ACLS Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Practice Exam - Question List

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1. If you are treating a distressed infant or young child that falls into Bradycardia, it is a sign that what could happen next?
  1. Nothing. Distressed infants and children often have Bradycardia.
  2. The infant or child will suffer a seizure.
  3. The infant or child will lapse into anaphylactic shock.
  4. Bradycardia in distressed infants and children is a warning of impending cardiac arrest.
2. What is a patient’s cardiac output if they have a stroke volume of 80ml and a heart rate of 80?
  1. 160ml
  2. 6400ml
  3. 16ml
  4. 3200ml
3. You are about to attempt resuscitation on a patient in cardiac arrest with an automated external defibrillation device. What is the most critical factor to success?
  1. Patient’s weight
  2. Time
  3. Patient’s height
  4. Distance
4. What term is most associated with myocardial contractions?
  1. Frank-Starling’s law
  2. Starling’s law
  3. Frank-Starling’s mechanism
  4. All of the above
5. What is the filling of the pericardial sac with fluid, which in turn limits the filling of the heart?
  1. Pericardial Exhaustion
  2. Pericardial Flex
  3. Pericardial Tamponade
  4. Pericardial Shock

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