American Red Cross-PALS-Final Exam with Complete Solution Correct Answers

A child experiencing bradycardia with inadequate perfusion despite supporting oxygenation and ventilation is receiving compressions. Despite these efforts, the child's status remains unchanged. Which medication would the emergency response team expect to administer next? - Epinephrine A 12-year-old is being treated in the urgent care clinic. The mother reports that the child came home from school yesterday with a high fever, vomiting and multiple episodes of watery diarrhea. The healthcare provider obtains a rhythm strip and notes the following waveform. The provider interprets this as which type of arrhythmia? - Sinus tachycardia After ROSC, a child is experiencing post-cardiac arrest hypoperfusion. The PALS resuscitation team would administer which element to restore intravascular volume and optimize preload? - Isotonic fluid boluses A 30-month old child has been diagnosed with moderate croup. Which medication(s) would the provider administer? - -Nebulized epinephrine -Corticosteroids A 2-year-old child is brought to the pediatric urgent care clinic by the parent who says that the child has had a barking cough for two days. During the rapid assessment of the child, the provider hears audible inspiratory stridor. Which common cause of partial upper airway obstruction in children would the provider most likely suspect? - Croup A PALS resuscitation team is preparing to defibrillate a child experiencing cardiac arrest. For which rhythm(s) would this action be appropriate? - -Ventricular fibrillation (VF) -Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pVT) An advanced airway was placed in a 5-year-old child. Which action(s) would be most appropriate for the team to take to confirm correct placement? - -Auscultate over the lungs and epigastrium for air movement. -Observe for bilateral chest rise. -Evaluate results of capnography. What is considered inadequate perfusion when assessing/caring for a pediatric patient with an arrhythmia? - -Acutely altered mental status -Diminished peripheral pulses -Hypotension A 2-year-old child arrives at the emergency department with the parents. The child is unresponsive, is not breathing and has no pulse. Two emergency department providers begin high-quality CPR. Which action(s) by the providers demonstrates high-quality CPR? - -Providing ventilations that last about 1 second each -Compressing the chest about 2 inches -Giving 2 ventilations to every 15 compressions -Allowing the chest to recoil fully after each compression