ACLS Pretest questions with
appropriate answers
Sinus Bradycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Reentry supraventricular tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Second-degree AV block (Mobitz II block) - answersPlease identify the rhythm by
selecting the best single answer.
Agonal rhythm/asystole - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Third-Degree AV block - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Sinus Tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Sinus Bradycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Atrial Fibrillation - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Course Ventricular Fibrillation - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best
single answer.
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Second-degree AV block (Mobitz I Wenchebach) - answersPlease identify the rhythm
by selecting the best single answer.
Normal Sinus Rhythm - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
, Pulseless electrical activity - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best
single answer.
Course Ventricular Fibrillation - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best
single answer.
Reentry supraventricular tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Fine Ventricular Fibrillation - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best
single answer.
Atrial Flutter - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single answer.
Second-degree AV block (Mobitz II block) - answersPlease identify the rhythm by
selecting the best single answer.
Reentry supraventricular tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Perform immediate electrical cardioversion - answersA 57-year-old woman has
palpitations, chest discomfort, and tachycardia. The monitor shows a regular wide-
complex QRS at a rate of 180/min. She becomes diaphoretic, and her blood pressure is
80/60 mm Hg. The next action is to:
Give normal Saline 250 mL to 500 ml fluid bolus - answersA patient with a possible
acute coronary syndrome has ongoing chest discomfort unresponsive to 3 sublingual
nitroglycerin tablets. There are no contraindications, and 4 mg of morphine sulfate was
administered. Shortly afterward, blood pressure falls to 88/60 mm Hg, and the patient
has increased chest discomfort. You should:
Amiodarone 300 mg - answersA patient is in pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Two
shocks and 1 dose of epinephrine have been given. Which is the next drug/dose to
anticipate administering?
150 mg IV push - answersA patient is in refractory ventricular fibrillation and has
received multiple appropriate defibrillation shocks, epinephrine 1 mg IV twice, and an
initial dose of 300 mg amidarone IV. The patient is intubated. A second does of
amiodarone is now called for. The recommended second dose of amiodarone is
Adenosine 6 mg - answersA 35-year-old woman has palpitations, light-headiness, and a
stable tachycardia. The monitor shows a regular narrow-complex QRS at a rate of
180/min. Vagal maneuvers have not been effective in terminated the rhythm. An IV has
been established. What drug should be administered IV?
appropriate answers
Sinus Bradycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Reentry supraventricular tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Second-degree AV block (Mobitz II block) - answersPlease identify the rhythm by
selecting the best single answer.
Agonal rhythm/asystole - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Third-Degree AV block - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Sinus Tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Sinus Bradycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Atrial Fibrillation - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
Course Ventricular Fibrillation - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best
single answer.
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Second-degree AV block (Mobitz I Wenchebach) - answersPlease identify the rhythm
by selecting the best single answer.
Normal Sinus Rhythm - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single
answer.
, Pulseless electrical activity - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best
single answer.
Course Ventricular Fibrillation - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best
single answer.
Reentry supraventricular tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Fine Ventricular Fibrillation - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best
single answer.
Atrial Flutter - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting the best single answer.
Second-degree AV block (Mobitz II block) - answersPlease identify the rhythm by
selecting the best single answer.
Reentry supraventricular tachycardia - answersPlease identify the rhythm by selecting
the best single answer.
Perform immediate electrical cardioversion - answersA 57-year-old woman has
palpitations, chest discomfort, and tachycardia. The monitor shows a regular wide-
complex QRS at a rate of 180/min. She becomes diaphoretic, and her blood pressure is
80/60 mm Hg. The next action is to:
Give normal Saline 250 mL to 500 ml fluid bolus - answersA patient with a possible
acute coronary syndrome has ongoing chest discomfort unresponsive to 3 sublingual
nitroglycerin tablets. There are no contraindications, and 4 mg of morphine sulfate was
administered. Shortly afterward, blood pressure falls to 88/60 mm Hg, and the patient
has increased chest discomfort. You should:
Amiodarone 300 mg - answersA patient is in pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Two
shocks and 1 dose of epinephrine have been given. Which is the next drug/dose to
anticipate administering?
150 mg IV push - answersA patient is in refractory ventricular fibrillation and has
received multiple appropriate defibrillation shocks, epinephrine 1 mg IV twice, and an
initial dose of 300 mg amidarone IV. The patient is intubated. A second does of
amiodarone is now called for. The recommended second dose of amiodarone is
Adenosine 6 mg - answersA 35-year-old woman has palpitations, light-headiness, and a
stable tachycardia. The monitor shows a regular narrow-complex QRS at a rate of
180/min. Vagal maneuvers have not been effective in terminated the rhythm. An IV has
been established. What drug should be administered IV?
