Test Prep Test Prep Certifications ACLS Questions & Answers

• Question 291:

  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

  Correct Answer: ABC

• Question 292:

  After placement of an endotracheal tube, ventilate (Choose two.):

  A. at 10–15 breaths per minute

  B. after the 5th compression

  C. asynchronously to cardiac compressions

  D. with room air

  Correct Answer: AC

• Question 293:

  Endotracheal intubation complications include:

  Vocal cord injury, dental damage, esophageal intubation, and right main bronchus intubation.

  In a patient refractory to atropine, when is external pacing indicated?

  A. pulseless electrical activity

  B. agonal rhythm

  C. symptomatic bradycardia

  D. symptomatic ventricular fibrillation

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 294:

  You have been unsuccessful in the first two attempts to defibrillate an adult. The energy for the third defibrillation attempt is

  A. 50 J

  B. 100 J

  C. 200–300 J

  D. 360 J

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 295:

  During cardiac arrest, acidosis (Choose three.):

  A. is usually both metabolic and respiratory

  B. should be treated with increased ventilation

  C. should generally be treated with sodium bicarbonate

  D. usually resolves once perfusion is restored

  Correct Answer: ABD

• Question 296:

  Which of the following is true in regards to endotracheal suction?

  A. limited to 15 seconds

  B. preceded with oxygen ventilation

  C. can result in hypoxia

  D. perform without applying suction

  E. All of the above

  Correct Answer: E

• Question 297:

  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

  Correct Answer: ABD

• Question 298:

  Bag-valve-mask devices (Choose two.):

  A. may be used by untrained individuals

  B. with high flow and a reservoir deliver close to 100% oxygen

  C. aredifficultfor one person to use effectively

  D. usually provide greater tidal volume than mouth-to-mask ventilation

  Correct Answer: BC

• Question 299:

  Drugs useful in the treatment of cardiogenic pulmonary edema include (Choose three.)

  A. furosemide

  B. verapamil

  C. morphine

  D. propanolol

  E. oxygen

  Correct Answer: ACE

• Question 300:

  An 80-year-old patient presents with severe chest pain. Heart rate is 30 and blood pressure is 60/P mm

  Hg.

  The monitor shows sinus bradycardia. Which drug is indicated first?

  A. lidocaine 75 mg IV bolus

  B. isoproterenol infusion at 2?0 mcg/min

  C. atropine 0.5? mg IV

  D. morphine 2? mg IV

  Correct Answer: C