ACLS Pretest

Test your knowledge with our free ACLS Practice Test provided below in order to prepare you for our official online exam. The practice test consists of 10 multiple-choice questions that are derived from the ACLS Study Guide and adhere to the latest ILCOR and ECC guidelines.

1. What is the proper order of the BLS Chain of Survival?*

Look, listen, and feel

Check responsiveness, call EMS and get AED, defibrillation, and circulation

Check responsiveness, call EMS and get AED, chest compressions, and early defibrillation

Call for help, shock, check pulse, shock, and transport

2. What intervention would you take to improve the underlying issue if a known alcoholic collapses and is found to be in torsades de pointes?*

Rewarm the individual to correct hypothermia.

Administer magnesium sulfate 1 to 2 gm IV diluted in 10 mL D5W to correct low magnesium.

Administer glucose to correct hypoglycemia.

Administer naloxone to correct narcotic overdose.

3. The correct sequence of electrical activity in the heart for a normal sinus rhythm would be the following:*

AV node, SA node, Bundle of Hers, Purkinje fibers

SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, Purkinje fibers

Purkinje, Bundle of His, AV node, SA node

SA node, Purkinje, AV node, Bundle of His

4. What next step would you take if you were transporting a person that went into cardiac arrest and IV access is not possible?*

Terminate resuscitation.

Obtain intraosseous access.

Place a central line.

Administer all medications through ET tube.

5. On an ECG, the QRS complex represents the following:*

Ventricular contraction

AV valve closure

Atrial contraction

Septum relaxation

6. What would your next step be if you had a 79-year-old that is in SVT, with a BP of 80/50, complaining of chest discomfort and wants to pass out?*

Carotid massage

Synchronized cardioversion

Amiodarone

Lidocaine

7. During the post-cardiac arrest phase, which medication(s) can be used to treat hypotension?*

Dopamine

Milrinone

Amiodarone

Both A and B

8. What therapy is contraindicated when you have a 55-year-old male with stroke symptoms, and the CT scan showing multilobar infarction (more than one-third of the cerebral hemisphere)?*

Oxygen

Monitoring glucose

Thrombolytic therapy

Blood pressure monitoring

9. The goal for stroke care is to complete the ED initial evaluation within 10 minutes, and before arrival to have both the neurologic assessments within 25 minutes and have the head CT read within 45 minutes. True or False?*

True

False

10. What would be your next step be after treating an individual in ventricular fibrillation with CPR, one attempt at defibrillation and his new rhythm is third-degree AV block?*

Repeat defibrillation

Vasopressin

Transcutaneous pacing

High dose epinephrine

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