number of times the chest rises in
_____ seconds and multiplying by _____.: 30 2
4. Tachypnea is often the first sign of respiratory ______ in infants: distress
5. Hypotension fro children 1 to 10 years of age is a systolic blood pressure of less than
40mmHg + 2 x age in years
50mmHg + 2 x age in years
60mmHg + 2 x age in years
70mmHg + 2 x age in years: 70mmHg + 2 x age in years
6. What sequence is used when care for a seriously ill or injured child to help
determine the best treatment or intervention? The __________ ___________
____________ sequence: Evaluate Identify Intervene
7. Automated blood pressure cuffs may provide _________ ________ readings when the
child is in shock.: inaccurately high
8. The primary assessment included the ABCDE approach. What does it assess?-
: Airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure
9. What does a prolonged capillary refill time indicate?: low cardiac output
10. ________ is usually high-pitched breathing during inspiration, whereas
___________ is usually during expiration: Stridor wheezing
11. Normal capillary refill time is _____ seconds or less: 2
12. What pulses should be assessed to monitor systemic perfusion in a child?: -
Peripheral and central
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13. What do weak central pulses indicate a need for immediate intervention to
prevent?: Cardiac arrest
14. When oxygenation delivery to the extremities becomes inadequate, the _______
and ________ are the first to exhibit designs.: Hands
Feet
15. What should be used to assess skin temperature?: the back of the hand
16. What is the preferred technique for infant compressions when there are 2 or more
rescuers present?: 2 thumb-encircling hands technique
17. If pupils to not _________ in response to light consider increased _____________
pressure: Constrict
intracranial pressure
18. If ________ is not identified and treated immediately, it can result in ________
injury: hypoglycemia brain
19. What are the 4 indicators of the AVPU scale that are used to determine
responsiveness?: Alert
Responds to pain
Unresponsive
Responds to voice
20. If the child does not respond to voice, assess the child's response to ______-
: pain
21. What should you look for when exposing the child?: Bruising
purpura
bleeding 22
What does
the
mnemonic
SAMPLE
stand for?:
Signs &
symptoms
allergies
medications
