8/26/25, 9:22
AM
PEDS ACLS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
Terms in this set (119)
A pediatric nurse is Center of the chest on the lower half of the sternum
preparing to deliver
chest compressions to
a child in cardiac arrest.
In which location should
the nurse's hands be
placed?
While conducting a rapid check for responsiveness
assessment, the
healthcare provider
notes the patient
appears unresponsive.
What is the provider's
next initial action?
The pediatric clinical critical thinking
team is caring for a
pediatric patient in
cardiac arrest. During
the resuscitation, the
team leader notes
changes in the
patient's ECG rhythm
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and physical
appearance. After
quickly evaluating
these new findings, the
leader determines a
new course of action.
Which
technique is the leader
demonstrating?
A provider is using a Lasts about 1 second and delivers an
BVM to administer appropriate volume to make the chest begin to
ventilations during rise
CPR. The provider
should make sure that
each ventilation has
which characteristics?
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After participating in a Consider a referral to a qualified mental health
resuscitation event in professional.
which the pediatric
patient did not
survive, you are
feeling very stressed
and having difficulty
with daily activities.
What is the best action
to help you cope with
the
stress?
While performing CPR 1.5
on a 7-month-old
infant, the team leader
reminds the compressor
to maintain appropriate
chest compression
depth. The team
member understands
compressions should
be delivered at about
which depth?
Two providers are 100-120
performing CPR on a
pediatric patient in
cardiac arrest. Which
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chest compression
rate is correct?
Two healthcare 15:2
providers are
performing CPR on a
child. The providers
correctly deliver
compressions and
ventilations at which
rate?
Both the Pediatric In- T
Hospital Cardiac Chain
of Survival and the
Pediatric Out-of-
Hospital Cardiac Chain of
Survival include a link
emphasizing the
importance of
continued followed-up
during the recovery
process. True or False?
The provider would 8 and under and 55lbs and under
use pediatric AED
pads for which
children?
The Pediatric In-
Hospital Cardiac Chain
of Survival and the
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AM
PEDS ACLS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
Terms in this set (119)
A pediatric nurse is Center of the chest on the lower half of the sternum
preparing to deliver
chest compressions to
a child in cardiac arrest.
In which location should
the nurse's hands be
placed?
While conducting a rapid check for responsiveness
assessment, the
healthcare provider
notes the patient
appears unresponsive.
What is the provider's
next initial action?
The pediatric clinical critical thinking
team is caring for a
pediatric patient in
cardiac arrest. During
the resuscitation, the
team leader notes
changes in the
patient's ECG rhythm
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AM
and physical
appearance. After
quickly evaluating
these new findings, the
leader determines a
new course of action.
Which
technique is the leader
demonstrating?
A provider is using a Lasts about 1 second and delivers an
BVM to administer appropriate volume to make the chest begin to
ventilations during rise
CPR. The provider
should make sure that
each ventilation has
which characteristics?
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,8/26/25, 9:22
AM
After participating in a Consider a referral to a qualified mental health
resuscitation event in professional.
which the pediatric
patient did not
survive, you are
feeling very stressed
and having difficulty
with daily activities.
What is the best action
to help you cope with
the
stress?
While performing CPR 1.5
on a 7-month-old
infant, the team leader
reminds the compressor
to maintain appropriate
chest compression
depth. The team
member understands
compressions should
be delivered at about
which depth?
Two providers are 100-120
performing CPR on a
pediatric patient in
cardiac arrest. Which
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AM
chest compression
rate is correct?
Two healthcare 15:2
providers are
performing CPR on a
child. The providers
correctly deliver
compressions and
ventilations at which
rate?
Both the Pediatric In- T
Hospital Cardiac Chain
of Survival and the
Pediatric Out-of-
Hospital Cardiac Chain of
Survival include a link
emphasizing the
importance of
continued followed-up
during the recovery
process. True or False?
The provider would 8 and under and 55lbs and under
use pediatric AED
pads for which
children?
The Pediatric In-
Hospital Cardiac Chain
of Survival and the
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