AHA PEARS Provider Exam

Question 1

An 8-month-old infant is found unresponsive, pale, and limp. You assess for a brachial pulse and cannot definitively feel one within 10 seconds. A cardiac monitor shows a heart rate of 45 beats per minute. What is the most appropriate immediate action?

Provide rescue breaths only at a rate of 1 every 3-5 seconds. Administer a rapid fluid bolus of isotonic crystalloid. Continue to assess for a pulse for another 15 seconds. Begin high-quality chest compressions and ventilations.

Correct Answer:

Begin high-quality chest compressions and ventilations.

Question 2

You and a colleague are performing high-quality, two-rescuer CPR on a 4-year-old child. What is the correct compression-to-ventilation ratio that should be used?

15 compressions to 2 breaths 30 compressions to 2 breaths 15 compressions to 1 breath 30 compressions to 1 breath

Correct Answer:

15 compressions to 2 breaths

Question 3

Which of the following is a critical component of high-quality chest compressions in a pediatric patient that directly contributes to better outcomes?

Compressing at a rate of 80-90 per minute to allow for more effective ventilations. Pausing compressions every minute for a 10-second rhythm check. Allowing for full chest recoil between each compression. Delivering shallow compressions to prevent rib fractures.

Correct Answer:

Allowing for full chest recoil between each compression.

Question 4

A 6-year-old child weighing 22 kg (48 lbs) collapses and is found to be in pulseless cardiac arrest. An AED with both adult and pediatric pads arrives. What is the most appropriate action regarding the AED?

Use the adult pads in an anterior-posterior placement. Apply the pediatric pads and use a dose attenuator if available. Do not use the AED until an advanced life support team arrives. Wait to see if CPR alone restores a pulse before applying pads.

Correct Answer:

Apply the pediatric pads and use a dose attenuator if available.

Question 5

Unlike cardiac arrest in adults, which is typically caused by primary cardiac events, pediatric cardiac arrest is most often a secondary event resulting from which underlying condition?

Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). Congenital heart disease. Severe electrolyte abnormalities. Progressive respiratory failure or shock.

Correct Answer:

Progressive respiratory failure or shock.

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Prepare with the AHA PEARS Provider Exam practice quiz. This question bank includes 33 questions covering child, year-old, pediatric, infant, and respiratory. Use it to review important concepts, identify knowledge gaps, and build confidence for the related exam, course, or assessment.

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