ACLS Drugs

Question 1

Drug for SVT / PSVT and wide QRS tachycardia

Answer 1

Adenosine

Question 2

Drug for symptomatic bradycardia

Answer 2

Atropine

Question 3

Drug for hypotension and/or bradycardia

Answer 3

Dopamine

Question 4

Drug for pulseless VT, V-fib, Recurrent Hemodynamically Unstable Ventricular Tachycardia, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

Answer 4

Amiodarone

Question 5

Drug for cardiac arrest, symptomatic bradycardia, anaphylaxis / severe allergic reactions, severe hypotension

Answer 5

Epinephrine

Question 6

Drug for ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation

Answer 6

Lidocaine

Question 7

Drug for Torsades de Pointes, Hypomagnesemia (low magnesium), Digitalis toxicity

Answer 7

Magnesium

Question 8

Drug for suspected opioid overdose

Answer 8

Naloxone

Question 9

Drug for ventricular arrhythmias and supraventribular tachycardia

Answer 9

Procainamide