PALS Test Practice Questions and Verified Answers (2024 / 2025)/ A+ GRADE

PALS Test Practice Questions and Verified Answers (2024 / 2025)/ A+ GRADE.1. You are caring for a child who was resuscitated after a drowning event. The child is intubated & ventilated with 100% oxygen with equal breath sounds & exhaled C02 detected. The HR is slow & the monitor shows sinus bradycar- dia. The skin is cool, mottled, & moist; distal pulses are not palpable & the central pulses are weak. Intravenous access has been established. The core temperature is 37.3oC. Based on the PALS bradycardia algorithm, which of the following should be provided first ANS Epinephrine IV 2. You are caring for a 5 yo patient with SVT. The child is lethargic. The skin is pale & cool with delayed capillary refill. Distal pulses are not palpable. Which of the following would be the best treatment to provide without delay ANS Provide synchronized cardioversion at 0.5 to 1 J/kg 3. You are initiating treatment for a child with septic shock & hypotension. While administering high-flow oxygen you determine that the child's respira- tions are adequate & Sp02 is 100%. You have just established vascular access & obtained blood samples. Which of the following is the next most appropriate therapy to support systemic perfusion ANS Administer repeated fluid boluses of isotonic crystalloid 4. You are treating an 8 yo with ventricular tachycardia with pulses & adequate perfusion. You attempted synchronized cardioversion without success. While seeking expert consultation, it would be most appropriate to ANS Consider possi- ble metabolic & toxicologic causes