PALS Actual Exam Questions with Verified
Solutions/ 2024-2025.
Snoring and gurgling are a result of _____ airway obstruction. - Answer: Upper
In infants, the abdomen may _____________ than the chest - Answer: more
In the primary assessment, how should you open the airway of a child who is NOT
suspected of having a cervical spine injury? - Answer: With a head tilt-chin lift
How is the airway assessed? - Answer: Determine if the airway is open/patent
The primary assessment includes the ABCDE approach. What does it assess? -
Answer: Airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and exposure
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, The evaluate-identify-intervene sequence should be continued until - Answer: the
child is stable
What sequence is used when caring for a seriously ill or injured child to help
determine the best treatment or intervention? - Answer: The Evaluate, identify,
intervene cycle sequence
Crackles happen during ______, and grunting happens during ____. - Answer:
Inspiration, expiration
Oxygenation saturation less than ________ indicates low oxygen saturation, which
is known as _. - Answer: 94%, hypoxemia
Pulse oximetry indicates oxygen __________ but not oxygen ________. - Answer:
saturation, delivery
Conditions that ____ air resistance lead to increased respiratory _______. -
Answer: increase, effort
What are signs of increased respiratory effort that can lead to fatigue and
respiratory failure? - Answer: -nasal flaring
-retractions
-head bobbing
-seesaw respirations
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Solutions/ 2024-2025.
Snoring and gurgling are a result of _____ airway obstruction. - Answer: Upper
In infants, the abdomen may _____________ than the chest - Answer: more
In the primary assessment, how should you open the airway of a child who is NOT
suspected of having a cervical spine injury? - Answer: With a head tilt-chin lift
How is the airway assessed? - Answer: Determine if the airway is open/patent
The primary assessment includes the ABCDE approach. What does it assess? -
Answer: Airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and exposure
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, The evaluate-identify-intervene sequence should be continued until - Answer: the
child is stable
What sequence is used when caring for a seriously ill or injured child to help
determine the best treatment or intervention? - Answer: The Evaluate, identify,
intervene cycle sequence
Crackles happen during ______, and grunting happens during ____. - Answer:
Inspiration, expiration
Oxygenation saturation less than ________ indicates low oxygen saturation, which
is known as _. - Answer: 94%, hypoxemia
Pulse oximetry indicates oxygen __________ but not oxygen ________. - Answer:
saturation, delivery
Conditions that ____ air resistance lead to increased respiratory _______. -
Answer: increase, effort
What are signs of increased respiratory effort that can lead to fatigue and
respiratory failure? - Answer: -nasal flaring
-retractions
-head bobbing
-seesaw respirations
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