Basic ACLS Practice Test

The Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Course is designed for:

Nurses

Physicians

EMTs

Any healthcare providers that direct or participate in cardiovascular emergencies

Knowledge and skills required to successfully complete the ACLS course do NOT include:

BLS skills

Ability to perform pericardiocentesis and chest tube placement

ECG rhythm interpretation for core ACLS algorithms

Basic ACLS drug and pharmacology knowledge

ACLS algorithms require students to recognize which of the following ECG rhythms:

Bradycardia

Tachycardia

Asystole

All of these

In order to minimize interruptions in chest compressions, you should avoid all of the following except:

Prolonged rhythm analysis

Frequent or inappropriate pulse checks

Removing the patient from a dangerous environment

Taking too long to give breaths to the patient

Unnecessarily moving the patient

When communicating with team members, the team leader communicates by taking these steps:

The team leader gives a message, order, or assignment to a team member.
By receiving a clear response and eye contact, the team leader confirms that the team member heard and understood the message.
The team leader listens for confirmation of task performance from the team member before assigning another task.

What type of communication do these steps represent?

Closed-Loop Communication

Collaboration Communication

Dictatorial Communication

Emergency Response Communication

You find a 60-year-old man lying unconscious on the ground. After confirming that he isn't breathing and has no pulse, what's the next best action?

Start chest compressions.

Secure the airway with an endotracheal intubation.

Administer epinephrine.

Connect to a cardiac monitor.

Which of the following is a common reversible cause of cardiac arrest, abbreviated as the "H's and T's"?

Hypokalemia

Thrombosis

Tension pneumothorax

Hepatitis

For a patient in ventricular fibrillation, which of the following interventions has the highest priority?

Intravenous access

Immediate defibrillation

Administration of amiodarone

Endotracheal intubation

During a resuscitation effort for ventricular fibrillation, after the first shock is delivered and CPR resumed, when should the next rhythm check be performed?

After 1 minute of CPR

After 2 minutes of CPR

Immediately after the administration of epinephrine

Before giving the next shock

What is the recommended compression-to-ventilation ratio for a single rescuer performing CPR on an adult?

15:2

30:2

5:1

10:1

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