ACLS Practice Test
Questions and
Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
, 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
Questions and
Answers
User [Date] [Course title]
, 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
