ACLS EXAM 2025 WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are signs of clinical deterioration that would prompt activation of the rapid response
system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-unexplained agitation
-seizure
-symptomatic hypertension
What happens when teams rapidly assess and intervene when a patient's vital signs are
abnormal? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The number of in-hospital cardiac arrests decreases
What is the maximum amount of time you should simultaneously perform pulse and breathing
checks? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔10 seconds
The BLS assessment is a systematic approach to BLS for trained healthcare providers. This
approach stresses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔early CPR and defibrilliation
While performing the BLS assessment, you initiate high-quality CPR and assist ventilation with a
bag-mask device. The AED does not recommend a shock.
What action in the primary assessment should you perform first? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Determine if the patient's airway is patent
The initial assessment reveals a conscious patient. The patient's airway is patent, and an
advanced airway is not indicated.
What action in the primary assessment should you perform next? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Administer oxygen as needed
, What action is part of the secondary assessment of a conscious patient? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Formulate a differential diagnosis
What are the "H" causes of reversible cardiac arrest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Hypoxia
Hypothermia
Hypovolemia
Hyperkalemia/hypokalemia
Acidosis
What are the "T" causes of reversible cardiac arrest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Tension
pneumothorax
Cardiac tamponade
Coronary thrombosis
Pulmonary thrombosis
Toxins
What is the most common symptom of myocardial ischemia and infaction? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Retrosternal chest pain
What is the time goal for how quickly you should complete a fibrinolytic checklist once the
patient arrives in the emergency department? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔10 minutes
What class of medications commonly given to patients with acute coronary syndromes may be
adversely affected by morphine administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Oral antiplatelet
medications
You obtain a 12-lead ECG in a patient with retrosternal chest pain. What electrocardiographic
finding is suggestive of high-risk non=ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Dynamic T-wave inversion
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are signs of clinical deterioration that would prompt activation of the rapid response
system? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-unexplained agitation
-seizure
-symptomatic hypertension
What happens when teams rapidly assess and intervene when a patient's vital signs are
abnormal? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The number of in-hospital cardiac arrests decreases
What is the maximum amount of time you should simultaneously perform pulse and breathing
checks? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔10 seconds
The BLS assessment is a systematic approach to BLS for trained healthcare providers. This
approach stresses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔early CPR and defibrilliation
While performing the BLS assessment, you initiate high-quality CPR and assist ventilation with a
bag-mask device. The AED does not recommend a shock.
What action in the primary assessment should you perform first? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Determine if the patient's airway is patent
The initial assessment reveals a conscious patient. The patient's airway is patent, and an
advanced airway is not indicated.
What action in the primary assessment should you perform next? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Administer oxygen as needed
, What action is part of the secondary assessment of a conscious patient? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Formulate a differential diagnosis
What are the "H" causes of reversible cardiac arrest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Hypoxia
Hypothermia
Hypovolemia
Hyperkalemia/hypokalemia
Acidosis
What are the "T" causes of reversible cardiac arrest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Tension
pneumothorax
Cardiac tamponade
Coronary thrombosis
Pulmonary thrombosis
Toxins
What is the most common symptom of myocardial ischemia and infaction? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Retrosternal chest pain
What is the time goal for how quickly you should complete a fibrinolytic checklist once the
patient arrives in the emergency department? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔10 minutes
What class of medications commonly given to patients with acute coronary syndromes may be
adversely affected by morphine administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Oral antiplatelet
medications
You obtain a 12-lead ECG in a patient with retrosternal chest pain. What electrocardiographic
finding is suggestive of high-risk non=ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Dynamic T-wave inversion
