HEARTCODE ACLS ADVANCED CARDIAC
LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION PAPER
SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Structure
Answer: People
Education
Equipment
◉ Process
Answer: Protocols
Policies
Procedures
◉ System
Answer: Programs
Organization
Culture
,◉ Patient Outcome
Answer: Satisfaction
Quality
Safety
◉ Properly functioning resuscitation equipment represents that
element of a system of care?
Answer: Structure
◉ Among others which of the following factors has been associated
with improved survival in patients with cardiac arrest?
Answer: Immediate high quality CPR
◉ What is the first link in the out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)
Chain of Survival?
Answer: Activation of emergency response
◉ The purpose of a rapid response team (RRT) or medical
emergency team (MET) is to
Answer: improve patient outcomes by identifying and treating early
clinical deterioration.
◉ Components of a rapid response system:
, Answer: Event detection and response triggering arm
A plant response such an RRT or MET
Quality monitoring
Administrative support
◉ Criteria for RRT
Answer: Airway compromise
Respiratory rate less than six per minute or more than 30 per
minute
Heart rate less than 40 per minute or greater than 140 per minute
Systolic blood pressure less than 90 mm HG
Symptomatic hypertension
Unexpended decrease in level of consciousness
Unexplained agitation
Seizure
Significant decrease in urine output
◉ Clinical deterioration that would prompt the activation of a rapid
response system
Answer: Symptomatic hypertension
Seizure
Unexplained agitation
LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION PAPER
SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Structure
Answer: People
Education
Equipment
◉ Process
Answer: Protocols
Policies
Procedures
◉ System
Answer: Programs
Organization
Culture
,◉ Patient Outcome
Answer: Satisfaction
Quality
Safety
◉ Properly functioning resuscitation equipment represents that
element of a system of care?
Answer: Structure
◉ Among others which of the following factors has been associated
with improved survival in patients with cardiac arrest?
Answer: Immediate high quality CPR
◉ What is the first link in the out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)
Chain of Survival?
Answer: Activation of emergency response
◉ The purpose of a rapid response team (RRT) or medical
emergency team (MET) is to
Answer: improve patient outcomes by identifying and treating early
clinical deterioration.
◉ Components of a rapid response system:
, Answer: Event detection and response triggering arm
A plant response such an RRT or MET
Quality monitoring
Administrative support
◉ Criteria for RRT
Answer: Airway compromise
Respiratory rate less than six per minute or more than 30 per
minute
Heart rate less than 40 per minute or greater than 140 per minute
Systolic blood pressure less than 90 mm HG
Symptomatic hypertension
Unexpended decrease in level of consciousness
Unexplained agitation
Seizure
Significant decrease in urine output
◉ Clinical deterioration that would prompt the activation of a rapid
response system
Answer: Symptomatic hypertension
Seizure
Unexplained agitation
