ALS RC Final Exam 2025

A 42-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with complaints of fatigue, shortness of breath, back pain and nausea. A 12-lead ECG is obtained and shows ST-segment depression in leads II, III, and aVF and intermittent runs of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. Cardiac serum markers are elevated. These findings suggest which condition? - High-risk non-ST-segment elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS) A patient is being treated in the emergency department and is determined to have NSTE-ACS. Invasive management is planned based on which finding? - Ventricular tachycardia A patient experiences cardiac arrest, and the resuscitation team initiates ventilations using a bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitator. The development of which condition during the provision of care would lead the team to suspect that improper BVM technique is being used? - Pneumothorax A patient is admitted to the emergency department of a large medical center. The patient is diagnosed with STEMI. The facility is capable of administering PCI. To achieve the best outcomes, therapy should be administered to this patient within what time frame? - Within 90 minutes of the patient's first medical contact A patient is in cardiac arrest. The cardiac monitor shows asystole. In addition to providing continuous high-quality CPR, what is the other priority intervention for this patient? - Administering epinephrine as early as possible A patient is in cardiac arrest. The underlying cause is thought to be