Thirty ACLS Medication Questions
1. What is the initial dose of Amiodarone that is used in the
treatment of pulseless ventricular tachycardia?
a. 150 mg
b. 200 mg
c. 250 mg
d. 300 mg
2. What is the initial dose of epinephrine that is used in the
treatment of pulseless electrical activity?
a. 0.5 mg/kg
b. 1 mg/kg
c. 0.5 mg
d. 1 mg
3. What is the 2nd dose of Lidocaine that is
used in the treatment of pulseless ventricular fibrillation?
a. 150 mg
b. 0.5-0.75 mg/kg
c. 40 units
d. 6 mg
4. In the initial treatment of tachycardia in which the
patient is found to be pulseless, what are the recommended medication
combinations?
a. Epinephrine and
vasopressin
b. Amiodarone and
Lidocaine
c. Atropine and
Dopamine
d. Magnesium and Sodium bicarbonate
5. What is the maximum cumulative dose of Amiondarone in
a 24 hour period?
a. 1.1 grams
b. 2.2 grams
c. 3.3 grams
d. 4.4 grams
6. Magnesium is the recommended treatment for what
dysrhythmia?
a. Monomorphic wide
complex tachycardia
b. Torsades de
pointe
c. Polymorphic
ventricular fibrillation
d.
Supraventricular tachycardia
7. What is the
recommended dose range of Dopamine when used for unstable bradycardia?
a. 2-10 mg/kg
b. 2-10 mcg/min
c. 2-10 mcg
d. 2-10 mcg/kg/min
8. What is the
subsequent dosages of epinephrine used in the treatment of PEA?
a. 1 mg
b. 2 mg
c. 3 mg
d. 4 mg
9. When treating
symptomatic supraventricular tachycardia, what is the correct second dosage of
Adenosine?
a. 40 units
b. 6 mg
c. 12 mg
d. 1 mg
10. What are the
correct medication combinations used in the treatment of stable ventricular
tachycardia (the patient has a pulse)?
a. Vasopressin and
epinephrine
b. Adenosine and
verapamil
c. Amiodarone and
Lidocaine
d. Atropine and isoproterenol
11. What is the
correct IV/IO concentration of epinephrine use in the treatment of pulseless
ventricular tachycardia?
a. 1:10
b. 1:100
c. 1:1000
d. 1:10,000
12. What is
maximum cumulative dose of Vasopressin that can be used in the treatment of a
pulseless bradycardic arrest?
a. 20 units
b. 40 units
c. 60 units
d. 80 units
13. What is the
correct initial dosage of Lidocaine used in the treatment of pulseless
ventricular fibrillation?
a. 300 mg
b. 1 mg/min
c. 1-1.5 mg/kg
d. 100-150 mg
14. What are the
correct medication combinations that are used in the treatment of symptomatic
bradycardia?
a. Atropine and
Vasopressin
b. Atropine and
Amiodarone
c. Atroine and
epinephrine infusion
d. Atropine and
Adnesoine
15. What is the
correct second dosage of Amiodarone that can be administered for refractory pulseless
ventricular tachycardia?
a. 40 units
b. 150 mg
c. 0.5 – 0.75 mg/kg
d. 1-2 grams
16. What is the
initial dose of Lidocaine that can be administered to a patient with
symptomatic ventricular tachycardia (the patient has a pulse)?
a. 1-4 mg/mg
b. 1 – 1.5 mg/kg
c. 1 mg/min
d. 150 mg as an
infusion over 10 minutes
17. What is the
initial dose of Adenosine that can be administered to a patient with
symptomatic monomorphic wide complex tachycardia?
a. 18 mg
b. 12 mg
c. 6 mg
d. 1 mg
18. The patient has
a pulseless narrow complex tachycardia.
What medication should be administered?
a. Lidocaine
b. Amiodarone
c. Epinephrine
d. Adenosine
19. You are unable
to obtain IV access on your patient with pulseless ventricular
tachycardia. What is the correct initial
dosage of Lidocaine that can be administered through the endotracheal tube?
a. 0.5- 0.75 mg/kg
b. 1 – 1.5mg/kg
c. 2-2.5 mg/kg
d. 2-3 mg/kg
20. What the
correct dose of Atropine for a patient with symptomatic bradycardia secondary
to increased vagal tone?
a. 1 mg
b. 0.5 mg
c. 1 mg/kg
d. 0.5 mg/kg
21. Your patient
remains in refractory supraventricular tachycardia, what is the correct 3rd
dosage of Adenosine?
a. 6 mg
b. 12 mg
c. 18 mg
d. 24 mg
22. What group of
medications can be administered through the endotracheal tube?
a. Atropine,
Epinephrine, Vasopressin, Sodium bicarbonate
b. Atropine,
Vasopressin, Adenosine, Amiodarone
c. Atropine,
Lidocaine, Cardizem, Verapamil
d. Atropine,
Epinephrine, Lidocaine, Vasopressin
23. Your patient
has a pulseless bradyasystolic rhythm on the monitor. What medication should be initially given?
a. Atropine
b. Vasopressin
c. Dopamine
d. Sodium
bicarbonate
24. The physician orders
a third dose of epinephrine for a patient who remains pulseless and apneic,
what is the recommended dosage?
a. 1 mg
b. 2 mg
c. 3 mg
4. 4 mg
25. Verapamil is
recommended for the treatment of what dysrhythmia?
a. Ventricular
tachycardia
b. Pre-excitation
syndrome
c.
Supraventricular tachycardia
d. Ventricular
fibrillation
26. What is the
recommended 2nd dose of Lidocaine used in the treatment of stable ventricular
tachycardia?
a. 1 – 1.5 mg/kg
b. 0.5 – 0.75 mg/kg
c. 1 – 1.5 mg/kg/min
d. 0.5 – 0.75 mg/kg/min
27. What is the
recommended dose of Vasopressin when used to treat asystole?
a. 20 units
b. 30 units
c. 40 units
d. 50 units
28. What two
antiarrhythmics are currently recommended for the treatment of stable
ventricular tachycardia?
a. Procainamide
and Dopamine
b. Lidocaine and Bretylium
c. Epinephrine and
Isoproteronol
d. Lidocaine and
Amiodarone
29. What is the
correct dosage of magnesium when used to treat polymorphic ventricular
tachycardia thought to be torsades de pointe?
a. 1-2 mg/kg
b. 1-2 mEq/kg
c. 1-2 grams
d. 1-2 mg/min
30. When treating
a patient with an unstable bradycardia, what is the recommended dose of
epinephrine?
a. 2-10 mcg/min
b. 1 mg
c. 0.5 mg/kg
d. 2 mg
Answers
1. d. 300 mg
2. d. 1 mg
3. b. 0.5-0.75 mg/kg
4. a.
Epinephrine and vasopressin
5. b. 2.2
grams
6. b.
Torsades de pointe
7. d. 2-10 mcg/kg/min
8. a. 1 mg
9. c. 12 mg
10. c. Amiodarone and Lidocaine
11. d. 1:10,000
12. b. 40 units
13. c. 1-1.5 mg/kg
14. c. Atroine and
epinephrine infusion
15. b. 150 mg
16. b. 1 –
1.5 mg/kg
17. c. 6 mg
18.
19. d. 2-3 mg/kg
20. b. 0.5 mg
21. b. 12 mg
22. d. Atropine,
Epinephrine, Lidocaine, Vasopressin
23. b. Vasopressin
24. a. 1mg
25. c.
Supraventricular tachycardia
26. b. 0.5 – 0.75mg/kg
27. c. 40 units
28. d. Lidocaine
and Amiodarone
29. c. 1-2 grams
30. a. 2-10 mcg/min
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