PALS version B Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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1. You are treating an 8-year-old with ventricular tachycardia (VT) with pulses
and adequate perfusion. You attempted synchronized cardioversion without
succes
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PALS version B Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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1. You are treating an 8-year-old with ventricular tachycardia (VT) with pulses
and adequate perfusion. You attempted synchronized cardioversion without
success.While seeking expert consultation, it would be most appropriate to:
- Administer a loading dose of milrinone
- Initiate overdrive pacing transcutaneously
- Consider possible metabolic and toxicologic causes
- Deliver an unsynchronized shock: Consider possible metabolic and toxicologic
causes
2. You are caring for a patient who developed a tension pneumothorax after
several hours of positive-pressure ventilation. Which of the following would
be the most appropriate site for needle decompression?
- Over the third rib (ie, second intercostal space) at the mid-clavicular line
- Under the eighth rib at the midaxillary line
- Over the fifth rib at the sternal border
- Under the sixth rib at the midclavicular line: Over the third rib (ie, second
intercostal space) at the mid-clavicular line
3. You are initiating treatment for a child with septic shock and hypotension.
While administering high-flow oxygen, you determine that the child's respirations are adequate and SpO2 is 100%. You have just established vascular
access and obtained blood samples. Which of the following is the next most
appropriate therapy to support systemic perfusion?
- Administer repeated fluid boluses of isotonic colloidge
- Administer repeated fluid boluses of isotonic crystalloid
- Begin immediate dopamine infusion
- Begin immediate dobutamine infusion: Administer repeated fluid boluses of
isotonic crystalloid
4. You are caring for a 5-year-old patient with supraventricular tachycardia
(SVT) (heart rate is 220/min). The child is lethargic. The skin is pale and
cool with delayed capillary refill. Distal pulses are not palpable.Which of the
following would be the best treatment to provide without delay?
- Provide synchronized cardioversion at 0.5 to 1 J/kg
- Place cold packs on the distal upper and lower extremities
- Ask the child to blow through a small strawPALS version B Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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- Exert light pressure on the eyes bilaterally: Provide synchronized cardioversion at 0.5 to 1 J/kg
5. You attempted synchronized cardioversion for an infant with SVT and poor
perfusion. The SVT persists after the initial shock of 1 J/kg. Which of the
following should you attempt now?
- Synchronized cardioversion at a dose of 4 J/kg
- Synchronized cardioversion at a dose of 2 J/kg
- Unsynchronized cardioversion at a dose of 2 J/kg
- Unsynchronized cardioversion at a dose of 4 J/kg: Synchronized cardioversion at a dose of 2 J/kg
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