Pals Heartcode 2025 Past Exam
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score
(reupdated 2025)
Where can you check a pulse on an infant and child? -
Correct Answers ✅infant - brachial
child - femoral
What are signs of increased respiratory effort that can lead to
fatigue and respiratory failure? Select all that apply
nasal flaring
unlabored breathing
apnea
seesaw respirations
retractions
head bobbing - Correct Answers ✅nasal flaring
seesaw respirations
retractions
head bobbing
Determine the respiratory rate by counting the number of
times the chest rises in _____ seconds and multiplying by
_____. - Correct Answers ✅30
2
,Pals Heartcode 2025 Past Exam
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score
(reupdated 2025)
Tachypnea is often the first sign of respiratory ______ in
infants - Correct Answers ✅distress
Hypotension fro children 1 to 10 years of age is a systolic
blood pressure of less than
40mmHg + 2 x age in years
50mmHg + 2 x age in years
60mmHg + 2 x age in years
70mmHg + 2 x age in years - Correct Answers ✅70mmHg
+ 2 x age in years
What sequence is used when care for a seriously ill or injured
child to help determine the best treatment or intervention?
The __________ ___________
____________ sequence - Correct Answers ✅Evaluate
Identify Intervene
Automated blood pressure cuffs may provide _________
________ readings when the child is in shock. - Correct
Answers ✅inaccurately high
The primary assessment included the ABCDE approach. What
does it assess? - Correct Answers ✅Airway, breathing,
circulation, disability, exposure
, Pals Heartcode 2025 Past Exam
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score
(reupdated 2025)
What does a prolonged capillary refill time indicate? -
Correct Answers ✅low cardiac output
________ is usually high-pitched breathing during inspiration,
whereas ___________ is usually during expiration - Correct
Answers ✅Stridor
wheezing
Normal capillary refill time is _____ seconds or less - Correct
Answers ✅2
What pulses should be assessed to monitor systemic
perfusion in a child? - Correct Answers ✅Peripheral and
central
What do weak central pulses indicate a need for immediate
intervention to prevent? - Correct Answers ✅Cardiac arrest
When oxygenation delivery to the extremities becomes
inadequate, the _______ and ________ are the first to exhibit
designs. - Correct Answers ✅Hands
Feet
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score
(reupdated 2025)
Where can you check a pulse on an infant and child? -
Correct Answers ✅infant - brachial
child - femoral
What are signs of increased respiratory effort that can lead to
fatigue and respiratory failure? Select all that apply
nasal flaring
unlabored breathing
apnea
seesaw respirations
retractions
head bobbing - Correct Answers ✅nasal flaring
seesaw respirations
retractions
head bobbing
Determine the respiratory rate by counting the number of
times the chest rises in _____ seconds and multiplying by
_____. - Correct Answers ✅30
2
,Pals Heartcode 2025 Past Exam
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score
(reupdated 2025)
Tachypnea is often the first sign of respiratory ______ in
infants - Correct Answers ✅distress
Hypotension fro children 1 to 10 years of age is a systolic
blood pressure of less than
40mmHg + 2 x age in years
50mmHg + 2 x age in years
60mmHg + 2 x age in years
70mmHg + 2 x age in years - Correct Answers ✅70mmHg
+ 2 x age in years
What sequence is used when care for a seriously ill or injured
child to help determine the best treatment or intervention?
The __________ ___________
____________ sequence - Correct Answers ✅Evaluate
Identify Intervene
Automated blood pressure cuffs may provide _________
________ readings when the child is in shock. - Correct
Answers ✅inaccurately high
The primary assessment included the ABCDE approach. What
does it assess? - Correct Answers ✅Airway, breathing,
circulation, disability, exposure
, Pals Heartcode 2025 Past Exam
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score
(reupdated 2025)
What does a prolonged capillary refill time indicate? -
Correct Answers ✅low cardiac output
________ is usually high-pitched breathing during inspiration,
whereas ___________ is usually during expiration - Correct
Answers ✅Stridor
wheezing
Normal capillary refill time is _____ seconds or less - Correct
Answers ✅2
What pulses should be assessed to monitor systemic
perfusion in a child? - Correct Answers ✅Peripheral and
central
What do weak central pulses indicate a need for immediate
intervention to prevent? - Correct Answers ✅Cardiac arrest
When oxygenation delivery to the extremities becomes
inadequate, the _______ and ________ are the first to exhibit
designs. - Correct Answers ✅Hands
Feet
