ACLS PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Rate of chest compressions for adults - Accurate answers 100-120 compressions per minute
Ratio of compressions to breaths in adults - Accurate answers 30:2
Rate of bag valve mask ventilation for adults in respiratory arrest - Accurate answers Once every 5-
6 seconds or 10-12 times per minute
Treatments for hypotension following cardiac arrest - Accurate answers IV dopamine infusion, IV
epinephrine infusion
IV Ringer's lactate, IV normal saline
*The leader in team resuscitation must be able to perform all the skills if needed.* - Accurate answers
Recommended ED door-to-balloon inflation time for a STEMI patient - Accurate answers No longer
than 90 minutes
Ways to estimate effectiveness of CPR - Accurate answers Arterial diastolic blood pressure,
quantitative waveform capnography, central venous oxygen saturation
Best drug used for narrow complex supraventricular tachycardia - Accurate answers Adenosine
Drug used for pulseless electrical activity - Accurate answers Epinephrine
Sequence of basic life support - Accurate answers Compressions, airway, breathing (CAB)
Initial dose of adenosine for treatment of supraventricular tachycardia - Accurate answers 6 mg IV
Heart rate at which tachycardia usually becomes symptomatic - Accurate answers 150 bpm
Longest duration for pulse check - Accurate answers 10 seconds
Recommended initial dosage of atropine for symptomatic bradycardia - Accurate answers 0.5 mg
IV
Recommended dose of oxygen during CPR - Accurate answers 100%
Goal for initiation of fibrinolytic therapy in stroke patients - Accurate answers Within 1 hour of ED
arrival
