AHA ACLS Written Test With Complete Solution.

AHA ACLS Written Test With Complete Solution.

You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the emergency
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response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next action? - Verified
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ANS ✔✔ - Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min.
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You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a heart rate
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of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 is 97%.
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What assessment step is most important now? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Obtaining a 12
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lead ECG.
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What is the preferred method of access for epi administration during cardiac arrest in
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most pts? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Peripheral IV
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An AED does not promptly analyze a rythm. What is your next step? - Verified ANS
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✔✔ - Begin chest compressions.
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You have completed 2 min of CPR. The ECG monitor displays the lead below (PEA)
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and the pt. has no pulse. You partner resumes chest compressions and an IV is in
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place. What management step is your next priority? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Administe
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1mg of epinepherine
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During a pause in CPR, you see a narrow complex rythm on the monitor. The pt. has
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no pulse. What is the next action? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Resume compressions
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What is acommon but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac arrest management? -
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Verified ANS ✔✔ - Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions.
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Which action is a componant of high-quality chest comressions? - Verified ANS ✔✔
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Allowing complete chest recoil
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Which action increases the chance of successful conversion of ventricular fibrillation?
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- Verified ANS ✔✔ - Providing quality compressions immediately before a
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defibrillation attempt.
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, Which situation BEST describes PEA? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Sinus rythm without a
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pulse
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What is the best strategy for perfoming high-quality CPR on a pt.with an advanced
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airway in place? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Provide continuous chest
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compressionswithout pauses and 10 ventilations per minute.
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3 min after witnessing a cardiac arrest, one memeber of your team inserts an ET tube
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while another performs continuous chest comressions. During subsequent bentilation,
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you notice the presence of a wavefom on the capnogrophy screen and a PETCO2 of 8
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mm Hg. What is the significance of this finding? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Chest
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compressions may not be effective.
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The use of quantitative capnography in intubated pt's does what? - Verified ANS ✔✔
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Allowsfor monitoring CPR quality
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For the past 25 min, EMS crews have attemptedresuscitation of a pt who originally
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presented with V-FIB. After the 1st shock, the ECG screen displayed asystole which
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has persisted despite 2 doses of epi, a fluid bolus, and high quality CPR. What is your
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next treatment? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Consider terminating resuscitive efforts after
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consulting medical control.
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Which is a safe and effective practice within the defibrillation sequence? - Verified
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ANS ✔✔ - Be sure O2 is NOT blowing over the pt's chest during shock.
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During your assessment, your pt suddenly loses consciousness. After calling for help
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and determining that the pt. is not breathing, you are unsure whether the pt. has a
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pulse. What is your next action? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Begin chest compressions.
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What is an advantage of using hands-free d-fib pads instead of d-fib paddles? -
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Verified ANS ✔✔ - Hands-free allows for more rapid d-fib.
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What action is recommended to help minimize interruptions in chest compressions
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during CPR? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Continue CPR while charging the defibrillator.
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Which action is included in the BLS survey? - Verified ANS ✔✔ - Early
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defibrillation
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