ACLS FINAL TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You instruct a team member to give 1 mg Atropine IV. Which is the best example of
closed-loop communication? -Answer: C) I'll draw up 1 mg of Atropine.
What is an effect of excessive ventilation? -Answer: A) Decreased cardiac output.
If a team member is about to make a mistake during a resuscitation attempt, which best
describes the action that the team leader or other team members should take? -
Answer: C) Address the team members immediately.
Which best describes this rhythm? -Answer: A) Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia.
For STEMI patient, which best describes the recommended maximum goal time for
emergency department door-to-balloon inflation time for percutaneous coronary
intervention? -Answer: D) 90 minutes.
Which is the maximum interval you should allow for an interruption in chest
compressions? -Answer: A) 10 seconds.
Which is the one way to minimize interruptions in chest compressions during CPR? -
Answer: D) Continue CPR while the defibrillator charges.
Which best describes an action taken by the team leader to avoid insufficiencies during a
resuscitation attempt? -Answer: C) Clearly delegate tasks.
Which is an acceptable method of selecting an appropriately sized oropharyngeal
airway? -Answer: A) Measure the corner of the mouth to the angle of the mandible.
You are evaluating a 58-year-old man with chest discomfort. His blood pressure is
92/50 mm Hg, his heart rate is 92/min, his nonlabored respiratory rate is 14
breaths/min, and his pulse oximetry reading is 97%. Which assessment step is most
important now? -Answer: C) Obtaining a 12-lead ECG.
A patient in respiratory distress and with a blood pressure of 70/50 mmHg presents
with the lead IIECG rhythm shown here. Which is the appropriate treatment? -
Answer: B) Performing synchronized cardioversion.
During post-cardiac arrest care, which is the recommended duration of targeted
temperature management after reaching the correct temperature range? -Answer: B)
At least 24 hours.
Three minutes into a cardiac resuscitation attempt, one member of your team inserts an
endotracheal tube while another performs chest compressions. Capnography shows a
persistent waveform and a PETCO2 of 8 mmHg. Which is the significance of this
finding? -Answer: A) Chest compressions may not be effective.
You instruct a team member to give 1 mg Atropine IV. Which is the best example of
closed-loop communication? -Answer: C) I'll draw up 1 mg of Atropine.
What is an effect of excessive ventilation? -Answer: A) Decreased cardiac output.
If a team member is about to make a mistake during a resuscitation attempt, which best
describes the action that the team leader or other team members should take? -
Answer: C) Address the team members immediately.
Which best describes this rhythm? -Answer: A) Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia.
For STEMI patient, which best describes the recommended maximum goal time for
emergency department door-to-balloon inflation time for percutaneous coronary
intervention? -Answer: D) 90 minutes.
Which is the maximum interval you should allow for an interruption in chest
compressions? -Answer: A) 10 seconds.
Which is the one way to minimize interruptions in chest compressions during CPR? -
Answer: D) Continue CPR while the defibrillator charges.
Which best describes an action taken by the team leader to avoid insufficiencies during a
resuscitation attempt? -Answer: C) Clearly delegate tasks.
Which is an acceptable method of selecting an appropriately sized oropharyngeal
airway? -Answer: A) Measure the corner of the mouth to the angle of the mandible.
You are evaluating a 58-year-old man with chest discomfort. His blood pressure is
92/50 mm Hg, his heart rate is 92/min, his nonlabored respiratory rate is 14
breaths/min, and his pulse oximetry reading is 97%. Which assessment step is most
important now? -Answer: C) Obtaining a 12-lead ECG.
A patient in respiratory distress and with a blood pressure of 70/50 mmHg presents
with the lead IIECG rhythm shown here. Which is the appropriate treatment? -
Answer: B) Performing synchronized cardioversion.
During post-cardiac arrest care, which is the recommended duration of targeted
temperature management after reaching the correct temperature range? -Answer: B)
At least 24 hours.
Three minutes into a cardiac resuscitation attempt, one member of your team inserts an
endotracheal tube while another performs chest compressions. Capnography shows a
persistent waveform and a PETCO2 of 8 mmHg. Which is the significance of this
finding? -Answer: A) Chest compressions may not be effective.
