AHA PALS PRACTICE EXAM 2024-2025
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+. 100%
PASS GUARANTEED!
A 13-year-old patient with asthma just received oxygen and albuterol
via a nebulizer. What is the next most appropriate intervention?
A. Administer 0.1 mg/kg of adenosine
B. Obtain a blood sample to evaluate arterial or venous blood gases
C. Reassess breath sounds and clinical status
D. Repeat the albuterol treatment - Ans>Reassess breath sounds and
clinical status
The respiratory rate of a 1-year-old child with respiratory distress has
decreased from 65/min to 30/min. The child is more lethargic and
continues to have subcostal retractions. What does this change likely
indicate?
A. Respiratory distress is unchanged
B. Progression toward respiratory failure
C. Improved respiratory status
D. Neurologic impairment - Ans>Progression toward respiratory failure
What is the most likely cause of head bobbing in infants?
A. Increased respiratory effort
,B. Improving respiratory status
C. Decompensated shock
D. Brain injury - Ans>Increased respiratory effort
Several healthcare providers are participating in an attempted
resuscitation. Which of the following is most consistent with the
responsibilities of the team leader of the resuscitation?
A. Records medications and interventions
B. Assigns roles to team members
C. Administers defibrillation shocks
D. Provides compressions - Ans>Assigns roles to team members
Which of the following conditions is appropriate for use of an
oropharyngeal airway?
A. Conscious with no gag reflex
B. Unconscious with a gag reflex
C. Unconscious with no gag reflex
D. Conscious with a gag reflex - Ans>Unconscious with no gag reflex
A child presents with severe respiratory distress, urticaria, stridor,
and tachycardia about 10 minutes after eating peanuts. What is the
most appropriate initial medication for this child?
A. Nebulized albuterol
B. Epinephrine IM
C. Isotonic crystalloid IV
, D. Methylprednisolone IV - Ans>Epinephrine IM
A mother brings her 7-year-old child to the emergency department.
The mother states that the child has had a fever for the past 4 days
and has had little to eat or drink during the past 24 hours. Your initial
impression reveals a lethargic child with increased respiratory rate
and pale color. Heart rate is 160/min, respiratory rate is 38/min, and
blood pressure is 86/48 mm Hg. Capillary refill is 4 seconds. Which of
the following is the most appropriate intervention for this child?
A. Fluid bolus of 10 mL/kg of isotonic crystalloid
B. Fluid bolus of 20 mL/kg of isotonic crystalloid
C. Maintenance fluid infusion of isotonic crystalloid at 10 mL/h
D. Maintenance fluid infusion of 5% dextrose and water at 20 mL/h -
Ans>Fluid bolus of 20 mL/kg of isotonic crystalloid
An intubated 5-year-old child who was in a motor vehicle collision
becomes increasingly more difficult to ventilate. The child has
diminished breath sounds and chest expansion on the right side of
the chest, with audible breath sounds and visible chest expansion on
the left. The endotracheal tube insertion depth has not changed.
What is the most appropriate intervention?
A. Deflate the cuff and pull the tube back
B. Perform needle decompression on the right chest
C. Perform needle decompression on the left chest D. Insert a gastric
tube - Ans>Perform needle decompression on the right chest
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+. 100%
PASS GUARANTEED!
A 13-year-old patient with asthma just received oxygen and albuterol
via a nebulizer. What is the next most appropriate intervention?
A. Administer 0.1 mg/kg of adenosine
B. Obtain a blood sample to evaluate arterial or venous blood gases
C. Reassess breath sounds and clinical status
D. Repeat the albuterol treatment - Ans>Reassess breath sounds and
clinical status
The respiratory rate of a 1-year-old child with respiratory distress has
decreased from 65/min to 30/min. The child is more lethargic and
continues to have subcostal retractions. What does this change likely
indicate?
A. Respiratory distress is unchanged
B. Progression toward respiratory failure
C. Improved respiratory status
D. Neurologic impairment - Ans>Progression toward respiratory failure
What is the most likely cause of head bobbing in infants?
A. Increased respiratory effort
,B. Improving respiratory status
C. Decompensated shock
D. Brain injury - Ans>Increased respiratory effort
Several healthcare providers are participating in an attempted
resuscitation. Which of the following is most consistent with the
responsibilities of the team leader of the resuscitation?
A. Records medications and interventions
B. Assigns roles to team members
C. Administers defibrillation shocks
D. Provides compressions - Ans>Assigns roles to team members
Which of the following conditions is appropriate for use of an
oropharyngeal airway?
A. Conscious with no gag reflex
B. Unconscious with a gag reflex
C. Unconscious with no gag reflex
D. Conscious with a gag reflex - Ans>Unconscious with no gag reflex
A child presents with severe respiratory distress, urticaria, stridor,
and tachycardia about 10 minutes after eating peanuts. What is the
most appropriate initial medication for this child?
A. Nebulized albuterol
B. Epinephrine IM
C. Isotonic crystalloid IV
, D. Methylprednisolone IV - Ans>Epinephrine IM
A mother brings her 7-year-old child to the emergency department.
The mother states that the child has had a fever for the past 4 days
and has had little to eat or drink during the past 24 hours. Your initial
impression reveals a lethargic child with increased respiratory rate
and pale color. Heart rate is 160/min, respiratory rate is 38/min, and
blood pressure is 86/48 mm Hg. Capillary refill is 4 seconds. Which of
the following is the most appropriate intervention for this child?
A. Fluid bolus of 10 mL/kg of isotonic crystalloid
B. Fluid bolus of 20 mL/kg of isotonic crystalloid
C. Maintenance fluid infusion of isotonic crystalloid at 10 mL/h
D. Maintenance fluid infusion of 5% dextrose and water at 20 mL/h -
Ans>Fluid bolus of 20 mL/kg of isotonic crystalloid
An intubated 5-year-old child who was in a motor vehicle collision
becomes increasingly more difficult to ventilate. The child has
diminished breath sounds and chest expansion on the right side of
the chest, with audible breath sounds and visible chest expansion on
the left. The endotracheal tube insertion depth has not changed.
What is the most appropriate intervention?
A. Deflate the cuff and pull the tube back
B. Perform needle decompression on the right chest
C. Perform needle decompression on the left chest D. Insert a gastric
tube - Ans>Perform needle decompression on the right chest
