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ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) Exam Questions Set 2
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ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) Exam Questions Set 2
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1. In therapeutic doses, which drug depresses the pumping function of the heart muscle?
2. You are performing synchronized cardioversion when the following rhythm suddenly appears. What is the recommended immediate treatment?
3. A 60-year-old patient complains of chest pain for 60 minutes. The patient is cool and clammy, heart rate is 40 beats/min, and blood pressure is 70/50 mm Hg. The monitor shows the following rhythm. What is the recommended immediate treatment?
4. An Advanced Cardiac Life Support card, implies:
5. A 40-year-old patient presents pale and diaphoretic. The heart rate is 200 beats per minute and blood pressure is 60 mm Hg palpable. The monitor reveals the following rhythm. Oxygen is administered. What is the recommended immediate treatment?
6. A patient has the following rhythm refractory to adenosine IV and verapamil IV. Before treatment, the heart rate was 200 beats/min and his blood pressure was 110/70 mm Hg. After treatment, the heart rate remains at 200 beats/minute and the blood pressure is 60 mm Hg systolic. What should the immediate treatment be?
7. Traumatic injuries may include all of the following except:
8. A 70-kg emergency department patient has pulseless electrical activity. An IV is started and a saline infusion is begun. What should the first treatment be?
9. A patient has the following rhythm refractory to adenosine IV and verapamil IV. Before treatment, the heart rate was 200 beats/min and his blood pressure was 110/70 mm Hg. After treatment, the heart rate remains at 200 beats/minute and the blood pressure is 60 mm Hg systolic. What should the immediate treatment be?
10. A. shock tends to cause?
11. Calcium chloride should be considered in an overdose of:
12. A 70-kg emergency department patient has pulseless electrical activity. An IV is started and a saline infusion is begun. What should the first treatment be?
13. A patient with a myocardial infarction develops the following rhythm and loses consciousness. The patient is pulseless and not breathing. What is the preferred immediate treatment?
14. A common lethal complication of lightning strike is:
15. Ventricular fibrillation:
16. If no contraindications exist, thrombolytic therapy should be given to patients with:
17. Ventricular fibrillation:
18. Paramedics arrive at the scene and find an unresponsive patient. EMTs have already established an IV and CPR is in progress. There is no pulse. The monitor shows the following rhythm. What should the paramedics do?
19. In rescuing a near drowning victim, the rescuer should:
20. A. shock tends to cause?
21. A patient with a myocardial infarction develops the following rhythm and loses consciousness. The patient is pulseless and not breathing. What is the preferred immediate treatment?
22. Calcium chloride should be considered in an overdose of:
23. A. incubated patient develops sudden onset narrow complex tachycardia, at a rate of 130 beats per minute. Vital signs are 0-0-0. CPR is in progress. The most important action is:
24. A patient complains of shortness of breath and chest pain radiating to the neck. Blood pressure is 80/50 mm Hg and the respiratory rate is 40 per minute. Oxygen and an IV has been started. The monitor shows the following rhythm. What should the next treatment be?