ACLS TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. What element of a system of care is represented by properly
functioning resuscitation equipment?
Answer Structure
2. What is the first link in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
(OHCA) chain of survival?
Answer Activation of emergency reponse
3. What are signs of clinical deterioration that would prompt the
activation of rapid response system?
Answer Symptomatic hypertension
Seizure
Unexplained agitation
4. What is the primary purpose of a rapid response team (RRT) or
medical emer- gency team (MET)?
Answer To improve patient outcomes by identifying and treating early clinical deterioration
5. What happens when teams rapidly assess and intervene when
patients have abnormal vital signs?
Answer The number of in hospital cardiac arrest decreases
,6. In addition to decreased IHCA, what are some other benefits of
implementing a rapid response system? Select all that apply.
Answer Decrease ICU length of stay.
Decreased in total hospital length of stay.
7. Which is the main advantage of effective teamwork?
Answer Division of tasks
8. Which is the best example of a role of the team leader?
Answer Models excellent team behavior
9. Which is the best example of a role of a team member?
Answer Prepared to fulfill their role responsibilities
10. What is the primary purpose of the CPR coach on a
resuscitation team?
Answer In- creasing CPR quality
11. What are the 6 positions for high performance teams in
resuscitation?
Answer Team leader
Airway
Timer/recorder
Compressor (rotate every 2 minutes)
,Monitor/defibrillator/cpr coach
IV/IO/Medications
12. Which member of the high performance team has the
responsibility for assigning roles (positions)?
Answer Team leader
13. Which high performance team member is part of the
resuscitation triangle?-
Answer Monitor/defibrillator/cpr coach
14. Which is an example of knowledge sharing by a team leader?
Answer Asking for suggestions about interventions
15. Which is an example of summarizing and reevaluating?
Answer Increasing monitoring of the patients condition deteriorates
16. Which is a step of closed-loop communication?
Answer Confirming task completion before assign- ing another task
17. Which are examples of mutual respect? Select all that apply
Answer
Acknowledging correctly completed tasks in a positive way
Ensuring that only one person talks at a time
, 18. What are the components of high quality CPR? Select all that
apply
Answer
Compression depth of at least 2 inches (5cm)
Switching compressors every 2 minutes
Avoiding excessive ventilation
Complete chest recoil after each
compression Interruption limited to under
10 seconds
19. How do you calculate the chest compression fraction (CCF)?
What is ideal percentage?
Answer Divide chest compression time by total code time. You want this at least 60% but ideally
greater than 80%
20. Which component of effective high-performance teams is
represented by the use of real-time feedback devices?
Answer Quality
21. How do you calculate Coronary Perfusion Pressure (CPP)?
Answer Aortic diastolic pressure "minus" Right Atrial Diastolic Pressure
22. How do interruptions in chest compressions negatively impact
survival after cardiac arrest?
Answer Decrease coronary perfusion pressure
23. What is the only intervention that can restore an organized
rhythm in pa- tients with ventricular fibrillation (VF)?
1. What element of a system of care is represented by properly
functioning resuscitation equipment?
Answer Structure
2. What is the first link in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
(OHCA) chain of survival?
Answer Activation of emergency reponse
3. What are signs of clinical deterioration that would prompt the
activation of rapid response system?
Answer Symptomatic hypertension
Seizure
Unexplained agitation
4. What is the primary purpose of a rapid response team (RRT) or
medical emer- gency team (MET)?
Answer To improve patient outcomes by identifying and treating early clinical deterioration
5. What happens when teams rapidly assess and intervene when
patients have abnormal vital signs?
Answer The number of in hospital cardiac arrest decreases
,6. In addition to decreased IHCA, what are some other benefits of
implementing a rapid response system? Select all that apply.
Answer Decrease ICU length of stay.
Decreased in total hospital length of stay.
7. Which is the main advantage of effective teamwork?
Answer Division of tasks
8. Which is the best example of a role of the team leader?
Answer Models excellent team behavior
9. Which is the best example of a role of a team member?
Answer Prepared to fulfill their role responsibilities
10. What is the primary purpose of the CPR coach on a
resuscitation team?
Answer In- creasing CPR quality
11. What are the 6 positions for high performance teams in
resuscitation?
Answer Team leader
Airway
Timer/recorder
Compressor (rotate every 2 minutes)
,Monitor/defibrillator/cpr coach
IV/IO/Medications
12. Which member of the high performance team has the
responsibility for assigning roles (positions)?
Answer Team leader
13. Which high performance team member is part of the
resuscitation triangle?-
Answer Monitor/defibrillator/cpr coach
14. Which is an example of knowledge sharing by a team leader?
Answer Asking for suggestions about interventions
15. Which is an example of summarizing and reevaluating?
Answer Increasing monitoring of the patients condition deteriorates
16. Which is a step of closed-loop communication?
Answer Confirming task completion before assign- ing another task
17. Which are examples of mutual respect? Select all that apply
Answer
Acknowledging correctly completed tasks in a positive way
Ensuring that only one person talks at a time
, 18. What are the components of high quality CPR? Select all that
apply
Answer
Compression depth of at least 2 inches (5cm)
Switching compressors every 2 minutes
Avoiding excessive ventilation
Complete chest recoil after each
compression Interruption limited to under
10 seconds
19. How do you calculate the chest compression fraction (CCF)?
What is ideal percentage?
Answer Divide chest compression time by total code time. You want this at least 60% but ideally
greater than 80%
20. Which component of effective high-performance teams is
represented by the use of real-time feedback devices?
Answer Quality
21. How do you calculate Coronary Perfusion Pressure (CPP)?
Answer Aortic diastolic pressure "minus" Right Atrial Diastolic Pressure
22. How do interruptions in chest compressions negatively impact
survival after cardiac arrest?
Answer Decrease coronary perfusion pressure
23. What is the only intervention that can restore an organized
rhythm in pa- tients with ventricular fibrillation (VF)?
