PALS POST TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Heart rate of 88/min ✔️✔️A 10 year old child is being evaluated for a head ache. Which is a
normal finding for this 10 year old child?
Alert ✔️✔️A 5 year old child is brought to the emergency department by ambulance after
being involved in a MVC. You are using the primary assessment to evaluate the child. When
assessing the Childs neurological status, you note that he has spontaneous eye opening, is fully
oriented, and is able to follow command. How would you document this Childs AVPU pediatric
response scale finding?
Hypoxia ✔️✔️A 6 month old infant is being evaluated for bradycardia. Which is the most
likely cause of bradycardia?
oxygen saturation ✔️✔️You are caring for a 5 year old boy with a 4 day history of high fever
and cough. He is having increasing lethargy, grunting, and sleepiness. Now he is difficult to
arouse and is unresponsive to voice commands. His O2 sat is 72% on room air and 89% when on
a NRB O2 mask. He has shallow respirations, with a respiratory rate of 38/min. Auscultation of
the lungs reveals bilateral crackles. Which assessment finding is consistent with respiratory
failure in this child?
, an antibiotic ✔️✔️You are caring for a 5 year old boy with a 4 day history of high fever and
cough. He is having increasing lethargy, grunting, and sleepiness. Now he is difficult to arouse
and is unresponsive to voice commands. His O2 sat is 72% on room air and 89% when on a NRB
O2 mask. He has shallow respirations, with a respiratory rate of 38/min. Auscultation of the
lungs reveals bilateral crackles. Which medication would be most appropriate?
Give 30 compressions to 2 breaths ✔️✔️What ratio for compressions to breaths should be used
for 1 rescuer infant CPR
Decreased level of consciousness ✔️✔️An 8 year old child is brought to the ED by ambulance
after being involved in a MVC. Which finding would suggest that immediate intervention is
needed?
upper airway obstruction ✔️✔️You are Caring for a 9 month old girl who has increased work
of breathing, a fever, and a cough. On assessment, you find an alert infant with stridor and
retractions. The infants SpO2 is 94% On auscultation, the lungs are clear bilaterally. Which is the
most likely cause of this infants respiratory distress?
Epinephrine, nebulized ✔️✔️You are Caring for a 9 month old girl who has increased work of
breathing, a fever, and a cough. On assessment, you find an alert infant with stridor and
retractions. The infants SpO2 is 94% On auscultation, the lungs are clear bilaterally. Which
medication should you administer first?
ANSWERS
Heart rate of 88/min ✔️✔️A 10 year old child is being evaluated for a head ache. Which is a
normal finding for this 10 year old child?
Alert ✔️✔️A 5 year old child is brought to the emergency department by ambulance after
being involved in a MVC. You are using the primary assessment to evaluate the child. When
assessing the Childs neurological status, you note that he has spontaneous eye opening, is fully
oriented, and is able to follow command. How would you document this Childs AVPU pediatric
response scale finding?
Hypoxia ✔️✔️A 6 month old infant is being evaluated for bradycardia. Which is the most
likely cause of bradycardia?
oxygen saturation ✔️✔️You are caring for a 5 year old boy with a 4 day history of high fever
and cough. He is having increasing lethargy, grunting, and sleepiness. Now he is difficult to
arouse and is unresponsive to voice commands. His O2 sat is 72% on room air and 89% when on
a NRB O2 mask. He has shallow respirations, with a respiratory rate of 38/min. Auscultation of
the lungs reveals bilateral crackles. Which assessment finding is consistent with respiratory
failure in this child?
, an antibiotic ✔️✔️You are caring for a 5 year old boy with a 4 day history of high fever and
cough. He is having increasing lethargy, grunting, and sleepiness. Now he is difficult to arouse
and is unresponsive to voice commands. His O2 sat is 72% on room air and 89% when on a NRB
O2 mask. He has shallow respirations, with a respiratory rate of 38/min. Auscultation of the
lungs reveals bilateral crackles. Which medication would be most appropriate?
Give 30 compressions to 2 breaths ✔️✔️What ratio for compressions to breaths should be used
for 1 rescuer infant CPR
Decreased level of consciousness ✔️✔️An 8 year old child is brought to the ED by ambulance
after being involved in a MVC. Which finding would suggest that immediate intervention is
needed?
upper airway obstruction ✔️✔️You are Caring for a 9 month old girl who has increased work
of breathing, a fever, and a cough. On assessment, you find an alert infant with stridor and
retractions. The infants SpO2 is 94% On auscultation, the lungs are clear bilaterally. Which is the
most likely cause of this infants respiratory distress?
Epinephrine, nebulized ✔️✔️You are Caring for a 9 month old girl who has increased work of
breathing, a fever, and a cough. On assessment, you find an alert infant with stridor and
retractions. The infants SpO2 is 94% On auscultation, the lungs are clear bilaterally. Which
medication should you administer first?
