ACLS Certification Pharmacology Practice Test Results

Question 1
61% answer correctly
A 57 year-old woman has palpitations, chest discomfort and tachycardia. The monitor shows a regular wide-complex QRS at a rate of 180.min. She becomes diaphoretic and BP is 80/60. The next action is to:
Establish IV and give sedation for electrical cardioversion
Perform immediate synchronized cardioversion
Give amiodarone 300 mg IV push
Obtain 12 lead ECG
Question 2
61% answer correctly
A 57 year-old woman has palpitations, chest discomfort and tachycardia. The monitor shows a regular wide-complex QRS at a rate of 180.min. She becomes diaphoretic and BP is 80/60. The next action is to:
Perform immediate synchronized cardioversion
Give amiodarone 300 mg IV push
Obtain 12 lead ECG
Establish IV and give sedation for electrical cardioversion
Question 3
86% answer correctly
A patient is in cardiac arrest. VFib has been refractory to an initial shock. Two attempts at peripheral IV have been unsuccessful. The next recommended access route of administration for the delivery of drugs during CPR is:
Femoral vein
External jugular vein
Intraosseous
Endotracheal