ACLS Practice Questions and Answers
1. Rate of chest compressions for adults: 100-120 compressions per minute
2. Ratio of compressions to breaths in adults: 30:2
3. Rate of bag valve mask ventilation for adults in respiratory arrest:
Once every 5-6 seconds or 10-12 times per minute
4. Treatments for hypotension following cardiac arrest: IV dopamine infusion,
IV epinephrine infusion
IV Ringer's lactate, IV normal saline
5. *The leader in team resuscitation must be able to perform all
the skills if needed.*:
6. Recommended ED door-to-balloon inflation time for a STEMI patient:
No longer than 90 minutes
7. Ways to estimate effectiveness of CPR: Arterial diastolic blood pressure, quantitative
waveform capnography, central venous oxygen saturation
8. Best drug used for narrow complex supraventricular tachycardia:
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, Adenosine
9. Drug used for pulseless electrical activity: Epinephrine
10. Sequence of basic life support: Compressions, airway, breathing (CAB)
11. Initial dose of adenosine for treatment of supraventricular
tachycardia: 6 mg IV
12. Heart rate at which tachycardia usually becomes symptomatic:
150 bpm
13. Longest duration for pulse check: 10 seconds
14. Recommended initial dosage of atropine for symptomatic
bradycardia: 0.5 mg IV
15. Recommended dose of oxygen during CPR: 100%
16. Goal for initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patients: Within 1
hour of ED arrival
17. Common reversible causes of cardiac arrest ("H's and T's"):
Hypotension, hypoxia, hypothermia, hydrogen ions (acidosis), hypo-/hyperkalemia
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1. Rate of chest compressions for adults: 100-120 compressions per minute
2. Ratio of compressions to breaths in adults: 30:2
3. Rate of bag valve mask ventilation for adults in respiratory arrest:
Once every 5-6 seconds or 10-12 times per minute
4. Treatments for hypotension following cardiac arrest: IV dopamine infusion,
IV epinephrine infusion
IV Ringer's lactate, IV normal saline
5. *The leader in team resuscitation must be able to perform all
the skills if needed.*:
6. Recommended ED door-to-balloon inflation time for a STEMI patient:
No longer than 90 minutes
7. Ways to estimate effectiveness of CPR: Arterial diastolic blood pressure, quantitative
waveform capnography, central venous oxygen saturation
8. Best drug used for narrow complex supraventricular tachycardia:
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, Adenosine
9. Drug used for pulseless electrical activity: Epinephrine
10. Sequence of basic life support: Compressions, airway, breathing (CAB)
11. Initial dose of adenosine for treatment of supraventricular
tachycardia: 6 mg IV
12. Heart rate at which tachycardia usually becomes symptomatic:
150 bpm
13. Longest duration for pulse check: 10 seconds
14. Recommended initial dosage of atropine for symptomatic
bradycardia: 0.5 mg IV
15. Recommended dose of oxygen during CPR: 100%
16. Goal for initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patients: Within 1
hour of ED arrival
17. Common reversible causes of cardiac arrest ("H's and T's"):
Hypotension, hypoxia, hypothermia, hydrogen ions (acidosis), hypo-/hyperkalemia
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