ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT ALS EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% SOLVED ANSWERS!!
During PEA when should the first dose Adrenaline be given?
Immediately
What spo2 percentage should be targeted during post-resuscitation care?
94-98%
When is amiodarone administered
After three shocks (shockable rhythms)
What dose of amiodarone should be administered following the third shock?
300mg
Two shockable rhythms
Ventricular Fibrillation & Ventricular Tachycardia
Two airway positioning manoeuvres
Chin lift-head tilt or jaw thrust
Out of the two airway positioning manoeuvres which one would you use with a suspected
neck injury
Jaw thrust
Complications that could arise from bag valve mask used in resuscitation
Hypoventilation, hyperventilation, gastric distention, aspiration
, Used to provide positive pressure ventilation to patient not breathing adequately
Bag valve mask
What is a Bag-valve-mask (BVM)?
Used to provide positive pressure ventilation to pts not breathing or breathing inadequately
How many people are preferred to use the bag valve mask
Two.
What rate should breaths be given via a bag valve mask
10-12 breaths per min. One breath every 6 seconds
What is the benefit of two people controlling a bag valve mask
More effective ventilations due to better seal on pts face
Another name for an oropharyngeal airway
Guedel Airway
How to effectively measure for a guedel airway
Measure from corner of patients incisors to angle of jaw
Contraindications to oropharyngeal (guedel) airways
Conscious or semi-conscious people (due to gag reflex)
types of airway adjuncts if manual manoeuvres aren't sufficiently ventilating a pt
Nasopharyngeal
oropharyngeal (guedel) airways
QUESTIONS WITH 100% SOLVED ANSWERS!!
During PEA when should the first dose Adrenaline be given?
Immediately
What spo2 percentage should be targeted during post-resuscitation care?
94-98%
When is amiodarone administered
After three shocks (shockable rhythms)
What dose of amiodarone should be administered following the third shock?
300mg
Two shockable rhythms
Ventricular Fibrillation & Ventricular Tachycardia
Two airway positioning manoeuvres
Chin lift-head tilt or jaw thrust
Out of the two airway positioning manoeuvres which one would you use with a suspected
neck injury
Jaw thrust
Complications that could arise from bag valve mask used in resuscitation
Hypoventilation, hyperventilation, gastric distention, aspiration
, Used to provide positive pressure ventilation to patient not breathing adequately
Bag valve mask
What is a Bag-valve-mask (BVM)?
Used to provide positive pressure ventilation to pts not breathing or breathing inadequately
How many people are preferred to use the bag valve mask
Two.
What rate should breaths be given via a bag valve mask
10-12 breaths per min. One breath every 6 seconds
What is the benefit of two people controlling a bag valve mask
More effective ventilations due to better seal on pts face
Another name for an oropharyngeal airway
Guedel Airway
How to effectively measure for a guedel airway
Measure from corner of patients incisors to angle of jaw
Contraindications to oropharyngeal (guedel) airways
Conscious or semi-conscious people (due to gag reflex)
types of airway adjuncts if manual manoeuvres aren't sufficiently ventilating a pt
Nasopharyngeal
oropharyngeal (guedel) airways
