Download ACLS Practice Questions With 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified 2023 and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! ACLS Practice Questions With 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified 2023 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 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 Common reversible causes of cardiac arrest ("H's and T's") - Correct Answer- Hypotension, hypoxia, hypothermia, hydrogen ions (acidosis), hypo-/hyperkalemia Tension pneumothorax, tamponade, thrombosis (coronary), thrombosis (pulmonary), toxins Best option for treatment of STEMI diagnosed in ambulance via 12-lead ECG - Correct Answer-Transport to PCI-capable hospital Components of Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS) - Correct Answer-Facial droop, arm drift, speech abnormality Asystole should be treated with all of the following EXCEPT: CPR Ventilations Defibrillation Epinephrine - Correct Answer-Asystole should be treated with all of the following EXCEPT: CPR Ventilations *Defibrillation* Epinephrine Appropriate response to an AED that is having problems analyzing rhythm - Correct Answer-Continue chest compressions Which of the following is treated with synchronized shocks? Unstable atrial fibrillation Sinus tachycardia VT without a pulse VF - Correct Answer-Which of the following is treated with synchronized shocks? *Unstable atrial fibrillation* Sinus tachycardia VT without a pulse
