ACLS Skills Lab Quiz

Which ACLS interventions are associated with improved survival?

• Medications and Advanced Airway

• CPR and Medications

• CPR and Defibrillation

• Defibrilation and Advanced Airway

Which is not a role of the pharmacist in ACLS?

• Medication preparation

• Recommend medications

• Securing the airway

• Serve as a drug information resource

What is the role of calcium in a hyperkalemic code?

• Binds potassium in the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract

• Stimulate insulin secretion

• Causes intracellular shift of potassium

• Stabilizes cardiac resting membrane potential

What is TTM?

• Total Therapeutic Monitoring

• Targeted Temperature Management

• Triple Therapy Management

• Targeted Therapeutic Medications

Which are shockable rhythms?

• VF

• PEA

• Asystole

• pVT

Name this rhythm

• Asystole

• Vtach

• Vfib

• PEA

Which code cart medication cannot be given via the endotracheal route?

• Atropine

• Lidocaine

• Naloxone

• Adenosine

What is the epinephrine cardiac arrest dose

• Epinephrine 1 mg every 5-10 minutes

• Epinephrine 0.1 mg every 3-5 minutes

• Epinephrine 10 mg every 5-10 minutes

• Epinephrine 1 mg every 3-5 minutes

What medication is first-line for Torsades de Pointes?

• Lidocaine

• Epinephrine

• Magnesium

• Adenosine

Which is not a reversible cause of cardiac arrest?

• Hyperglycemia

• Hypoxia

• Hyperkalemia

• Hypokalemia