Test Prep ACLS Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Test Prep ACLS Online Questions & Answers

• Question 241:

  Expansion of circulating fluid volume with normal saline is recommended in all cardiac arrests.

  A. True
  B. False
  B. False

• Question 242:

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  What effect does epinephrine have on blood flow to the brain and heart?

  A. Increases blood flow to both the heart and brain.

  A

• Question 243:

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  Inadequate tissue perfusion is the definition of what?

  A. Shock.

  A

• Question 244:

  Intubation with an endotracheal tube (Choose three.):

  A. allows adjunctive ventilatory equipment to be used effectively
  B. decreases the risk of aspiration
  C. is the first priority in ventricular fibrillation
  D. if performed improperly may result in only one lung being inflated
  A. allows adjunctive ventilatory equipment to be used effectively
  B. decreases the risk of aspiration
  D. if performed improperly may result in only one lung being inflated

• Question 245:

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  What precautions should you take in ventilating a patient with suspected trauma or neck injury?

  A. Immobilize the head and neck. Have an assistant immobilize or immobilize between your knees.

  A

• Question 246:

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  A 60-year-old patient presents with a blood pressure of 80/40, heart rate 200, and respiratory rate 24. The nurse has placed oxygen on the patient. The following rhythm is seen on the monitor. What is the treatment?

  

  A. Synchronized cardioversion Synchronized cardioversion. (The rhythm seen above shows supraventricular tachycardia.)

  A

• Question 247:

  Greater defibrillating current is expected with which of the following? (Choose three.)

  A. successive countershocks
  B. firm paddle pressure
  C. use of conductive medium
  D. lower body weight
  A. successive countershocks
  B. firm paddle pressure
  C. use of conductive medium

• Question 248:

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  Small airways throughout the respiratory system are easily blocked by:

  A. Secretions and swelling of the airway

  A

• Question 249:

  

  Identify the rhythm by selecting the best single answer:

  A. Normal sinus rhythm
  B. Sinus tachycardia
  C. Sinus bradycardia
  D. Reentry supraventricular tachycardia
  E. First-degree AV Block
  F. Second-degree AV Block (Mobitz 1 Wenckebach)
  G. Second-degree AV Block (Mobitz II Block)
  H. Third-degree AV Block
  I. Atrial fibrillation
  J. Atrial flutter
  J. Atrial flutter

• Question 250:

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  A patient with ventricular fibrillation has been resuscitated using no antiarrhythmic drugs. Once the pulse is restored, what drugs should be provided?

  A. Oxygen and intravenous lidocaine

  A