7/1/25, 8:05
PM
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
(COMPLETED) Exam Questions and Answers
with complete solutions Verified Latest update
2025/2026
_____should be used for NRP
newborn resuscitation
when should NRP change around 1 month of life
to PALS?
initial impression
what are the 4 things
primary assessment
in our PALS clinical
secondary
assessment?
assessment
diagnostics tests
end of the bed quick observation accomplished in
seconds.
- Appearance (tone, posture, look/gaze, speech, cry,
what is involved in the
LOC etc.)
initial impression
- Breathing (resp effort, audible resp sounds, stridor?)
- Circulation (skin color)
1/23
,7/1/25, 8:05
PM
hands on evaluation includes assessment of vital
signs:
A - airway
what is involved in your B - breathing
primary assessment? C - circulation
D - disability
E - exposure
determine airway patency, look for movement of
chest/abdomen, listen of air movement, breath
sounds, increase resp effort with retractions,
A-Ariway abnormal insp sounds,
upper a/w clear, maintainable, not maintainable?
when a/w is obstructed but can be maintained by
what is a maintainable
simple measures. partially obstructed: retractions,
airway?
tracheal tugging, increase WOB, stridor, wheezing
a/ is obstructed and cannot be maintained without
what is a non maintainable advanced interventions, fully obstructed a/w: severe
airway? cyanosis, chest movement with no air movement,
eyes
wide open indicating panic
positioning: position of comfort, elevate HOB
simple measure for a/w head-tilt-chin lift or jaw thrust
2/23
, 7/1/25, 8:05
PM
patency include: suctioning: nose, oropharynx
airway adjuncts
CPAP
advanced intubation
interventions for a/w relief of FBO
patency include: cricothyrotomy
assessment of RR, resp pattern, resp effort, chest
B-breathing
expansion and air movement, breath sounds, SpO2
want to maintain SpO2 > 92%
____
3/23
PM
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
(COMPLETED) Exam Questions and Answers
with complete solutions Verified Latest update
2025/2026
_____should be used for NRP
newborn resuscitation
when should NRP change around 1 month of life
to PALS?
initial impression
what are the 4 things
primary assessment
in our PALS clinical
secondary
assessment?
assessment
diagnostics tests
end of the bed quick observation accomplished in
seconds.
- Appearance (tone, posture, look/gaze, speech, cry,
what is involved in the
LOC etc.)
initial impression
- Breathing (resp effort, audible resp sounds, stridor?)
- Circulation (skin color)
1/23
,7/1/25, 8:05
PM
hands on evaluation includes assessment of vital
signs:
A - airway
what is involved in your B - breathing
primary assessment? C - circulation
D - disability
E - exposure
determine airway patency, look for movement of
chest/abdomen, listen of air movement, breath
sounds, increase resp effort with retractions,
A-Ariway abnormal insp sounds,
upper a/w clear, maintainable, not maintainable?
when a/w is obstructed but can be maintained by
what is a maintainable
simple measures. partially obstructed: retractions,
airway?
tracheal tugging, increase WOB, stridor, wheezing
a/ is obstructed and cannot be maintained without
what is a non maintainable advanced interventions, fully obstructed a/w: severe
airway? cyanosis, chest movement with no air movement,
eyes
wide open indicating panic
positioning: position of comfort, elevate HOB
simple measure for a/w head-tilt-chin lift or jaw thrust
2/23
, 7/1/25, 8:05
PM
patency include: suctioning: nose, oropharynx
airway adjuncts
CPAP
advanced intubation
interventions for a/w relief of FBO
patency include: cricothyrotomy
assessment of RR, resp pattern, resp effort, chest
B-breathing
expansion and air movement, breath sounds, SpO2
want to maintain SpO2 > 92%
____
3/23
