AHA PALS POST-TEST QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS PASSED GRADED A+
1. In which of the following situations may IO
An extremity with
access be used?
slow a capillary refill
2. A 2-week-old infant is being evaluated for time
irritability and poor feeding. His blood pressure
is 55/40 mm Hg, and capillary refill time is 5 It is hypotensive.
seconds. Which statement best describes your
assessment of this infant's blood pressure?
3. You are caring for patients in the emergency
depart-ment. Which 2-year-old child requires
immediate inter-vention? A child who is grunting
4. A 3-year-old child is having difficulty breathing.
What
Increased inspiratory ef-
finding would most likely lead you to suspect an upper fort with
retractions
airway obstruction in this child?
5. A team member is unable to perform an Ask for a new task or
assigned task because it is beyond the team role
member's scope of practice. What action
should the team member take?
6. You are the Team Leader during a pediatric
Allowing complete chest
resuscita-
tion attempt. What action is an element of high-quality wall recoil
after each com-
CPR? difficulty
breathing.
7. An 8-year-old child is brought to the He has a
emergency de-partment by his mother for history of
,AHA PALS POST-TEST QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS PASSED GRADED A+
asthma and nut allergies. His mother tells you pression
that he recently ate a cookie at a family
picnic. What condition is most likely to be Upper airway obstruction
present in this child?
8. An 8-year-old child is brought to the
emergency de-partment by ambulance after
being involved in a mo-
Decreased level of
con-sciousness
, AHA PALS POST-TEST QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
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tor vehicle collision. What finding would suggest day his-tory
that immediate intervention is needed? of high
fever and
9. A 6-year-old child is found unresponsive, not cough. He
breath-ing, and without a pulse. One is having
healthcare worker leaves to activate the increasing
emergency response system and get the lethargy,
resuscitation equipment. You and anoth-er grunting,
healthcare provider immediately begin and
perform-ing CPR. What compression-to- sleepiness.
ventilation ratio do you use? Now he is
difficult to
10. A 3-year-old child is in cardiac arrest, and high- arouse and
quality CPR is in progress. You are the Team is
Leader. The first rhythm check reveals the unresponsive
rhythm shown here. Defibril-lation is attempted to voice
with a shock dose of 2 J/kg. After shock commands.
administration, what should you say to your His
team members?
11. You are caring for a 5-year-old boy with a 4-
day his-tory of high fever and cough. He is
having increasing lethargy, grunting, and
sleepiness. Now he is difficult to arouse and is
unresponsive to voice commands. His oxygen
saturation is 72% on room air and 89% when on
a nonrebreathing oxygen mask. He has
shallow respirations with a respiratory rate of
38/min. Auscul-tation of the lungs reveals
bilateral crackles. What as-sessment finding is
consistent with respiratory failure in this child?
12. You are caring for a 5-year-old boy with a 4-
ANSWERS PASSED GRADED A+
1. In which of the following situations may IO
An extremity with
access be used?
slow a capillary refill
2. A 2-week-old infant is being evaluated for time
irritability and poor feeding. His blood pressure
is 55/40 mm Hg, and capillary refill time is 5 It is hypotensive.
seconds. Which statement best describes your
assessment of this infant's blood pressure?
3. You are caring for patients in the emergency
depart-ment. Which 2-year-old child requires
immediate inter-vention? A child who is grunting
4. A 3-year-old child is having difficulty breathing.
What
Increased inspiratory ef-
finding would most likely lead you to suspect an upper fort with
retractions
airway obstruction in this child?
5. A team member is unable to perform an Ask for a new task or
assigned task because it is beyond the team role
member's scope of practice. What action
should the team member take?
6. You are the Team Leader during a pediatric
Allowing complete chest
resuscita-
tion attempt. What action is an element of high-quality wall recoil
after each com-
CPR? difficulty
breathing.
7. An 8-year-old child is brought to the He has a
emergency de-partment by his mother for history of
,AHA PALS POST-TEST QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS PASSED GRADED A+
asthma and nut allergies. His mother tells you pression
that he recently ate a cookie at a family
picnic. What condition is most likely to be Upper airway obstruction
present in this child?
8. An 8-year-old child is brought to the
emergency de-partment by ambulance after
being involved in a mo-
Decreased level of
con-sciousness
, AHA PALS POST-TEST QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS PASSED GRADED A+
tor vehicle collision. What finding would suggest day his-tory
that immediate intervention is needed? of high
fever and
9. A 6-year-old child is found unresponsive, not cough. He
breath-ing, and without a pulse. One is having
healthcare worker leaves to activate the increasing
emergency response system and get the lethargy,
resuscitation equipment. You and anoth-er grunting,
healthcare provider immediately begin and
perform-ing CPR. What compression-to- sleepiness.
ventilation ratio do you use? Now he is
difficult to
10. A 3-year-old child is in cardiac arrest, and high- arouse and
quality CPR is in progress. You are the Team is
Leader. The first rhythm check reveals the unresponsive
rhythm shown here. Defibril-lation is attempted to voice
with a shock dose of 2 J/kg. After shock commands.
administration, what should you say to your His
team members?
11. You are caring for a 5-year-old boy with a 4-
day his-tory of high fever and cough. He is
having increasing lethargy, grunting, and
sleepiness. Now he is difficult to arouse and is
unresponsive to voice commands. His oxygen
saturation is 72% on room air and 89% when on
a nonrebreathing oxygen mask. He has
shallow respirations with a respiratory rate of
38/min. Auscul-tation of the lungs reveals
bilateral crackles. What as-sessment finding is
consistent with respiratory failure in this child?
12. You are caring for a 5-year-old boy with a 4-
