AHA ACLS Latest - Written Test

AHA ACLS (Latest - Written Test

(ACTUAL TEST ) Questions and Answers (Solved)

• You find an unresponsive pt. who is not breathing. After activating the emergency response system, you determine there is no pulse. What is your next

action?:

Start chest compressions of at least 100 per min.• You are evaluating a 58 year old man with chest pain. The BP is 92/50 and a heart rate of 92/min, non-labored respiratory rate is 14 breaths/min and the pulse

O2 is 97%. What assessment step is most important now?:

Obtaining a 12 lead ECG.• What is the preferred method of access for epi administration during

cardiac arrest in most pts?:

Peripheral IV

• An AED does not promptly analyze a rythm. What is your next step?:

Begin chest compressions. 1 / 2

• You have completed 2 min of CPR. The ECG monitor displays the lead be- low (PEA) and the pt. has no pulse.You partner resumes chest compressions and an IV

is in place. What management step is your next priority?:

Administer 1mg of epinepherine • During a pause in CPR, you see a narrow complex rythm on the monitor. The

pt. has no pulse. What is the next action?:

Resume compressions • What is acommon but sometimes fatal mistake in cardiac arrest manage-

ment?:

Prolonged interruptions in chest compressions.

• Which action is a componant of high-quality chest comressions?:

Allowing complete chest recoil • Which action increases the chance of successful conversion of ventricular

fibrillation?:

Providing quality compressions immediately before a defibrillation attempt.

• Which situation BEST describes PEA?:

Sinus rythm without a pulse

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