ACLS Certification Pharmacology Practice Test Results

Question 1
82% answer correctly
A patient with possible ACS and a bradycardia of 42/min has ongoing chest discomfort. What is the initial dose of atropine?
Atropine 3 mg
Atropine 0.5 mg
Atropine 0.1 mg
Atropine 1.0 mg
Question 2
54% answer correctly
A patient has sinus bradycardia with a rate of 36/min. Atropine has been administered to a total dose of 3 mg. TCP has failed to capture. The patient is confused and BP is 100/60. Which of the following is now indicated?
Give additional 1mg Atropine
Start dopamine 10-20 ụg/kg per minute
Start epinephrine 2-10 ụg/min
Give NS bolus 250 mL-500mL
Question 3
66% answer correctly
A 62 year-old man suddenly began to experience difficulty speaking and left-sided weakness. He is brought to the ER. He meets initial criteria for fibrinolytic therapy and a CT scan of the brain is ordered. Guidelines for antiplatelet and antothrombotic therapy are:
Give aspirin 160 mg and clopidogrel 75 mg orally
Do not give aspirin for at least 24 hours if tPA is administered\r\n
Administer heparin if CT scan is negative for hemorrhage
Administer aspirin 160-325 mg orally chewed, immediately