AHA ACLS POST TEST EXAM NEWEST
2024/2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK
160 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the
emergency response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next
action? - ✔✔Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min.
You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a
heart rate of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the
pulse O2 is 97%. What assessment step is most important now? - ✔✔Obtaining
a 12 lead ECG.
What is the preferred method of access for epi administration during cardiac
arrest in most pts? - ✔✔Peripheral IV
An AED does not promptly analyze a rythm. What is your next step? - ✔✔Begin
chest compressions.
You have completed 2 min of CPR. The ECG monitor displays the lead below
(PEA) and the pt. has no pulse. You partner resumes chest compressions and an
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, IV is in place. What management step is your next priority? - ✔✔Administer
1mg of epinepherine
During a pause in CPR, you see a narrow complex rythm on the monitor. The pt.
has no pulse. What is the next action? - ✔✔Resume compressions
What is acommon but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac arrest management? -
✔✔Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions.
Which action is a componant of high-quality chest comressions? - ✔✔Allowing
complete chest recoil
Which action increases the chance of successful conversion of ventricular
fibrillation? - ✔✔Providing quality compressions immediately before a
defibrillation attempt.
Which situation BEST describes PEA? - ✔✔Sinus rythm without a pulse
What is the best strategy for perfoming high-quality CPR on a pt.with an
advanced airway in place? - ✔✔Provide continuous chest compressionswithout
pauses and 10 ventilations per minute.
3 min after witnessing a cardiac arrest, one memeber of your team inserts an ET
tube while another performs continuous chest comressions. During subsequent
bentilation, you notice the presence of a wavefom on the capnogrophy screen
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2024/2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK
160 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the
emergency response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next
action? - ✔✔Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min.
You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a
heart rate of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the
pulse O2 is 97%. What assessment step is most important now? - ✔✔Obtaining
a 12 lead ECG.
What is the preferred method of access for epi administration during cardiac
arrest in most pts? - ✔✔Peripheral IV
An AED does not promptly analyze a rythm. What is your next step? - ✔✔Begin
chest compressions.
You have completed 2 min of CPR. The ECG monitor displays the lead below
(PEA) and the pt. has no pulse. You partner resumes chest compressions and an
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, IV is in place. What management step is your next priority? - ✔✔Administer
1mg of epinepherine
During a pause in CPR, you see a narrow complex rythm on the monitor. The pt.
has no pulse. What is the next action? - ✔✔Resume compressions
What is acommon but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac arrest management? -
✔✔Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions.
Which action is a componant of high-quality chest comressions? - ✔✔Allowing
complete chest recoil
Which action increases the chance of successful conversion of ventricular
fibrillation? - ✔✔Providing quality compressions immediately before a
defibrillation attempt.
Which situation BEST describes PEA? - ✔✔Sinus rythm without a pulse
What is the best strategy for perfoming high-quality CPR on a pt.with an
advanced airway in place? - ✔✔Provide continuous chest compressionswithout
pauses and 10 ventilations per minute.
3 min after witnessing a cardiac arrest, one memeber of your team inserts an ET
tube while another performs continuous chest comressions. During subsequent
bentilation, you notice the presence of a wavefom on the capnogrophy screen
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