Provider Exam Test Bank – Advanced
Cardiac Life Support Questions and
Answers
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Download the complete RQI 2025 ACLS Healthcare
Provider Exam Test Bank with updated multiple-choice
questions, verified answers, and rationales. Covers
advanced cardiac life support, pharmacology, ECG
rhythms, airway management, mega code scenarios, and
emergency interventions for nurses and healthcare
providers.
, RQI 2025 Healthcare Provider ALS Prep Assignment
1. Continuous quality improvement Systematically evaluating care and outcome.
process consist of Creating benchmarks with stakeholders feedback
Strategically addressing identified deficiencies.
2. 4 elements of an integrated system of Structure
care patient outcomes
processes
system
3. What element of a system of care is the chain of survival is a metaphor used to organize
represented by properly functioning and describe the integrated set of time sensitive co-
resuscitation equipment? Structure ordinated actions necessary to maximize survival!
Early recognition and prevention
Activation of emergency response
High quality cpr
Defibrillation
Post cardiac arrest care
Recovery
4. What is the first step link in the out of The purpose of a rapid response system compo-
hospital cardiac arrest OHCA chain of nents:
survival? Activation of emergency re- Event detection and response triggering arm.
sponse. A planned response arm, such as RRT or MET med-
ical emer tea
Quality monitoring
Administrative support
5. Rapid response adult criteria:
Airway compromise
Respiratory rate less than 6/min or
more than 30/min
Heart rate less than 40/min or greater
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, RQI 2025 Healthcare Provider ALS Prep Assignment
than 140/min
Systolic blood pressure less than
90mm hg
Symptomatic hypertension
Unexplained agitation
Seizure
Significant decrease in urine output
Subjective concern about the patient
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, RQI ACLS
1. confirmed right ventricu- Which clinical finding represents a contraindication to the administra-
lar infarction tion of nitro?
2. cns analgesia what is a benefit of morphine when given for the management of acute
coronary syndrome?
3. initial impression what is the first step in the systematic approach to patient assessment?
4. ST-segment elevation my- Upon reviewing a patient's 12-lead ECG, you note ST-segment eleva-
ocardial infarction (STE- tion of 2 min in leads II, III, and aVF.
MI)
How would you classify the ECG findings?
5. 90 minutes what is the goal for first medical contact-to-balloon inflation time for
a patient receiving percutaneous coronary intervention?
6. within 12 hours what is the recommended time window after symptom onset for early
fibrinolytic therapy or direct catheter-based reperfusion for patients
with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and no contraindica-
tions?
7. 30 minutes what is the longest acceptable ED door-to-needle time when fibrinol-
ysis is the intended reperfusion strategy?
8. reduces preload what is a physiologic ettect of nitroglycerin?
9. -obtain 12-lead ECG within the first 10 min, on the basis of the patient showing symptoms
-administer ASA and es- suggestive of MI, what will your first actions include (if not completed
tablish IV access by EMS before arrival)?
-activate the ST-segment
elevation myocardial in-
farction (STEMI) team
-if SpO2 is less than 90%,
start oxygen