PALS Final Exam Review/ PALS Practice Exam | More than 150 Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct (Newly Updated 2023/ 2024)
QUESTION
What is
... [Show More] the most common pre-arrest rhythm in children?
Answer:
Bradyarrhythmia
QUESTION
Which of the following is a lower airway obstruction?
Answer:
bronchiolitis
QUESTION
You are called to the bedside of a patient admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for a 22-month-old patient in severe respiratory distress. The patient has a patent airway, is tachypneic with an increased work of breathing, has as a pulse rate of 150 beats per minute, with no neurologic deficits, and is normothermic. What mnemonic should be used to aid the performance of a secondary assessment?
Answer:
SAMPLE
QUESTION
The chief purpose of the respiratory system is to:
Answer:
exchange gases
QUESTION
Treatment of obstructive shock includes which of the following?
Answer:
Look for and treat causes of obstructive shock
QUESTION
You are administering a bolus of normal saline to a 16 kg child. The appropriate volume is:
Answer:
320 (20 x 16)
QUESTION
What can cause head-bobbing in the infant patient?
Answer:
Increased respiratory effort
QUESTION
Hypoxemic ischemia results from:
Answer:
caused by arterial or arteriolar obstruction or vasoconstriction
QUESTION
Your patient is a 4-year-old boy who pulled the handle of a pot of hot oil from the top of the stove causing the contents to cover him. You note that the patient is being given iv fluids. The patient is most likely in what kind of shock due to the *burns*?
Answer:
Hypovolemic shock
QUESTION
You are evaluating a 3-year-old female patient in the emergency department. Her parents brought her in for an evaluation of increasing cough, difficulty breathing, sputum and now increased irritability. On assessing your patient, you note a temperature of 100.4 F, respiratory rate of 38, and a room air SpO2 of 93%. With this information you can infer that the patient's airway resistance is:
Answer:
increase?
QUESTION
A diagnostic test that shows acidosis, tissue hypoxia, anaerobic respiration, and/or high glucose is:
Answer:
Arterial lactate
QUESTION
Septic shock is common in children because:
Answer:
They have an underdeveloped immune system and have difficulty fighting infections
QUESTION
Which of the following are muscles involved in inspiration?
Answer:
diaphragm
intercostals
accessory muscles
QUESTION
The parents of your patient indicate their child suffered a grand mal seizure for 3 minutes. On examination of the patient you note he is comatose and his breathing pattern is slow and irregular. This is referred to as _______________ and may cause respiratory failure.
Answer:
Disordered regulation of breathing
QUESTION
Your patient is tachycardic with a blood pressure just above normal accepted values. The patient is alert to voice. In regards to oxygen therapy, which of the following is true?
Answer:
high flow oxygen
QUESTION
Which of the following chest retractions represent moderate breathing difficulty?
Answer:
intercoastal
QUESTION
Which of the following is a goal of shock management?
Answer:
The goal of shock management are to correct perfusion problems, improve perfusion/metabolic demand balance, restore organ function and prevent cardiac arrest. [Show Less]