AHA ACLS PRACTICE STUDY TEST.
1. You find an unresponsive pt. who is Start chest compressions of at least 100
not breathing. After activating the per min.
emer- gency response system, you
determine there is no pulse. What
is your next ac- tion?
2. You are evaluating a 58 year old
man with chest pain. The BP is Obtaining a 12 lead ECG.
92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min,
non-labored res- piratory rate is Identification of Chest Discomfort Suggestive
14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 of Ischemia
is 97%. What assessment step is
most important now?
3. What is the preferred method of Peripheral IV
access for epi administration
during cardiac ar- rest in most
pts?
Begin chest compressions.
4. An AED does not promptly analyze
a ry- thm. What is your next step?
Administer 1mg of epinepherine
5. You have completed 2 min of CPR.
The ECG monitor displays the lead
below (PEA) and the pt. has no
pulse. You part- ner resumes chest
compressions and an IV is in place.
What management step is your
next priority?
6. During a pause in CPR, you see a narrow Resume compressions
complex rythm on the monitor. The
pt. has no pulse. What is the next
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action?
7. What is acommon but sometimes Prolonged interruptions in chest
fatal mistake in cardiac arrest compressions.
management?
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8. Which action is a Allowing complete chest recoil
componant of high-quality
chest comressions?
Providing quality compressions
9. Which action increases the immediately before a defibrillation
chance of successful conversion of attempt.
ventricular fib- rillation?
10. Which situation BEST describes PEA? Sinus rythm without a pulse
11. What is the best strategy for FIB. After the 1st shock,
perfom- ing high-quality CPR on a the ECG screen displayed
pt.with an ad- vanced airway in asystole which has
place? persisted despite 2
doses of epi, a fluid
12. 3 min after witnessing a cardiac bolus, and high quality
arrest, one memeber of your team CPR. What is your next
inserts an ET tube while another treatment?
performs continuous chest
comressions. During subsequent
bentilation, you notice the
presence of a wavefom on the
capnogrophy screen and a PETCO2
of 8 mm Hg. What is the
significance of this finding?
13. The use of quantitative
capnography in intubated pt's
does what?
14. For the past 25 min, EMS crews have
at- tempted resuscitation of a pt
who origi- nally presented with V-
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Provide continuous chest compressionswithout pauses
and 10 ventilations per minute.
Chest compressions may not be ettective.
Allowsfor monitoring CPR quality
Consider terminating resuscitive ettorts after consulting
medical control.
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1. You find an unresponsive pt. who is Start chest compressions of at least 100
not breathing. After activating the per min.
emer- gency response system, you
determine there is no pulse. What
is your next ac- tion?
2. You are evaluating a 58 year old
man with chest pain. The BP is Obtaining a 12 lead ECG.
92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min,
non-labored res- piratory rate is Identification of Chest Discomfort Suggestive
14 breaths/min and the pulse O2 of Ischemia
is 97%. What assessment step is
most important now?
3. What is the preferred method of Peripheral IV
access for epi administration
during cardiac ar- rest in most
pts?
Begin chest compressions.
4. An AED does not promptly analyze
a ry- thm. What is your next step?
Administer 1mg of epinepherine
5. You have completed 2 min of CPR.
The ECG monitor displays the lead
below (PEA) and the pt. has no
pulse. You part- ner resumes chest
compressions and an IV is in place.
What management step is your
next priority?
6. During a pause in CPR, you see a narrow Resume compressions
complex rythm on the monitor. The
pt. has no pulse. What is the next
1/
31
, AHA ACLS PRACTICE STUDY TEST.
action?
7. What is acommon but sometimes Prolonged interruptions in chest
fatal mistake in cardiac arrest compressions.
management?
2/
31
, AHA ACLS PRACTICE STUDY TEST.
8. Which action is a Allowing complete chest recoil
componant of high-quality
chest comressions?
Providing quality compressions
9. Which action increases the immediately before a defibrillation
chance of successful conversion of attempt.
ventricular fib- rillation?
10. Which situation BEST describes PEA? Sinus rythm without a pulse
11. What is the best strategy for FIB. After the 1st shock,
perfom- ing high-quality CPR on a the ECG screen displayed
pt.with an ad- vanced airway in asystole which has
place? persisted despite 2
doses of epi, a fluid
12. 3 min after witnessing a cardiac bolus, and high quality
arrest, one memeber of your team CPR. What is your next
inserts an ET tube while another treatment?
performs continuous chest
comressions. During subsequent
bentilation, you notice the
presence of a wavefom on the
capnogrophy screen and a PETCO2
of 8 mm Hg. What is the
significance of this finding?
13. The use of quantitative
capnography in intubated pt's
does what?
14. For the past 25 min, EMS crews have
at- tempted resuscitation of a pt
who origi- nally presented with V-
3/
31
, AHA ACLS PRACTICE STUDY TEST.
Provide continuous chest compressionswithout pauses
and 10 ventilations per minute.
Chest compressions may not be ettective.
Allowsfor monitoring CPR quality
Consider terminating resuscitive ettorts after consulting
medical control.
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