ACLS Principles Quiz 4

1. According to the World Health Organization in 2019, the second most common cause of death worldwide is:

2. Advanced airway has priority over IV access in the pulseless arrest algorithm.

3. After 10 minutes of high-quality CPR and two doses of epinephrine, you perform a rhythm check and find the following tracing:

You check for a pulse but do not feel it, and the patient is not breathing. What is your interpretation of the ECG tracing?

4. After 7 minutes of resuscitating a cardiac arrest patient with pulseless ventricular tachycardia that is still unresponsive after the third defibrillation, what is the next treatment consideration? 

5. After a dose of epinephrine is given and 2 minutes of CPR are performed on a patient with pulseless electrical activity, a rhythm check is performed showing the following tracing:

What is your next course of action?

6. After an AED delivers a shock to a cardiac arrest patient, how many minutes must CPR be performed before the next rhythm check?

7. After an AED delivers a shock to the patient and CPR is resumed, the next rhythm check is performed after:

8. After defibrillating a patient with cardiac arrest in ventricular fibrillation secondary to myocardial infarction, what is the next most important step?

9. After delivering a shock of 120 J to convert ventricular fibrillation, there is no change in the patient’s condition. What is the next most important step? 

10. After delivering a shock to a patient with ventricular fibrillation and immediately performing high-quality CPR for 2 minutes, your team leader checks the ECG tracing and records the following:

What is your next course of action?