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ALS/ACLS - RED CROSS FINAL EXAM
[2024 UPDATE]
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS |EXACT EXAM 2024 UPDATE
GET IT RIGHT



A patient with dyspnea and a change in mental status arrives at the
emergency department. The healthcare team completes the necessary
assessments and begins to care for the patient, including initiating
cardiac monitoring, pulse oximetry, supplemental oxygen and vascular
access. The team reviews the patient's ECG rhythm strip, as shown in
the following figure. Which agent would the team most likely
administer? - (correct answer) Atropine 0.5 mg every 4 to 5 minutes


A patient experiencing an unstable bradyarrhythmia does not respond
to atropine or transcutaneous pacing. Which intervention would the
healthcare provider use next? - (correct answer) Administration of
an epinephrine infusion
The resuscitation team suspects that hyperkalemia is the cause of
cardiac arrest in a patient brought to the emergency department.
Which finding on a 12-lead ECG would confirm this suspicion? -
(correct answer) Wide-complex ventricular rhythm or tall, pointed T
waves

, A patient's ECG reveals a tachyarrhythmia. The patient is
hemodynamically stable and has a heart rate ranging from 120 to 135
beats per minute. Based on the findings of the secondary assessment,
which statement(s) by the patient would the team interpret as a
possible contributing cause? - (correct answer) 1. "I've had a terrible
cold with a horrible cough and fever the past week."
2. "I've been so anxious lately because I just lost my job."
3. "I've been vomiting for the past 2 days from a gastrointestinal bug."


A patient's ECG reveals a narrow QRS complex with a regular rhythm,
indicating a narrow-complex supraventricular tachyarrhythmia. The
patient is hemodynamically stable. Which intervention would be
initiated first? - (correct answer) Vagal maneuvers


A patient in the telemetry unit is stable. Cardiac monitoring indicates
the patient has ventricular tachycardia with a pulse. Further assessment
reveals that the corrected QT interval is greater than 0.46 seconds.
Which treatment would be appropriate at this time? - (correct
answer) Synchronized cardioversion


An ECG strip of a patient in the emergency department reveals the
following rhythm. Which feature would the healthcare provider
interpret as indicating atrial fibrillation? - (correct answer) Absence
of discrete P waves and presence of irregularly irregular QRS complexes


A patient is brought into the emergency department. The patient does
not have a pulse. The cardiac monitor shows the following rhythm. The

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