ACLS AHA questions with verified answers
? What is the minimum coronary perfusion pressure required to achieve ROSC?
Ans✓✓✓ 15 mmHg
A patient with ventricular assistive device is not breathing, has signs of
inadequate, perfusion, and is unconscious. You determine the VAD is functioning.
After endotracheal intubation the patient has a PetCO2 of 12 mmHg. What is your
next action? Ans✓✓✓ Perform external chest compressions
As part of the neurologic assessment you perform a physical and neurologic
examination. What are some of the general questions you need to ask? Ans✓✓✓
When did symptoms start? Do you take medications? What other symptoms do
you have? Do you have any allergies?
At the next pulse check compressors are switched,and rhythm continues to be
refactory ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia. A shock is delivered and
cpr is resumed. What is your next intervention? Ans✓✓✓ Administer
amiodarone, 300 MG IV
Coronary Perfusion Pressure (CPP) equals aortic ____ pressure minus _____ atrial
diastolic pressure Ans✓✓✓ Diastolic
Right
Door-to-drug time for thrombolytics Ans✓✓✓ 30 min
Electrical cardioversion is not recommended as the initial treatment for patients
unless the heart rate is above ______ Ans✓✓✓ 150
, First medical contact to balloon inflation? Ans✓✓✓ 90min
How long should you wait to determine the neurologic prognosis of a patient
treated with targeted temperature management after the patient returns to
normothermia Ans✓✓✓ 72 hours
How quickly does a chance of survival decline for every minute of defibrillation
delay in patients with ventricular fibrillation, who did not receive bystander CPR?
Ans✓✓✓ 7% to 10%
Identify the systolic blood pressure threshold for withholding fibrinolytic therapy
to otherwise eligible patients with acute ischemic stroke. Ans✓✓✓ 185
In which of the following patients can nasal pharyngeal airways be used Ans✓✓✓
- Semi conscious
- Conscious
- unconscious
Once PEA is identified and there are no signs of ROSC, you continue CPR. What is
your next step for appropriate care for this patient? Ans✓✓✓ Administer
epinephrine, 1 mg Iv
Targeted temperature management Ans✓✓✓ 32-36*C for at least 24 H
The patient's ventilation and blood pressure have responded to treatment. What
other lab or diagnostic tests would be appropriate to consider at this time for
reversible causes? Ans✓✓✓ Temperature
? What is the minimum coronary perfusion pressure required to achieve ROSC?
Ans✓✓✓ 15 mmHg
A patient with ventricular assistive device is not breathing, has signs of
inadequate, perfusion, and is unconscious. You determine the VAD is functioning.
After endotracheal intubation the patient has a PetCO2 of 12 mmHg. What is your
next action? Ans✓✓✓ Perform external chest compressions
As part of the neurologic assessment you perform a physical and neurologic
examination. What are some of the general questions you need to ask? Ans✓✓✓
When did symptoms start? Do you take medications? What other symptoms do
you have? Do you have any allergies?
At the next pulse check compressors are switched,and rhythm continues to be
refactory ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia. A shock is delivered and
cpr is resumed. What is your next intervention? Ans✓✓✓ Administer
amiodarone, 300 MG IV
Coronary Perfusion Pressure (CPP) equals aortic ____ pressure minus _____ atrial
diastolic pressure Ans✓✓✓ Diastolic
Right
Door-to-drug time for thrombolytics Ans✓✓✓ 30 min
Electrical cardioversion is not recommended as the initial treatment for patients
unless the heart rate is above ______ Ans✓✓✓ 150
, First medical contact to balloon inflation? Ans✓✓✓ 90min
How long should you wait to determine the neurologic prognosis of a patient
treated with targeted temperature management after the patient returns to
normothermia Ans✓✓✓ 72 hours
How quickly does a chance of survival decline for every minute of defibrillation
delay in patients with ventricular fibrillation, who did not receive bystander CPR?
Ans✓✓✓ 7% to 10%
Identify the systolic blood pressure threshold for withholding fibrinolytic therapy
to otherwise eligible patients with acute ischemic stroke. Ans✓✓✓ 185
In which of the following patients can nasal pharyngeal airways be used Ans✓✓✓
- Semi conscious
- Conscious
- unconscious
Once PEA is identified and there are no signs of ROSC, you continue CPR. What is
your next step for appropriate care for this patient? Ans✓✓✓ Administer
epinephrine, 1 mg Iv
Targeted temperature management Ans✓✓✓ 32-36*C for at least 24 H
The patient's ventilation and blood pressure have responded to treatment. What
other lab or diagnostic tests would be appropriate to consider at this time for
reversible causes? Ans✓✓✓ Temperature
