Coming September 2026

101 ACLS, BLS, & PALS Fill-in-the-Blank Exercises

For Nurses, Nursing Students, and Healthcare Professionals

By Michele G. Kunz, MSN, ANP, RN & Joseph C. Kunz, Jr.

Test What You Really Remember—One Blank at a Time

There is a difference between recognizing an answer and being able to supply it yourself. A completed statement can look familiar because the important information is already on the page. Remove the key term, medication, number, ratio, rhythm, or concept, and your memory has to do more of the work.

This book uses 101 topic-focused fill-in reviews to turn passive familiarity into guided active recall across ACLS, BLS, and PALS material.

About This Book

The subject progression mirrors the Crossword and Word-Search editions: foundations of resuscitation, adult and pediatric BLS, ACLS cardiac arrest and peri-arrest care, PALS assessment and respiratory emergencies, pediatric shock and arrhythmias, and three comprehensive challenges. That shared architecture makes the three books complementary rather than unrelated.

Inside the book, each review presents a Word Bank and a set of incomplete statements. The learner fills each blank using the available terms, with each word used once. The surrounding sentence provides context, but the answer still has to be matched correctly to the concept being tested.

What You’ll Find Inside

• Part I — Foundations of Resuscitation: 10 topics covering the language of resuscitation, cardiac arrest versus heart attack, the Chain of Survival, recognition and emergency activation, high-quality CPR, airway and breathing, oxygenation, ventilation, and teamwork.
• Part II — Basic Life Support: 22 topics covering adult and pediatric CPR, one- and two-rescuer sequences, compression-to-ventilation ratios, pulse checks, rescue breathing, bag-mask ventilation, AED use, pad placement, choking, opioid-associated emergencies, naloxone, and pediatric BLS.
• Part III — ACLS Cardiac-Arrest Management: 18 topics covering assessment, the adult cardiac-arrest algorithm, shockable and nonshockable rhythms, VF, pulseless VT, PEA, asystole, CPR quality, defibrillation, epinephrine, antiarrhythmics, vascular access, advanced airways, capnography, and reversible causes.
• Part IV — ACLS Peri-Arrest and Post-Arrest Care: 18 topics covering ROSC, post-arrest oxygenation and ventilation, hemodynamic support, temperature and neurologic care, bradycardia, pacing, tachyarrhythmias, cardioversion, adenosine, atrial fibrillation/flutter, wide-complex tachycardia, acute coronary syndromes, and stroke.
• Part V — PALS Assessment and Respiratory Emergencies: 13 topics covering the PALS systematic approach, Pediatric Assessment Triangle, primary and secondary assessment, respiratory distress and failure, upper and lower airway obstruction, lung tissue disease, disordered breathing control, oxygen delivery, bag-mask ventilation, and advanced airways.
• Part VI — PALS Shock, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Arrest: 17 topics covering pediatric shock types, fluid resuscitation, vasoactive medications, bradycardia, tachyarrhythmias, SVT, pediatric cardiac arrest, shockable and nonshockable rhythms, defibrillation energy, weight-based medications, post-arrest care, and special pediatric cardiac conditions.
• Part VII — Comprehensive Challenges: Three concluding topics covering special circumstances of resuscitation, megacode teamwork and leadership, and an integrated ACLS, BLS, and PALS challenge.
• Word-bank guided recall: Each review supplies a focused set of terms and asks you to place each one into the correct clinical statement.
• Complete answer key: Check every review and use uncertain or missed blanks to identify what deserves another study pass.
• Write-in 8.5 × 11-inch pages: The full-size format is designed to be used actively rather than merely read.

Who This Book Is For

• Nursing students who want active recall practice across ACLS, BLS, and PALS terminology and concepts.
• Nurses and healthcare professionals who want a focused way to refresh familiar resuscitation information.
• Certification and recertification learners who want supplemental review alongside official course materials and skills practice.
• Healthcare educators who want structured written exercises that can expose areas needing additional attention.
• Learners who want to test what they can actually supply when part of the information is removed.

How This Book Works

Each review gives you a word bank and incomplete statements. The choices narrow the task, but they do not solve it. You still have to interpret the sentence, decide what kind of information is missing, distinguish among the available terms, and place the correct answer in context.

This is guided active recall: more demanding than simple recognition, but more structured than producing every answer with no assistance. A missed blank is useful because it reveals a specific gap rather than simply giving you a vague sense that a topic feels weak.

Three Formats, Three Mental Tasks

The three ACLS/BLS/PALS books intentionally overlap in subject matter but not in study method. Word searches emphasize recognition. Crosswords emphasize clue-based retrieval. Fill-in-the-Blank exercises emphasize recall in context. Using more than one format lets you revisit the same clinical language without repeating exactly the same mental task.

About the Authors

Michele G. Kunz, MSN, ANP, RN

Michele G. Kunz is a nurse practitioner, longtime nursing educator, author, and healthcare instructor whose work focuses on making complex clinical material easier to organize, review, and remember. Through The Mindful Nurse Press, she develops practical educational resources for nurses, nursing students, and other healthcare professionals.

Joseph C. Kunz, Jr.

Joseph C. Kunz, Jr. is an author and publisher who has been developing educational materials and study guides for students and professionals since 1985. He works with Michele to organize complex healthcare subjects into clear, practical learning resources presented through multiple study formats.

Educational Note

101 ACLS, BLS, & PALS Fill-in-the-Blank Exercises is intended for educational, recreational, and general review purposes. It does not provide ACLS, BLS, PALS, CPR, AED, or other professional certification and does not replace formal instruction, hands-on skills training, official course materials, current clinical guidelines, institutional protocols, medical direction, or professional judgment.

This is an independently produced publication and is not sponsored, approved, authorized, or endorsed by the American Heart Association or any other certifying or professional organization. Readers should consult current authoritative materials because resuscitation science and treatment recommendations can change.

Book Details

• Title: 101 ACLS, BLS, & PALS Fill-in-the-Blank Exercises
• Authors: Michele G. Kunz, MSN, ANP, RN & Joseph C. Kunz, Jr.
• Publisher: Dickson Keanaghan, LLC
• Imprint: The Mindful Nurse Press
• Publication Date: September 2026
• Edition: First Paperback Edition
• Format: Paperback
• Page Count: 121 pages
• Trim Size: 8.5 × 11 inches
• ISBN: 978-1-933230-91-7
• Language: English