ACLS Practice Questions
1. Which is an example of knowledge sharing by a team leader?
Changing a treatment strategy when supported by new information
Maintaining an ongoing record of treatments
Asking for suggestions about interventions
Asking the compressor to decrease or increase rate
Answer: Asking for suggestionsabout interventions
2. Which is an example of summarizing and reevaluating?
"1mg of epinephrine given"
Questioning a colleague who is about to make a mistake
"Compressions are at a good rate"
Increasing monitoring if the patients condition deteriorates
Answer: Increasing monitoring of the pati
3. Which is a step of closed-loop communication?
Confirming task completion before assigning another task
Encouraging all team members to speak clearly
Abandoning ego
Using distinctive speech and a controlled voice
Answer: Confirming task completionbefore assigning another task
4. Which are examples of mutual respect? Select all that apply:
Acknowledging correctly completed task in a positive way
Requesting a clear response and eye contact from the team member
Giving drugs only after verbally confirming the order
Ensuring that only 1 person talks at a time
Answer:
Acknowledging correctly completedtasks in a positive way
Ensuring that only one person talks at a time
5. What are the components of high quality CPR? Select all that apply:
,Synchronous ventilation with chest compressions
Avoiding excessive ventilation
Compression rate around 10/min
Complete chest recoil after each compression
Interruptions limited to less than or equal to 10 seconds
Low coronary perfusion pressure
Switching compressors every 2 minutes
Compression depth of at least 2 inches (5cm)
Answer:
Compression depth of at least 2inches (5cm)
Switching compressors every 2 minutes
Avoiding excessive ventilation
Complete chest recoil after each compression
Interruption limited to under 10 seconds
6. How do you calculate the chest compression fraction (CCF)? What is idealpercentage?
Answer: Divide chest compression time by total code time. You want this at least 60% but
ideally greater than 80%
7. Which component of effective high-performance teams is represented bythe use of real-
time feedback devices?
Quality
Administration
Timing
Coordination
Answer: Quality
8. How do you calculate Coronary Perfusion Pressure (CPP)?
Answer: Aortic diastolicpressure "minus" Right Atrial Diastolic Pressure
9. How do interruptions in chest compressions negatively impact survivalafter cardiac
arrest?
Increase intracranial pressure
Decrease coronary perfusion pressure
Reduce right ventricular period
Increase intrathoracic pressure
Answer: Decrease coronary perfusion pressure
10. What is the only intervention that can restore an organized rhythm inpatients with
ventricular fibrillation (VF)?
High-quality CPR
Epinephrine administration
, Early and effective defibrillation
Advanced airway insertion
Answer: Early and effective defibrillation
11. How quickly does the chance of survival decline for every minute of defib-rillation delay in
patients with ventricular fibrillation who do receive bystanderCPR?
3-4%
5-6%
11-13%
7-10%
Answer: 7-10%
12. What element of a system of care is represented by properly functioningresuscitation
equipment?
System
Structure
Process
Patient outcome
Answer: Structure
13. What is the first link in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) chain ofsurvival?
Activation of emergency response
Defibrillation
Advanced resuscitation
High-quality CPR
Answer: Activation of emergency response
14. What are signs of clinical deterioration that would prompt the activation ofrapid
response system?
Symptomatic hypertension
Seizure
Unexplained agitation
Diastolic blood pressure greater than 60 mm Hg or less than 100 mm Hg
Answer: -
Symptomatic hypertension
Seizure
Unexplained agitation
1. Which is an example of knowledge sharing by a team leader?
Changing a treatment strategy when supported by new information
Maintaining an ongoing record of treatments
Asking for suggestions about interventions
Asking the compressor to decrease or increase rate
Answer: Asking for suggestionsabout interventions
2. Which is an example of summarizing and reevaluating?
"1mg of epinephrine given"
Questioning a colleague who is about to make a mistake
"Compressions are at a good rate"
Increasing monitoring if the patients condition deteriorates
Answer: Increasing monitoring of the pati
3. Which is a step of closed-loop communication?
Confirming task completion before assigning another task
Encouraging all team members to speak clearly
Abandoning ego
Using distinctive speech and a controlled voice
Answer: Confirming task completionbefore assigning another task
4. Which are examples of mutual respect? Select all that apply:
Acknowledging correctly completed task in a positive way
Requesting a clear response and eye contact from the team member
Giving drugs only after verbally confirming the order
Ensuring that only 1 person talks at a time
Answer:
Acknowledging correctly completedtasks in a positive way
Ensuring that only one person talks at a time
5. What are the components of high quality CPR? Select all that apply:
,Synchronous ventilation with chest compressions
Avoiding excessive ventilation
Compression rate around 10/min
Complete chest recoil after each compression
Interruptions limited to less than or equal to 10 seconds
Low coronary perfusion pressure
Switching compressors every 2 minutes
Compression depth of at least 2 inches (5cm)
Answer:
Compression depth of at least 2inches (5cm)
Switching compressors every 2 minutes
Avoiding excessive ventilation
Complete chest recoil after each compression
Interruption limited to under 10 seconds
6. How do you calculate the chest compression fraction (CCF)? What is idealpercentage?
Answer: Divide chest compression time by total code time. You want this at least 60% but
ideally greater than 80%
7. Which component of effective high-performance teams is represented bythe use of real-
time feedback devices?
Quality
Administration
Timing
Coordination
Answer: Quality
8. How do you calculate Coronary Perfusion Pressure (CPP)?
Answer: Aortic diastolicpressure "minus" Right Atrial Diastolic Pressure
9. How do interruptions in chest compressions negatively impact survivalafter cardiac
arrest?
Increase intracranial pressure
Decrease coronary perfusion pressure
Reduce right ventricular period
Increase intrathoracic pressure
Answer: Decrease coronary perfusion pressure
10. What is the only intervention that can restore an organized rhythm inpatients with
ventricular fibrillation (VF)?
High-quality CPR
Epinephrine administration
, Early and effective defibrillation
Advanced airway insertion
Answer: Early and effective defibrillation
11. How quickly does the chance of survival decline for every minute of defib-rillation delay in
patients with ventricular fibrillation who do receive bystanderCPR?
3-4%
5-6%
11-13%
7-10%
Answer: 7-10%
12. What element of a system of care is represented by properly functioningresuscitation
equipment?
System
Structure
Process
Patient outcome
Answer: Structure
13. What is the first link in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) chain ofsurvival?
Activation of emergency response
Defibrillation
Advanced resuscitation
High-quality CPR
Answer: Activation of emergency response
14. What are signs of clinical deterioration that would prompt the activation ofrapid
response system?
Symptomatic hypertension
Seizure
Unexplained agitation
Diastolic blood pressure greater than 60 mm Hg or less than 100 mm Hg
Answer: -
Symptomatic hypertension
Seizure
Unexplained agitation
