ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT LATEST 2025 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED
A+.
◉ Treatment of tension pneumothorax. Answer: IMMEDIATE needle thoracentesis in second
intercostal space and midclavicular line and insertion of intercostal catheter
◉ Accumulation of fluid/blood in pericardial sac Answer: Cardiac tamponade
◉ Becks triad Answer: Distended neck veins
Muffled heart sounds
Hypotension
◉ Cardiac tamponade is best diagnosed by Answer: Ultrasound
◉ Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel that obstructs flow of blood through coronary
system Answer: Thrombosis
◉ During a cardiac arrest what drugs could be used to treat hyperkalaemia Answer: Calcium
gluconate, insulin
◉ What size guedel airway would you use in an emergency situation Answer: Size 5
◉ What size nasopharyngeal airway would you select for an average size adult? Answer: 6-7
◉ During PEA when should the first dose Adrenaline be given? Answer: Immediately
◉ What spo2 percentage should be targeted during post-resuscitation care? Answer: 94-98%
◉ When is amiodarone administered Answer: After three shocks (shockable rhythms)
, ◉ What dose of amiodarone should be administered following the third shock? Answer: 300mg
◉ Two shockable rhythms Answer: Ventricular Fibrillation & Ventricular Tachycardia
◉ Two airway positioning manoeuvres Answer: Chin lift-head tilt or jaw thrust
◉ Out of the two airway positioning manoeuvres which one would you use with a suspected
neck injury Answer: Jaw thrust
◉ causes of tension pneumothorax Answer: Blunt or penetrating chest injury
Treatment procedures (mechanical ventilation)
Spontaneous pneumothorax
◉ Complications that could arise from bag valve mask used in resuscitation Answer:
Hypoventilation, hyperventilation, gastric distention, aspiration
◉ Used to provide positive pressure ventilation to patient not breathing adequately Answer:
Bag valve mask
◉ What is a Bag-valve-mask (BVM)? Answer: Used to provide positive pressure ventilation to
pts not breathing or breathing inadequately
◉ How many people are preferred to use the bag valve mask Answer: Two.
◉ What rate should breaths be given via a bag valve mask Answer: 10-12 breaths per min. One
breath every 6 seconds
◉ What is the benefit of two people controlling a bag valve mask Answer: More effective
ventilations due to better seal on pts face
◉ Another name for an oropharyngeal airway Answer: Guedel Airway
◉ How to effectively measure for a guedel airway Answer: Measure from corner of patients
incisors to angle of jaw
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED
A+.
◉ Treatment of tension pneumothorax. Answer: IMMEDIATE needle thoracentesis in second
intercostal space and midclavicular line and insertion of intercostal catheter
◉ Accumulation of fluid/blood in pericardial sac Answer: Cardiac tamponade
◉ Becks triad Answer: Distended neck veins
Muffled heart sounds
Hypotension
◉ Cardiac tamponade is best diagnosed by Answer: Ultrasound
◉ Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel that obstructs flow of blood through coronary
system Answer: Thrombosis
◉ During a cardiac arrest what drugs could be used to treat hyperkalaemia Answer: Calcium
gluconate, insulin
◉ What size guedel airway would you use in an emergency situation Answer: Size 5
◉ What size nasopharyngeal airway would you select for an average size adult? Answer: 6-7
◉ During PEA when should the first dose Adrenaline be given? Answer: Immediately
◉ What spo2 percentage should be targeted during post-resuscitation care? Answer: 94-98%
◉ When is amiodarone administered Answer: After three shocks (shockable rhythms)
, ◉ What dose of amiodarone should be administered following the third shock? Answer: 300mg
◉ Two shockable rhythms Answer: Ventricular Fibrillation & Ventricular Tachycardia
◉ Two airway positioning manoeuvres Answer: Chin lift-head tilt or jaw thrust
◉ Out of the two airway positioning manoeuvres which one would you use with a suspected
neck injury Answer: Jaw thrust
◉ causes of tension pneumothorax Answer: Blunt or penetrating chest injury
Treatment procedures (mechanical ventilation)
Spontaneous pneumothorax
◉ Complications that could arise from bag valve mask used in resuscitation Answer:
Hypoventilation, hyperventilation, gastric distention, aspiration
◉ Used to provide positive pressure ventilation to patient not breathing adequately Answer:
Bag valve mask
◉ What is a Bag-valve-mask (BVM)? Answer: Used to provide positive pressure ventilation to
pts not breathing or breathing inadequately
◉ How many people are preferred to use the bag valve mask Answer: Two.
◉ What rate should breaths be given via a bag valve mask Answer: 10-12 breaths per min. One
breath every 6 seconds
◉ What is the benefit of two people controlling a bag valve mask Answer: More effective
ventilations due to better seal on pts face
◉ Another name for an oropharyngeal airway Answer: Guedel Airway
◉ How to effectively measure for a guedel airway Answer: Measure from corner of patients
incisors to angle of jaw
