ACLS Practical Application Exam (Questions and Answers)/
6. What is the recommended depth of chest compressions for an adult victim?: At
least 2 inches
7. Your patient is not responsive and is not breathing. You can palpate a carotid
pulse. Which action do you take next?: Start rescue breathing
8. Your patient is a 56-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes who
reports feeling dizzy. She is pale and diaphoretic. Her blood pressure is
80/60 mm Hg.The cardiac monitor documents the rhythm shown here. She is
receiving oxygen at 4L/min by nasal cannula, and an IV has been established. What
do you administer next?: Atropine 0.5 mg IV
9. You are the code team leader and arrive to find a patient with CPR in progress.
On the next rhythm check, you see the rhythm shown here. Team members tell
you that the patient was well but reported chest discomfort and then collapsed.
She has no pulse or respiration. Bag-mask ventilation are producing visible chest
rise, and IO access has been established. Which intervention would be your next
action?: Epinephrine 1 mg
10. How does complete chest recoil contribute to effective CPR?: allows maximum
blood return to the heart