2010-2015 ACLS Guideline Changes. Are You Ready?
The 2015-2020 AHA Guidelines are now in effect. This practice test remains avaliable to members since most of the 2010 guideline changes remain in effect as well. All questions reflect accurate up-to-date information the with the 2015 guidelines.
Beginning in January 2010, all over the United States, health care providers have been integrating their practice to the new 2010-2015 ACLS Guidelines. There were significant changes made to several aspects of the ACLS protocol including, an addition of a 5th link in the chain of survival, waveform capnography, simplified pulseless arrest algorithm, simplified tachycardia algorithm, medication changes, and much more.
To assist you in preparation for ACLS certification and testing based on these 2010-2015 ACLS Guideline changes, we have created a 25 question test covering all of the major changes that you may run into during testing and certification.
Members may use the link below to access the 2010-2015 ACLS Guideline Changes Test.
dreysl says
Dear Jeff and Chris,
I am ecstatic to say that I passed my ACLS class! I recently transferred from the NICU to the PACU, and as part of my orientation, was required to take the ACLS class. It had been 5 1/2 years since I took care of adults, so I was very apprehensive about it. I found your website and used it as a study guide for two months. What a great resource! Words truly cannot express my gratitude towards the two of you, for developing this web site. The practice tests and mega code modules helped me to be well prepared for the class. I have referred several of my coworkers to this website and will personally continue to review the information so that I am always up to date. Thank you so much!
Sherri D.
Leela Baby says
I like this site. Fantastic… i can’t express my thanks to you
Tp98 says
This site is amazing! I took my test today and passed! Thank you
coachcnewton@yahoo.com says
Hey Jeff
I did it!!!!Thanks to you and your amazing website my ACLS CERTIFICATION IS COMPLETE!!!
( for the next two years of course). This site is NUMBER 1 and yes I will highly recommend this site to my coworkers as well!!!!
carolyn
yolanda says
HOORAYYY!!!!!!! passed my acls test, now i can enjoy my summer. I felt this site really helped me because of the multitude of questions. The questions on the test were very simular, infact i felt they were eaiser to answer because i understood the sequence of what to do next, from all the repetitiousness of questions and different algorithms changing from to an another. This sie was passed on to me by a cowoker name Rebecca. Thank you Rebecca. I told everybody how WONDERFUL and and helpful this site was to me as a study aide, while preparing for the big ACLS!!!. PS LOVE YOU JEFF, YOU THE BOMB
Jeff with admin. says
Great Job on certification. So glad the site helped. Thanks for passing it on to others. Kind regards, Jeff
jasper says
I have been taking ACLS for the last 20 Yrs.
This site is great for the first timer and the old timer!
Thanks Jeff
m says
Hi have used this site for my ACLS and found it fab.
NurseKary says
I passed the tests and felt confident. I did study the Drugs, ACS and Stroke more on my own. Going over the scenarios and mega-codes really helped me feel confident with the core rhythms but i felt these areas needed more work .
I really understood the core rhythms and most of their drugs and felt very confident about them. This is a great study tool. Well worth it 🙂 Thanks.
COUDEL says
thanks.
Debra L Aragon says
Hell-o and thanks so much for being there. Took my acls this past saturday and felt so much more confident than the others in my class , due to your study info. Hoooray!!! , can put it all away for another two years. Hope you,ll be there then . Deb A
Lacee says
hi; you are my “god sent” help in time of great need;as i was struggling to retain so much
information in the time frame that i have to complete renewing acls in time.i could say exactly
what bcatron has said;excellent review& so easy to navigate to all the material;and to return so easily to the areas most needed. so greatfull to have found this site…you are so very much
appreciated.god bless.
ACLS1 says
I hav been a cardiac progressive care nurse for 18 years. Need to recertify. Love your site. Your reponses to questions are excellent. This is first time for I will be reviewing the new 2010 guidelines. What is so especially nice about your site is how it is structured. It reinforces the changes and makes it fun to review for the test. It’s not a chore, but a nice review. You have really provided a great service to the medical community by establishing this site. Thank you!
Kerry says
I am inquiring about ACLS because our supervisor is talking about having our Echo sonography department take ACLS. We are not RN’s or LVN’s or paramedics. We cannot administer any type of medication what so ever according to policy. We are allowed to perform basic BLS because that is what is required by the hospital we work for. My supervisor says that knowing we can call out meds to give, and help instruct what to do to the nurses that are running the code. In your professional opinion is that true? Thank you for your time and help with this matter.
KRomero
Jeff with admin. says
Every hospital has the authority as to who they want to be ACLS certified and ultimately a hospital can delegate that responsibility down to the department level. I personally think that it is wise for any healthcare provider who has patient contact on a regular basis to be ACLS certified. The more people that know how to perform these skills in a competent way, the better off the patient population will be.
So many people are unwilling to participate in a code, and after codes, I have heard healthcare providers say “I didn’t help because I just did not know what to do.
I once ran to a code blue that was announced as taking place in the outpatient lab across the hospital. When I arrived, the patient was unconscious and no one had intervened. Two lab techs and several other “outpatient” health care people were standing there doing nothing. No one had touched the patient. Why were they doing nothing? They said they were not trained. That patient did die, and most likely because those health care providers had no training. In my professional opinion, I think it is a good idea to get the ACLS certification.
Kind regards,
Jeff
Janet Murray says
Kerry, you sound like a very nice person and one who is willing to do whatever your supervisor asks. However, as an RN for 32 years, I don’t know one professional nurse who would take directions during a code from anyone other than another member of the “code team” or ACLS certified medical doctor. Hospital have “rapid response” teams for this purpose. They are nurses who have not only ACLS certification but have vast experience in responding to cardiac and respiratory arrests. In most hospitals, the team consists of ICU nurses, a respiratory therapist, an ER physician and the nursing supervisor. The only requirement from the person or persons discovering the victim is to activate “code blue” and start BLS protocol. Beyond this, is completely out of your “scope of practice”. Giving emergency medication is not taken lightly and is the responsibility of the person administering. During a code every member of that team knows exactly what to do and how to do it. Running a code requires much more expertise than merely performing CPR or providing rescue breathing. After a med is given or the pt. is defibrillated, the team evaluates the pt’s status in response to the med or the shock. Being able to evaluate and provide an accurate course of action takes more than memorizing algorithms. It has been my experience that non-nursing staff members do not always respond appropriately when “discovering the victim” and are quite happy to see the response team arriving. Your supervisor has good intentions but needs to re-think his or her idea. Putting non-nursing personnel in a code blue situation is unsafe for everyone. It is certainly not the best case scenario for the patient. Again, to be a competent participant during a code, you need much more education than an ACLS course. This is real life. Not a less than one minute “Hollywood” code where the patient sits up and starts eating his lunch. You are responsible for another person’s life. This is no joke. Patients trust that they will receive optimal care by highly trained, competent professionals. Each member of a hospital staff is responsible for providing this level of care is his or her own area of expertise.
Pamela Bartee says
Thanks Janet Murray, I am RN and nurse anesthetist of 25 years and was thinking the former response had to be a joke. What ever happened to BLS?? That is what I was thinking. Imagine us turning to take medication orders from non licenced health care providers.I know the intention is to.promote the business here but I do feel the response was quite inappropriate. Basic life support ,with great chest compressions, until someone who is licenced and ACLS certified arrives,would be most aappropriate and more safe. The meds being administered are not on the level of tylenol.and should not be treated as such.
Susan Marino says
Have to respond to this issue. I have been a nurse over 40 years and have been in codes with Doctors and nurses, yes “professionals” who did not know what to do! ANYONE who has contact with patients and then some should be ACLS certified. However if you are doing this so that you can yell out appropriate drugs during a code your motivation is in question. You should be doing this because knowledge and developing these skills can save someones life. If certified, I would welcome you on my team – I would not care if you cleaned toilets!
Orrene says
I stumbled on this site looking for actual practice tests and rhythm samples which are not really included in the AHA ACLS manual… this is just what i needed to give me confidence that I can pass this test. Worth every penny. Also even though I work on a Med/Surg/Tele unit we don’t have that many codes so this is a good investment for the test and longer term to periodically do a practice code to keep skills sharp. I will spread the word at work. Great job! thanks.
Piocuda5 says
This is an excellent review for the ACLS class! Will pass it own to my co workers… Go Baltimore Ravens… ATW Hoohah!!!!!