ACLS (ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE
SUPPORT) MED SURG QUIZ WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED SUCCESS!!!!
Q: What are the primary objectives of Advanced Cardiovascular Life
Support (ACLS)? ✔️✔️ A: The main goals are to ensure rapid identification of
life-threatening events and to provide immediate access to high-level medical
interventions. Ultimately, these protocols are designed to maximize the probability
of a positive outcome following cardiac arrest.
Q: What are the core standards for performing CPR on an adult? ✔️✔️ A:
Unresponsiveness: Act only when the victim is non-reactive and shows no
normal breathing.
The Pulse Check: Spend a minimum of 5 seconds but no more than 10
seconds searching for a carotid pulse.
Compression Priority: Start with 30 chest compressions at a depth of at
least 2 inches (5 cm).
Ventilation: Use a bag-valve-mask to deliver 2 breaths after every 30
compressions.
Rescue Breathing: If a pulse is present but the patient isn't breathing,
deliver one breath every 5 to 6 seconds.
Q: What are the immediate technical priorities once a monitor or defibrillator
is on-site? ✔️✔️ A:
Establish Access: Secure either Intravenous (IV) or Intraosseous (IO)
access for medication delivery.
, Airway Management: Consider the transition to an advanced airway (such
as an ET tube or supraglottic device) and utilize waveform capnography to
monitor effectiveness.
IO access -ANSWER ✔️✔️Intraosseous route; drill
Capnography -ANSWER ✔️✔️-Monitoring of the concentration or partial pressure
of carbon dioxide (CO 2) in the respiratory gases
-Detects air movement
-CO2 production from cellular metabolism
-Blood flow to the lungs to excrete CO2
-Detects immediate loss (or return) of circulation
-If compressions are working
-CO2 greater than 15 = good
-Less than 10 = inadequate
Reversible causes of cardiac arrest (will not be on quiz) -ANSWER
✔️✔️Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen ion (acidosis), Hyper/hypokalemia,
Hypothermia
Toxins (drug overdose), Tamponade, cardiac, Tension pneumothorax, Thrombosis,
pulmonary, Thrombosis, coronary (massive myocardial infarction)
Systematic approach to arrhythimia -ANSWER ✔️✔️-Regular or irregular?
-Rate fast or slow?
-P-waves
SUPPORT) MED SURG QUIZ WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GUARANTEED SUCCESS!!!!
Q: What are the primary objectives of Advanced Cardiovascular Life
Support (ACLS)? ✔️✔️ A: The main goals are to ensure rapid identification of
life-threatening events and to provide immediate access to high-level medical
interventions. Ultimately, these protocols are designed to maximize the probability
of a positive outcome following cardiac arrest.
Q: What are the core standards for performing CPR on an adult? ✔️✔️ A:
Unresponsiveness: Act only when the victim is non-reactive and shows no
normal breathing.
The Pulse Check: Spend a minimum of 5 seconds but no more than 10
seconds searching for a carotid pulse.
Compression Priority: Start with 30 chest compressions at a depth of at
least 2 inches (5 cm).
Ventilation: Use a bag-valve-mask to deliver 2 breaths after every 30
compressions.
Rescue Breathing: If a pulse is present but the patient isn't breathing,
deliver one breath every 5 to 6 seconds.
Q: What are the immediate technical priorities once a monitor or defibrillator
is on-site? ✔️✔️ A:
Establish Access: Secure either Intravenous (IV) or Intraosseous (IO)
access for medication delivery.
, Airway Management: Consider the transition to an advanced airway (such
as an ET tube or supraglottic device) and utilize waveform capnography to
monitor effectiveness.
IO access -ANSWER ✔️✔️Intraosseous route; drill
Capnography -ANSWER ✔️✔️-Monitoring of the concentration or partial pressure
of carbon dioxide (CO 2) in the respiratory gases
-Detects air movement
-CO2 production from cellular metabolism
-Blood flow to the lungs to excrete CO2
-Detects immediate loss (or return) of circulation
-If compressions are working
-CO2 greater than 15 = good
-Less than 10 = inadequate
Reversible causes of cardiac arrest (will not be on quiz) -ANSWER
✔️✔️Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen ion (acidosis), Hyper/hypokalemia,
Hypothermia
Toxins (drug overdose), Tamponade, cardiac, Tension pneumothorax, Thrombosis,
pulmonary, Thrombosis, coronary (massive myocardial infarction)
Systematic approach to arrhythimia -ANSWER ✔️✔️-Regular or irregular?
-Rate fast or slow?
-P-waves
