PALS PRETEST COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
REVIEW RESOURCE
⩥ What is the most accurate definition of shock?
Answer: Inadequate tissue perfusion
⩥ What are the characteristics of shock?
Answer: Decreased level of consciousness
Inadequate peripheral perfusion
Decreased end-organ perfusion
⩥ What will occur if adequate oxygen delivery to the tissues is not
maintained?
Answer: Oxygen dysfunction
⩥ What are the major function[s] of the cardiopulmonary system?
Answer: Delivers oxygen to body tissues
Removes metabolic by-products of cellular metabolism
⩥ What is the definition of cardiac output?
,Answer: The volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute
⩥ What is the body's first action to maintain cardiac output?
Answer: Increase heart rate
⩥ What is the preferred technique for infant compressions when there
are 2 or more rescuers present?
Answer: 2 thumb-encircling hands techniques
⩥ If cardiac output is compromised, signs of poor perfusion will be
[blank] even if blood pressure is normal.
Answer: Present
⩥ The severity of shock is characterized by its effects on [blank].
Answer: Blood pressure
⩥ What are the typical clinical findings with compensated shock?
Answer: Tachycardia
Delayed capillary refill
Decreased urine output
⩥ Which type of shock is typically more difficult to identify?
, Answer: Compensated
⩥ Low blood pressure in children is defined as systolic blood pressure
less than the [blank] percentile for age.
Answer: Fifth
⩥ Hypotension in children is calculated as a systolic blood pressure of
less than [blank] mm Hg plus [blank] times the age in years.
Answer: 70
2
⩥ What are the goals in treating shock?
Answer: Balance tissue perfusion & metabolic demand
Improve oxygen delivery
Support organ function
Prevent progression to cardiac arrest
⩥ As more time passes between the onset of signs of shock & the
restoration of adequate oxygen delivery & organ perfusion, the outcome
is [blank].
Answer: Worse
⩥ What is included in the treatment of shock?
EXAMINATION TEST SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
REVIEW RESOURCE
⩥ What is the most accurate definition of shock?
Answer: Inadequate tissue perfusion
⩥ What are the characteristics of shock?
Answer: Decreased level of consciousness
Inadequate peripheral perfusion
Decreased end-organ perfusion
⩥ What will occur if adequate oxygen delivery to the tissues is not
maintained?
Answer: Oxygen dysfunction
⩥ What are the major function[s] of the cardiopulmonary system?
Answer: Delivers oxygen to body tissues
Removes metabolic by-products of cellular metabolism
⩥ What is the definition of cardiac output?
,Answer: The volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute
⩥ What is the body's first action to maintain cardiac output?
Answer: Increase heart rate
⩥ What is the preferred technique for infant compressions when there
are 2 or more rescuers present?
Answer: 2 thumb-encircling hands techniques
⩥ If cardiac output is compromised, signs of poor perfusion will be
[blank] even if blood pressure is normal.
Answer: Present
⩥ The severity of shock is characterized by its effects on [blank].
Answer: Blood pressure
⩥ What are the typical clinical findings with compensated shock?
Answer: Tachycardia
Delayed capillary refill
Decreased urine output
⩥ Which type of shock is typically more difficult to identify?
, Answer: Compensated
⩥ Low blood pressure in children is defined as systolic blood pressure
less than the [blank] percentile for age.
Answer: Fifth
⩥ Hypotension in children is calculated as a systolic blood pressure of
less than [blank] mm Hg plus [blank] times the age in years.
Answer: 70
2
⩥ What are the goals in treating shock?
Answer: Balance tissue perfusion & metabolic demand
Improve oxygen delivery
Support organ function
Prevent progression to cardiac arrest
⩥ As more time passes between the onset of signs of shock & the
restoration of adequate oxygen delivery & organ perfusion, the outcome
is [blank].
Answer: Worse
⩥ What is included in the treatment of shock?
