ACLS STUDY GUIDE TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

ACLS STUDY GUIDE TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS your are caring for a patient who presents with shortness of breath, dizziness,and a heart rate of 40 bpm. you have administered the front line drug and you TCP is not available. What would be the the appropriate dose of dopamine for your patient? - Answer-2-20 mcg/kg you are assessing a patient who has a chief complaint of crushing substernal chest skin is pale , cool, and clamy and his BP is 60 mmhg by palpation.His cardiac monitor show a wide complex tachycardia at a rate greater than 150. what must be done immediately? - Answer-Cardio version list four cardiac rhythms that may require synchronized cardio version if the patient is unstable. - Answer-1.SVT 2. atrial fibrillation 3.Atrail flutter 4. reg monomorphic tachycardia you are caring for a patient with a history of CHF who is complaining of SOB. The patients BP is 68/50 mmhg. His cardiac monitor shows a narrow complex rhythm with a rate of about 190. you would classify this patient as having ________________. - Answer-Sinus tachycardia you are treating a patient with a possible anterior MI. The patients pain is not controlled with NTG. what drug is indicated next? - Answer-Morphine What is the AHA recommended oral dose for aspirin in the patient suspected of having an acute coronary syndrome? - Answer-160-325mg when a patient presents with sudden onset weakness on one side of the body, EMS must perform __________________ to evaluate the patient for a possible stroke and alert the hospital of a possible _________. - Answer-Cincinnati Prehospital stroke, Brain attack