PALS FINAL EXAM RED CROSS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED A+
1. A 4-month old infant is brought to the emergency department in
cardiac arrest. Which condition would the team identify as the most
common cause of cardiac arrest in an infant of this age?: sudden infant death
syndrome is the most common cause in infants younger than 6 months of age.
2. The PALS resuscitation team is providing care to an intubated child
in cardiac arrest. Which result best determines the adequacy of the
team's chest compressions?: End-tidal carbon dioxide level between 15 and 20 mmHg
3. The emergency response team is providing care to a
preschooler who is experiencing shock. Which therapeutic goal,
common to all types of shock, does the team work to achieve?: The primary
therapeutic goal in shock, regardless of cause, is to restore a favorable balance between
oxygen delivery and oxygen demand.
4. A 9-year-old child is brought to the emergency department
because the child suddenly collapsed at school. The child's ECG
reveals the following waveform, and primary assessment findings
indicate that the child is hemodynamically unstable. Which primary
assessment findings indicate this?: Decreased level of con- sciousness,
Hypotension, Difficulty breathing, Mottling
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, 5. A child is experiencing shock. The emergency response team
prepares for imminent cardiac arrest when assessment reveals which
finding(s)?: Hypotension, Bradycardia, Diminished central pulses
6. An 11-year-old soccer player is brought to the emergency
department. After a quick assessment, the team realizes this patient
is experiencing a severe asth- ma exacerbation. Which medication
would the team administer first?: Albuterol plus ipratropium bromide
7. The PALS team is providing post-cardiac arrest care to an 8-year-
old child in the pediatric intensive care unit. Which intervention
would the team implement to achieve the primary goal of post-cardiac
arrest care?: Ensuring adequate mean arterial pressure
8. child in the pediatric intensive care unit displays the following ECG
waveform and does not have a palpable central pulse. The
resuscitation team interprets this as which arrhythmia?: pulseless ventricular
tachycardia (pVT)
9. Which action would the PALS resuscitation team initiate to
minimize in- creased intracranial pressure after cardiac arrest?: Maintain the
head in midline position with 30-degree elevation
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AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED A+
1. A 4-month old infant is brought to the emergency department in
cardiac arrest. Which condition would the team identify as the most
common cause of cardiac arrest in an infant of this age?: sudden infant death
syndrome is the most common cause in infants younger than 6 months of age.
2. The PALS resuscitation team is providing care to an intubated child
in cardiac arrest. Which result best determines the adequacy of the
team's chest compressions?: End-tidal carbon dioxide level between 15 and 20 mmHg
3. The emergency response team is providing care to a
preschooler who is experiencing shock. Which therapeutic goal,
common to all types of shock, does the team work to achieve?: The primary
therapeutic goal in shock, regardless of cause, is to restore a favorable balance between
oxygen delivery and oxygen demand.
4. A 9-year-old child is brought to the emergency department
because the child suddenly collapsed at school. The child's ECG
reveals the following waveform, and primary assessment findings
indicate that the child is hemodynamically unstable. Which primary
assessment findings indicate this?: Decreased level of con- sciousness,
Hypotension, Difficulty breathing, Mottling
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12
, 5. A child is experiencing shock. The emergency response team
prepares for imminent cardiac arrest when assessment reveals which
finding(s)?: Hypotension, Bradycardia, Diminished central pulses
6. An 11-year-old soccer player is brought to the emergency
department. After a quick assessment, the team realizes this patient
is experiencing a severe asth- ma exacerbation. Which medication
would the team administer first?: Albuterol plus ipratropium bromide
7. The PALS team is providing post-cardiac arrest care to an 8-year-
old child in the pediatric intensive care unit. Which intervention
would the team implement to achieve the primary goal of post-cardiac
arrest care?: Ensuring adequate mean arterial pressure
8. child in the pediatric intensive care unit displays the following ECG
waveform and does not have a palpable central pulse. The
resuscitation team interprets this as which arrhythmia?: pulseless ventricular
tachycardia (pVT)
9. Which action would the PALS resuscitation team initiate to
minimize in- creased intracranial pressure after cardiac arrest?: Maintain the
head in midline position with 30-degree elevation
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