PALS Version B 2024
Update
When monitoring the quality of chest compressions during a resuscitation, you
should ensure that providers are:
Pushing hard-ensure that the chest is compressed 3/4 of the anterior-posterior
diameter
Pushing fast-compress at a rate of 150/min
Allowing complete recoil-let the chest return to its original position between
compressions
Minimizing interruptions-do not permit interruptions for more than 1 minute -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Allowing complete recoil-let the chest return to its original
position between compressions
, Which of the following assessments is most useful in evaluating the effectiveness
of bagmask ventilation?
Hearing an air leak around the mask when the bag is fully compressed
Seeing the abdomen rise during ventilationcation
Observation of visible chest rise
A normal systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressure - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Observation of visible chest rise
Which of the following groups of clinical findings would be most consistent with
categorizing a patient with compensated shock?
Decreased level of consciousness, extensor posturing in response to pain,
hypertension, and apnea
Normal systolic blood pressure, decreased level of consciousness, cool extremities
with delayed capillary refill, and faint or nonpalpable distal pulsesd.
Normal blood pressure, normal level of consciousness, bounding distal pulses,
hypercarbia, hypoxemia, and normal urine output
Unresponsiveness, normal breathing, and good distal pulses - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Normal systolic blood pressure, decreased level of consciousness, cool extremities
with delayed capillary refill, and faint or nonpalpable distal pulsesd.
Which of the following is likely to be the most helpful technique to identify
potentially reversible metabolic and toxic causes during the attempted resuscitation
of a young child in cardiac arrest?
Soliciting a history from the caregiver or family
Update
When monitoring the quality of chest compressions during a resuscitation, you
should ensure that providers are:
Pushing hard-ensure that the chest is compressed 3/4 of the anterior-posterior
diameter
Pushing fast-compress at a rate of 150/min
Allowing complete recoil-let the chest return to its original position between
compressions
Minimizing interruptions-do not permit interruptions for more than 1 minute -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Allowing complete recoil-let the chest return to its original
position between compressions
, Which of the following assessments is most useful in evaluating the effectiveness
of bagmask ventilation?
Hearing an air leak around the mask when the bag is fully compressed
Seeing the abdomen rise during ventilationcation
Observation of visible chest rise
A normal systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressure - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Observation of visible chest rise
Which of the following groups of clinical findings would be most consistent with
categorizing a patient with compensated shock?
Decreased level of consciousness, extensor posturing in response to pain,
hypertension, and apnea
Normal systolic blood pressure, decreased level of consciousness, cool extremities
with delayed capillary refill, and faint or nonpalpable distal pulsesd.
Normal blood pressure, normal level of consciousness, bounding distal pulses,
hypercarbia, hypoxemia, and normal urine output
Unresponsiveness, normal breathing, and good distal pulses - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Normal systolic blood pressure, decreased level of consciousness, cool extremities
with delayed capillary refill, and faint or nonpalpable distal pulsesd.
Which of the following is likely to be the most helpful technique to identify
potentially reversible metabolic and toxic causes during the attempted resuscitation
of a young child in cardiac arrest?
Soliciting a history from the caregiver or family
