ACLS Practical Application Questions
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You are providing bag-mask ventilations to a patient in respiratory arrest. How often should you
provide ventilations? ✔✔About every 5-6 seconds
A 45-year-old woman with a history of palpitations develops light headedness and palpitations.
She has recieved adenosine 6 mg IV for the rhythm shown here, without conversion of the
rhythm. She is now extremely apprehensive. Her blood pressure is 128/70 mm Hg. What is the
next appropriate intervention? ✔✔Administer adenosine 12 mg IV
A patients 12-lead ECG is transmitted by the paramedics and shows a STEMI. When the patient
arrives in the emergency department, the rhythm shown here is seen on the cardiac monitor. The
patient has resolution of moderate (5/10) chest pain after 3 doses of sublingual nitroglycerin.
Blood pressure is 104/70 mm hg. Which intervention is most important in reducing this patient's
in hospital and 30 day mortality rate? ✔✔Reperfusion therapy
A patient becomes unresponsive. You are uncertain if a faint pulse is present. The rhythm shown
here is seen on the cardiac monitor. An IV is in place. Which action do you take next? ✔✔Start
high-quality CPR
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You are providing bag-mask ventilations to a patient in respiratory arrest. How often should you
provide ventilations? ✔✔About every 5-6 seconds
A 45-year-old woman with a history of palpitations develops light headedness and palpitations.
She has recieved adenosine 6 mg IV for the rhythm shown here, without conversion of the
rhythm. She is now extremely apprehensive. Her blood pressure is 128/70 mm Hg. What is the
next appropriate intervention? ✔✔Administer adenosine 12 mg IV
A patients 12-lead ECG is transmitted by the paramedics and shows a STEMI. When the patient
arrives in the emergency department, the rhythm shown here is seen on the cardiac monitor. The
patient has resolution of moderate (5/10) chest pain after 3 doses of sublingual nitroglycerin.
Blood pressure is 104/70 mm hg. Which intervention is most important in reducing this patient's
in hospital and 30 day mortality rate? ✔✔Reperfusion therapy
A patient becomes unresponsive. You are uncertain if a faint pulse is present. The rhythm shown
here is seen on the cardiac monitor. An IV is in place. Which action do you take next? ✔✔Start
high-quality CPR
