PALS /
Updated
/ /
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
/ // // // // //
A //12-year-
old /
/child /
/being /
/evaluated //in //the //pediatric //intensive //care //unit //displays //the //following //ECG //waveform. //The
//team //interprets //this //as //which //arrhythmia?
second //degree
Laboratory /
/tests /
/are /
/ordered /
/for //
a/
/child /
/who /
/has /
/been /
/vomiting /
/for //
3/
/days /
/and /
/is /
/diaphoretic, /
/tachypneic, /
,/lethargic /
/and /
/pale. /
/Which //test //would //the //provider //use //to //determine //the //adequacy //of //oxygen //delivery?
Lactate
We //have //an //expert-written //solution //to //this //problem!
9-year-
A //
old /
/patient /
/is /
/presenting /
/with /
/decreased /
/breath /
/sounds, /
/bradycardia, /
/slowed /
/respiratory /
/rate /
/and //
a/
/low /
/O2 /
/saturation //level. //The //provider //interprets //these //findings //as //indicating //which //condition?
Respiratory //failure
We //have //an //expert-written //solution //to //this //problem!
4-year-
A //
old /
,/child /
/is /
/brought /
/to /
/the /
/emergency /
/department /
/by /
/the /
/parents. /
/Assessment /
/reveals /
/that /
/the /
/child /
/has /
/only /
/gasping /
/respirations /
/and /
/the //pulse //rate //is //65 //beats //per //minute. //Which //action //would //the //provider //initiate //first?
Deliver //1 //BVM //ventilation //every //3 //to //5 //seconds.
We //have //an //expert-written //solution //to //this //problem!
15-year-old //patient //is //being //evaluated //during //a //follow-
A //
up /
/visit /
/after /
/being /
/diagnosed /
/with /
/Lyme /
/disease //
2/
, /months /
/ago. //
A/
/rhythm /
/strip /
/is /
/obtained /
/as //shown //below. //The //provider //interprets //this //rhythm //as //indicating //which //arrhythmia?
First-degree //atrioventricular //(AV) //block
A/
/child /
/in //cardiac //arrest //experiences //return //of //spontaneous //circulation //but //is //exhibiting //signs //of
//post–
cardiac /
/arrest /
/syndrome /
/(PCAS). /
/The /
/PALS /
/resuscitation /
/team /
/determines /
/that /
/the /
/child /
/is /
/experiencing //
a/
/systemic /
/response /
/to //ischemia/reperfusion. //The //team //bases //this //determination //on //which //finding(s)?
Updated
/ /
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
/ // // // // //
A //12-year-
old /
/child /
/being /
/evaluated //in //the //pediatric //intensive //care //unit //displays //the //following //ECG //waveform. //The
//team //interprets //this //as //which //arrhythmia?
second //degree
Laboratory /
/tests /
/are /
/ordered /
/for //
a/
/child /
/who /
/has /
/been /
/vomiting /
/for //
3/
/days /
/and /
/is /
/diaphoretic, /
/tachypneic, /
,/lethargic /
/and /
/pale. /
/Which //test //would //the //provider //use //to //determine //the //adequacy //of //oxygen //delivery?
Lactate
We //have //an //expert-written //solution //to //this //problem!
9-year-
A //
old /
/patient /
/is /
/presenting /
/with /
/decreased /
/breath /
/sounds, /
/bradycardia, /
/slowed /
/respiratory /
/rate /
/and //
a/
/low /
/O2 /
/saturation //level. //The //provider //interprets //these //findings //as //indicating //which //condition?
Respiratory //failure
We //have //an //expert-written //solution //to //this //problem!
4-year-
A //
old /
,/child /
/is /
/brought /
/to /
/the /
/emergency /
/department /
/by /
/the /
/parents. /
/Assessment /
/reveals /
/that /
/the /
/child /
/has /
/only /
/gasping /
/respirations /
/and /
/the //pulse //rate //is //65 //beats //per //minute. //Which //action //would //the //provider //initiate //first?
Deliver //1 //BVM //ventilation //every //3 //to //5 //seconds.
We //have //an //expert-written //solution //to //this //problem!
15-year-old //patient //is //being //evaluated //during //a //follow-
A //
up /
/visit /
/after /
/being /
/diagnosed /
/with /
/Lyme /
/disease //
2/
, /months /
/ago. //
A/
/rhythm /
/strip /
/is /
/obtained /
/as //shown //below. //The //provider //interprets //this //rhythm //as //indicating //which //arrhythmia?
First-degree //atrioventricular //(AV) //block
A/
/child /
/in //cardiac //arrest //experiences //return //of //spontaneous //circulation //but //is //exhibiting //signs //of
//post–
cardiac /
/arrest /
/syndrome /
/(PCAS). /
/The /
/PALS /
/resuscitation /
/team /
/determines /
/that /
/the /
/child /
/is /
/experiencing //
a/
/systemic /
/response /
/to //ischemia/reperfusion. //The //team //bases //this //determination //on //which //finding(s)?
