ACLS Practice Questions with Answers 100%
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Rate of chest compressions for adults - ✔️✔️-100-120 compressions per minute
Ratio of compressions to breaths in adults - ✔️✔️-30:2
Rate of bag valve mask ventilation for adults in respiratory arrest - ✔️✔️-Once every 5-
6 seconds or 10-12 times per minute
Treatments for hypotension following cardiac arrest - ✔️✔️-IV dopamine infusion, IV
epinephrine infusion
IV Ringer's lactate, IV normal saline
*The leader in team resuscitation must be able to perform all the skills if needed.* -
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Recommended ED door-to-balloon inflation time for a STEMI patient - ✔️✔️-No longer
than 90 minutes
Ways to estimate effectiveness of CPR - ✔️✔️-Arterial diastolic blood pressure,
quantitative waveform capnography, central venous oxygen saturation
Best drug used for narrow complex supraventricular tachycardia - ✔️✔️-Adenosine
Drug used for pulseless electrical activity - ✔️✔️-Epinephrine
Sequence of basic life support - ✔️✔️-Compressions, airway, breathing (CAB)
Initial dose of adenosine for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia - ✔️✔️-6 mg IV
Heart rate at which tachycardia usually becomes symptomatic - ✔️✔️-150 bpm
, Longest duration for pulse check - ✔️✔️-10 seconds
Recommended initial dosage of atropine for symptomatic bradycardia - ✔️✔️-0.5 mg IV
Recommended dose of oxygen during CPR - ✔️✔️-100%
Goal for initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patients - ✔️✔️-Within 1 hour of ED
arrival
Common reversible causes of cardiac arrest ("H's and T's") - ✔️✔️-Hypotension,
hypoxia, hypothermia, hydrogen ions (acidosis), hypo-/hyperkalemia
Tension pneumothorax, tamponade, thrombosis (coronary), thrombosis (pulmonary),
toxins
Best option for treatment of STEMI diagnosed in ambulance via 12-lead ECG - ✔️✔️-
Transport to PCI-capable hospital
Components of Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS) - ✔️✔️-Facial droop, arm
drift, speech abnormality
Asystole should be treated with all of the following EXCEPT:
CPR
Ventilations
Defibrillation
Epinephrine - ✔️✔️-Asystole should be treated with all of the following EXCEPT:
CPR
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Rate of chest compressions for adults - ✔️✔️-100-120 compressions per minute
Ratio of compressions to breaths in adults - ✔️✔️-30:2
Rate of bag valve mask ventilation for adults in respiratory arrest - ✔️✔️-Once every 5-
6 seconds or 10-12 times per minute
Treatments for hypotension following cardiac arrest - ✔️✔️-IV dopamine infusion, IV
epinephrine infusion
IV Ringer's lactate, IV normal saline
*The leader in team resuscitation must be able to perform all the skills if needed.* -
✔️✔️-
Recommended ED door-to-balloon inflation time for a STEMI patient - ✔️✔️-No longer
than 90 minutes
Ways to estimate effectiveness of CPR - ✔️✔️-Arterial diastolic blood pressure,
quantitative waveform capnography, central venous oxygen saturation
Best drug used for narrow complex supraventricular tachycardia - ✔️✔️-Adenosine
Drug used for pulseless electrical activity - ✔️✔️-Epinephrine
Sequence of basic life support - ✔️✔️-Compressions, airway, breathing (CAB)
Initial dose of adenosine for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia - ✔️✔️-6 mg IV
Heart rate at which tachycardia usually becomes symptomatic - ✔️✔️-150 bpm
, Longest duration for pulse check - ✔️✔️-10 seconds
Recommended initial dosage of atropine for symptomatic bradycardia - ✔️✔️-0.5 mg IV
Recommended dose of oxygen during CPR - ✔️✔️-100%
Goal for initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patients - ✔️✔️-Within 1 hour of ED
arrival
Common reversible causes of cardiac arrest ("H's and T's") - ✔️✔️-Hypotension,
hypoxia, hypothermia, hydrogen ions (acidosis), hypo-/hyperkalemia
Tension pneumothorax, tamponade, thrombosis (coronary), thrombosis (pulmonary),
toxins
Best option for treatment of STEMI diagnosed in ambulance via 12-lead ECG - ✔️✔️-
Transport to PCI-capable hospital
Components of Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS) - ✔️✔️-Facial droop, arm
drift, speech abnormality
Asystole should be treated with all of the following EXCEPT:
CPR
Ventilations
Defibrillation
Epinephrine - ✔️✔️-Asystole should be treated with all of the following EXCEPT:
CPR
