ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS) ONLINE SESSION FINAL EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY GRADED A+.pdf

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1. You find an unresponsive patient who is not breathing. Aft
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er activating the emergency response system, you determin
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e that there is no pulse. What is your next action?
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Open the airway with a head tilt-
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chin lift. Administer epinephrine at a dose of 1 mg/k
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g. Deliver 2 rescue breaths each over 1 second.
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Start chest compressions at a rate of at least 100/min. -
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ANSWER >>>>Start chest compressions at a rate of at le
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ast 100/min. n




2. You are evaluating a 58-year- n n n n



old man with chest pain. The blood pressure is 92/50 mm H
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g, the heart rate is 92/min, the nonlabored respiratory rate is
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14 breaths/min, and the pulse oximetry reading is 97%. Wh
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at assessment step is most important now?
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PETCO2
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ray Laboratory testin
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Obtaining a 12-lead ECG - ANSWER >>>>Obtaining a 12-
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lead ECG
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,3. What is the preferred method of access for epinephrine a
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dministration during cardiac arrest in most patients? n n n n n n




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acheal Central intrav n n


enous
Peripheral intravenous - n n



ANSWER >>>>Peripheral intravenous
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4. An activated AED does not promptly analyze the r
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hythm. What is your next action?n n n n n




Begin chest compressions. Discontinu
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e the resuscitation attempt.
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Check all AED connections and reanalyze. Rotate
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AED electrodes to an alternate position. -
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ANSWER >>>>Begin chest compressions.
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5. You have completed 2 minutes of CPR. The ECG monito
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r displays the lead II rhythm below, and the patient has no p
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ulse. Another member of your team resumes chest compre
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ssions, and an IV is in place. What management step is you
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r next priority?
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Give 0.5 mg of atropine. Insert
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an advanced airway.
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Administer 1 mg of epinephrine. n n n n



Administer a dopamine infusion. - ANSWER n n n n n



>>>>Administer 1 mg of epinephrine. n n n n

,6. During a pause in CPR, you see this lead II ECG rhythm
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on the monitor. The patient has no pulse. What is the next a
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ction?

Establish vascular access. Ob n n n


tain the patient's history. Resu
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me chest compressions.
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Terminate the resuscitative effort. - ANSWER n n n n n



>>>>Resume chest compressions. n n




7. What is a common but sometimes fatal mistake in c
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ardiac arrest management?
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Failure to obtain vascular access Prolonged
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periods of no ventilations Failure to perform
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endotracheal intubation n


Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions - ANSWER
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>>>>Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions n n n n




8. Which action is a component of high- n n n n n n


quality chest compressions? n n




Allowing complete chest recoil n n n



Chest compressions without ventilation
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60 to 100 compressions per minute with a 15:2 ratio Uninterr
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upted compressions at a depth of 11⁄2 inches -
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ANSWER >>>>Allowing complete chest recoil
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9. Which action increases the chance of successful c
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onversion of ventricular fibrillation? n n n

, Pausing chest compressions immediately after a d
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efibrillation attempt n



Administering 4 quick ventilations immediately before a defib n n n n n n n


rillation attempt n



Using manual defibrillator paddles with light pressure against
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nthe chest n



Providing quality compressions immediately before a defibril
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lation attempt - n n


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y before a defibrillation attempt
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10. Which situation BEST describes pulseless electrical a
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ctivity?

Asystole without a pulse Sinus n n n n


rhythm without a pulse
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Torsades de pointes with a pulse n n n n n


Ventricular tachycardia with a pulse - ANSWER n n n n n n


>>>>Sinus rhythm without a pulse n n n n




11. What is the BEST strategy for performing high- n n n n n n n



quality CPR on a patient with an advanced airway in place?
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Provide compressions and ventilations with a 15:2 ratio. Prov
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ide compressions and ventilations with a 30:2 ratio. Provide a
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nsingle ventilation every 6 seconds during the compression p
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ause.
Provide continuous chest compressions without pauses and
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10 ventilations per minute. -
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hout pauses and 10 ventilations per minute.
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