ACLS Practice Questions and Answers A+
Guide
Rate of chest compressions for adults - correct answer
✅✅100-120 compressions per minute
Ratio of compressions to breaths in adults - correct answer
✅✅30:2
Rate of bag valve mask ventilation for adults in respiratory arrest
- correct answer ✅✅Once every 5-6 seconds or 10-12 times
per minute
Treatments for hypotension following cardiac arrest - correct
answer ✅✅IV dopamine infusion, IV epinephrine infusion
IV Ringer's lactate, IV normal saline
*The leader in team resuscitation must be able to perform all the
skills if needed.* - correct answer ✅✅
Recommended ED door-to-balloon inflation time for a STEMI
patient - correct answer ✅✅No longer than 90 minutes
Ways to estimate effectiveness of CPR - correct answer
✅✅Arterial diastolic blood pressure, quantitative waveform
capnography, central venous oxygen saturation
, ACLS Practice Questions and Answers A+
Guide
Best drug used for narrow complex supraventricular tachycardia -
correct answer ✅✅Adenosine
Drug used for pulseless electrical activity - correct answer
✅✅Epinephrine
Sequence of basic life support - correct answer
✅✅Compressions, airway, breathing (CAB)
Initial dose of adenosine for treatment of supraventricular
tachycardia - correct answer ✅✅6 mg IV
Heart rate at which tachycardia usually becomes symptomatic -
correct answer ✅✅150 bpm
Longest duration for pulse check - correct answer ✅✅10
seconds
Recommended initial dosage of atropine for symptomatic
bradycardia - correct answer ✅✅0.5 mg IV
Recommended dose of oxygen during CPR - correct answer
✅✅100%
Goal for initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patients -
correct answer ✅✅Within 1 hour of ED arrival
Guide
Rate of chest compressions for adults - correct answer
✅✅100-120 compressions per minute
Ratio of compressions to breaths in adults - correct answer
✅✅30:2
Rate of bag valve mask ventilation for adults in respiratory arrest
- correct answer ✅✅Once every 5-6 seconds or 10-12 times
per minute
Treatments for hypotension following cardiac arrest - correct
answer ✅✅IV dopamine infusion, IV epinephrine infusion
IV Ringer's lactate, IV normal saline
*The leader in team resuscitation must be able to perform all the
skills if needed.* - correct answer ✅✅
Recommended ED door-to-balloon inflation time for a STEMI
patient - correct answer ✅✅No longer than 90 minutes
Ways to estimate effectiveness of CPR - correct answer
✅✅Arterial diastolic blood pressure, quantitative waveform
capnography, central venous oxygen saturation
, ACLS Practice Questions and Answers A+
Guide
Best drug used for narrow complex supraventricular tachycardia -
correct answer ✅✅Adenosine
Drug used for pulseless electrical activity - correct answer
✅✅Epinephrine
Sequence of basic life support - correct answer
✅✅Compressions, airway, breathing (CAB)
Initial dose of adenosine for treatment of supraventricular
tachycardia - correct answer ✅✅6 mg IV
Heart rate at which tachycardia usually becomes symptomatic -
correct answer ✅✅150 bpm
Longest duration for pulse check - correct answer ✅✅10
seconds
Recommended initial dosage of atropine for symptomatic
bradycardia - correct answer ✅✅0.5 mg IV
Recommended dose of oxygen during CPR - correct answer
✅✅100%
Goal for initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patients -
correct answer ✅✅Within 1 hour of ED arrival
