PALS version B PALS- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Latest Update 2024-2025 Actual Exam Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ Verified by Professor
(True or False) A low hemoglobin (anemia) may make it harder to detect in cyanosis in a critically ill child.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.
(True or False) Grunting is often a sign of lung tissue disease resulting from small airway collapse, alveolar collapse or both.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.
(True or False) Hemoglobin concentration determines the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.
(True or False) Outcomes for cardiac arrest in children is generally good.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 2.
(True or False) Pediatric cardiac arrest typically has a primary cause that is related to respiratory failure or shock.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.
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(True or False) Stridor is a sign of lower airway problem.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 2.
(True or False) Tachycardia is a normal physiologic response in the critically ill child?
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.
(True or False) The sequence of evaluate-identify-intervene should be used before and after each intervention and should continue until the child is stable.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.
(True or False) To ensure proper treatment of cardiac arrest, the rhythm must be identified before initiating CPR.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 2.
(True or False) When assessing circulation, it is only necessary to assess the central pulses.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 2.
A child is unresponsive and is not breathing. Emergency response was activated and now a pulse check shows that the child does have a pulse. You then open the airway, provide age-appropriate ventilations, and 100% oxygen with a bag valve mask. The child's pulse is < 60/min, and the child has signs of poor perfusion. What is your next intervention?
- Begin CPR
- Provide a 500ml NS bolus
- Perform an ABG. 2 / 3
4. Intubate the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.
A child is unresponsive and is not breathing. You have activated the emergency response system and your pulse check reveals that the child has a pulse. What should you do now?
- Perform a brief head to toe assessment.
- Place the child in the recovery position.
- Give epinephrine 1mg IV push
4. Open the airway and provide ventilations and oxygen. - CORRECT ANSWER: 4.
A consistent respiratory rate less than 10 or more than _____ breaths per minute in a child of any age is abnormal and suggests the presence of a potentially serious problem.
- 40
- 50
- 60
4. 70 - CORRECT ANSWER: 3.
A majority of sudden cardiac arrest in children occurs during athletic activity.
- True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER: 1.
After completion of the primary assessment, if the child does not have a life-threatening condition, the secondary assessment should be completed. The secondary assessment consists of which of the following components? (Choose all correct answers)
- General physical exam
- Family medical history
- Focused history
4. Focused physical exam - CORRECT ANSWER: 3, 4
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