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AHA ACLS 2020 Exam Questions with Correct Answers A patient with sinus bradycardia and a heart rate of 42/min has diaphoresis and a blood pressure of 80/60 mm Hg. What is the initial dose of atropine? - Answer-1mg A patient is in pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Two shocks and 1 dose of epinephrine have been given. Which drug should be given next? - Answer-Amiodarone 300mg A patient has a rapid irregular wide-complex tachycardia. The ventricular rate is 138/min. He is asymptomatic, with...

You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the emergency response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next action? Correct Answer: Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min. You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 is 97%. What assessment step is most important now? Correct Answer: Obtaining a 12 lead ECG. Identificat...

You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the emergency response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next action? Correct Answer: Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min. You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 is 97%. What assessment step is most important now? Correct Answer: Obtaining a 12 lead ECG. What is the...

EMS personnel arrive to find a patient in cardiac arrest. Bystanders are performing CPR. After attaching a cardiac monitor, the responder observes the following rhythm strip. What is the most important early intervention? (VTACH) - >>Defrib. administer a second shock. - >>A patient remains in ventricular fibrillation despite 1 shock and 2 minutes of continUoUs CPR.The next intervention is to: Begin CPR, starting with chest compressions. - >>What is the recommended next...

Continue CPR while the defibrillator is charging. - >>What should be done to minimize interruptions in chest compressions during CPR? Safety threat to providers - >>Which condition is an indication to stop or withhold resuscitative efforts? IV or 10 access - >>After verifying the absence of a pulse, you initiate CPR with adequate bag-mask ventilation. The patient's lead II ECG appears below. What is your next action? Check for a pulse. - >>After verifying unresp...

ACLS Exam Version A questions with answers You find an unresponsive patient who is not breathing. After activating the emergency response system, you determine that there is no pulse. What is your next action? Start chest compressions at a rate of at least 100/min. You are evaluating a 58-year-old man with chest pain. The blood pressure is 92/50 mm Hg, the heart rate is 92/min, the nonlabored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min, and the pulse oximetry reading is 97%. What assessme...

*These 50 questions and answers are found on. You can take the test there is you would rather study in a test format. You could also us the test study feature on quizlet. Hope this helps you study some basic ACLS.* - ANSWER A 5-year-old child in supraventricular tachycardia has adequate pulses with the rhythm. Supplemental oxygen is in place and vital signs are stable except for the elevated heart rate. The most appropriate next intervention for this child is: - ANSWERVagal Maneuvers *Ratio...

AHA ACLS EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS| 100% CORRECT ANSWERS You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the emergency response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next action? Correct Answer Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min. You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 is 97%. What assessment st...

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