ACLS Practical Application Exam Questions and
Answers | 2025 New Update | 100% Correct -
Galen College of Nursing
Terms in this set (20) QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
1) You are providing bag-mask ventilations to a About every 5-6 seconds
patient in respiratory arrest. How often should
you provide ventilations?
2) A 45-year-old woman with a history of Administer adenosine 12 mg
palpitations develops light headedness and IV
palpitations. She has recieved adenosine 6 mg
IV for the rhythm shown here, without
conversion of the rhythm. She is now extremely
apprehensive. Her blood pressure is 128/70 mm
Hg. What is the next appropriate intervention?
3) A patients 12-lead ECG is transmitted by the Reperfusion therapy
paramedics and shows a STEMI. When the
, patient arrives in the emergency department, the
rhythm shown here is seen on the cardiac
monitor. The patient has resolution of moderate
(5/10) chest pain after 3 doses of sublingual
nitroglycerin. Blood pressure is 104/70 mm hg.
Which intervention is most important in
reducing this patient's in hospital and 30 day
mortality rate?
4) A patient becomes unresponsive. You are Start high-quality CPR
uncertain if a faint pulse is present. The rhythm
shown here is seen on the cardiac monitor. An
IV is in place. Which action do you take next?
5) What action minimizes the risk of air entering Ventilating until you see the
the victim's stomach during bag-mask chest rise
ventilation?
6) What is the recommended depth of chest At least 2 inches
compressions for an adult victim?
7) Your patient is not responsive and is not Start rescue breathing
breathing. You can palpate a carotid pulse.
Which action do you take next?
8) Your patient is a 56-year-old woman with a Atropine 0.5 mg IV
history of type 2 diabetes who reports feeling
dizzy. She is pale and diaphoretic. Her blood
Answers | 2025 New Update | 100% Correct -
Galen College of Nursing
Terms in this set (20) QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
1) You are providing bag-mask ventilations to a About every 5-6 seconds
patient in respiratory arrest. How often should
you provide ventilations?
2) A 45-year-old woman with a history of Administer adenosine 12 mg
palpitations develops light headedness and IV
palpitations. She has recieved adenosine 6 mg
IV for the rhythm shown here, without
conversion of the rhythm. She is now extremely
apprehensive. Her blood pressure is 128/70 mm
Hg. What is the next appropriate intervention?
3) A patients 12-lead ECG is transmitted by the Reperfusion therapy
paramedics and shows a STEMI. When the
, patient arrives in the emergency department, the
rhythm shown here is seen on the cardiac
monitor. The patient has resolution of moderate
(5/10) chest pain after 3 doses of sublingual
nitroglycerin. Blood pressure is 104/70 mm hg.
Which intervention is most important in
reducing this patient's in hospital and 30 day
mortality rate?
4) A patient becomes unresponsive. You are Start high-quality CPR
uncertain if a faint pulse is present. The rhythm
shown here is seen on the cardiac monitor. An
IV is in place. Which action do you take next?
5) What action minimizes the risk of air entering Ventilating until you see the
the victim's stomach during bag-mask chest rise
ventilation?
6) What is the recommended depth of chest At least 2 inches
compressions for an adult victim?
7) Your patient is not responsive and is not Start rescue breathing
breathing. You can palpate a carotid pulse.
Which action do you take next?
8) Your patient is a 56-year-old woman with a Atropine 0.5 mg IV
history of type 2 diabetes who reports feeling
dizzy. She is pale and diaphoretic. Her blood
