PALS Version A Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Graded A+
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PALS Version A Questions and Answers
| Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Graded A+
An infant presents with a heart rate of 50 beats per minute, poor perfusion, and inadequate
ventilation despite oxygenation. What is your next immediate action?
- Administer atropine
Start chest compressions
- ...
PALS Version A Questions and Answers
| Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Graded A+
An infant presents with a heart rate of 50 beats per minute, poor perfusion, and inadequate
ventilation despite oxygenation. What is your next immediate action?
- Administer atropine
✔✔ Start chest compressions
- Give a fluid bolus
- Perform endotracheal intubation
A child is in shock with a weak pulse and altered mental status. What is the most effective initial
treatment?
- Administer epinephrine
✔✔ Rapid intravenous fluid bolus
- Provide high-flow oxygen
- Begin chest compressions
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,During a resuscitation, a child suddenly develops bradycardia. What is the first medication that
should be administered?
- Adenosine
✔✔ Epinephrine
- Magnesium sulfate
- Sodium bicarbonate
A child in respiratory distress is not responding to oxygen therapy. What is the next step in
management?
- Begin chest compressions
✔✔ Assist ventilation with a bag-mask device
- Administer a fluid bolus
- Perform needle decompression
A 7-year-old child is unresponsive after a sudden collapse. What should you do after activating
the emergency response system?
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, ✔✔ Begin high-quality chest compressions
- Check the child's airway
- Perform rescue breathing
- Apply a defibrillator
A 5-year-old child with asthma presents with severe wheezing and respiratory distress despite
initial bronchodilator therapy. What is the next step?
- Start chest compressions
- Administer intravenous fluids
✔✔ Provide additional bronchodilator therapy and consider epinephrine
- Begin manual ventilation with a bag-mask device
During pediatric resuscitation, when should a second dose of epinephrine be administered?
- Immediately after chest compressions
✔✔ Every 3 to 5 minutes if the child remains in cardiac arrest
- After defibrillation
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