ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE SUPPORT ACLS EXAMINATION TEST 2026 COMPLETE TESTBANK AND STUDY GUIDE BUNDLE

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE
SUPPORT ACLS EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE TESTBANK AND STUDY GUIDE
BUNDLE

⩥ What is the pulse generated by? Answer: Blood flow
-NOT electrical potential


⩥ Can we have electrical activity with no muscle contraction? Answer:
Yes
-leads to no pulse


⩥ What does a cardiopulmonary arrest require? Answer:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)


⩥ What does CPR do? Answer: Provide tissue perfusion by external
chest compression
Establishment of airway and delivery of oxygen


⩥ What are the 4 types of arrest? Answer: Pulseless ventricular
tachycardia (pVT)
Ventricular fibrillation (VFib)

,Pulseless electrical activity (PEA)
Aystole


⩥ Which types of arrest are shockable (heart is moving but not moving
blood)? Answer: pVT
VFib


⩥ Which types of arrest are not shockable? Answer: PEA
Asystole


⩥ Which types of arrest have a big QRS that covers up the P wave?
Answer: pVT
VFib


⩥ pVT Answer: Rapid ventricular contraction insufficient to allow
adequate ventricular filling and meaningful cardiac output
-Ventricles beat faster than atria
-Not getting blood thru


⩥ VFib Answer: Rapid, uncoordinated, fluttering contractions of the
ventricles leading to cessation of isolated ventricular contraction and
blood flow
-Blood stands still

, ⩥ PEA Answer: Electrophysiologic state demonstrating impulse on ECG
w/o resultant ventricular contraction


⩥ Aystole Answer: A condition of weakening or cessation of ventricular
contraction
-flat-line


⩥ VFib ECG: Answer: Irregular


⩥ pVT ECG: Answer: Organized


⩥ PEA ECG: Answer:


⩥ Asystole ECG: Answer:


⩥ What are the most common types of arrest? Answer: Asystole-39%
PEA-37%


⩥ What are the most common causes of an arrest? Answer: Arrhythmia-
34%
Acute respiratory failure-25%