PALS- PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2025

PALS- PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2025 The PALS systemic approach algorithm begins with the initial impression. This is an assessment of which 3 characteristics? - correct answer 1. Consciousness 2. Breathing 3. Colour The right branch of the systemic approach algorithm focuses on what sequence to prevent cardiopulmonary arrest? - correct answer Evaluate, Identify, Intervene The evaluate portion of the sequence consists of three assessment tools: - correct answer 1. Primary 2. Secondary 3. Diagnostic What is included in the primary assessment of a patient? - correct answer A B C D E Vitals What is included in the secondary assessment of a patient? - correct answer Focused history and a focused physical exam The initial impression of the PALS systematic approach algorithm includes which of the following characteristics? (Choose all correct answers.) 1. Appearance 2. Breathing 3. Restlessness 4. Colour 5. Pain - correct answer 1, 2, 4 The second box of the PALS systematic approach algorithm contains a question. (Fill in the blank to complete the question.) Is the child ____________ or is immediate intervention needed? - correct answer unresponsive In the PALS systematic approach algorithm, if the child is determined to be unresponsive or immediate intervention is needed what will be your next step? 1. Start CPR 2. Apply breathing with a bag valve mask 3. Activate emergency response 4. Check for a pulse - correct answer 3. After the emergency response is activated, the next intervention is to ____________. 1. Lightly shake the child's shoulders. 2. Look, listen, and feel. 3. Open the airway. 4. Check for breathing and a pulse - correct answer 4. After it is determined that the child has no pulse, what should be done? 1. Call for help 2. Begin CPR 3. Provide 2 rescue breaths 4. Start an IV - correct answer 2. A child is unresponsive and is not breathing. You have activated the emergency response system and your pulse check reveals that the child has a pulse. What should you do now? 1. Perform a brief head to toe assessment. 2. Place the child in the recovery position. 3. Give epinephrine 1mg IV push 4. Open the airway and provide ventilations and oxygen. - correct answer 4. A child is unresponsive and is not breathing. Emergency response was activated and now a pulse check shows that the child does have a pulse. You then open the airway, provide age-appropriate ventilations, and 100% oxygen with a bag valve mask. The child's pulse is < 60/min, and the child has signs of poor perfusion. What is your next intervention? 1. Begin CPR 2. Provide a 500ml NS bolus 3. Perform an ABG. 4. Intubate the patient. - correct answer 1. The right branch of the PALS systematic approach algorithm is a sequence of three actions. In the proper sequence, the three actions are: (Fill in the blanks) __________, __________, __________ - correct answer evaluate, identify, intervene The evaluate portion of the evaluate-identify-intervene sequence consists of what clinical assessment tools? (Choose all correct answers) 1. Diagnostic tests 2. Pain assessment 3. Secondary assessment 4. Primary assessment - correct answer 1, 3, 4 (True or False) The sequence of evaluate-identify-intervene should be used before and after each intervention and should continue until the child is stable. 1. True 2. False - correct answer 1. A consistent respiratory rate less than 10 or more than _____ breaths per minute in a child of any age is abnormal and suggests the presence of a potentially serious problem. 1. 40 2. 50 3. 60 4. 70 - correct answer 3. The primary objective of the Airway assessment in the ABCDE model is to assess airway _________. 1. effort of breathing 2. rate of breathing 3. disease 4. patency - correct answer 4. Within the EVALUATE portion of the evaluate-identify-intervene sequence, The primary assessment uses the ABCDE model for a hands-on evaluation of the critically ill child. What does ABCDE stand for? (Fill in the blanks) A B C D E - correct answer Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure Simple measures for maintaining airway patency include all of the following EXCEPT which intervention? 1. Continuous positive airway pressure 2. Head tilt chin lift 3. Jaw thrust 4. Nasopharyngeal airway - correct answer 1. Assessment of Breathing includes evaluation of: 1. Respiratory rate and effort 2. Chest expansion in air movement 3. Lung and airway sounds 4. O2 saturation 5. All of the above - correct answer 5. Tachypnea can have both respiratory and non-respiratory causes. Select all of the non-respiratory cause of tachypnea. 1. Croup 2. Pneumonia