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:
Obtain 12 lead ECG
Perform immediate synchronized cardioversion
Establish IV and give sedation for electrical cardioversion
Give amiodarone 300 mg IV push
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:
Give amiodarone 300 mg IV push
Obtain 12 lead ECG
Perform immediate synchronized cardioversion
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:
External jugular vein
Intraosseous
Femoral vein
Endotracheal