Emergency/Life Threatening TEST 2

Question 1

What is AVPU?

Answer 1

Alert
Verbal Stimuli
Painful stimuli
Unresponsive

Question 2

What is ABCDE?

Answer 2

Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability/Degree of responsiveness
Exposure

Question 3

What is AMPLE?

Answer 3

Allergies
Medications
Past Illness
Last meal
Events preceding incident

Question 4

How often are you supposed to reassess the traumatic injury patient?

Answer 4

Q5 minutes, DUH!

(not that we don’t know that, but in case they want a specific minute number)

Question 5

What is the expected systolic blood pressure in a child older than 1 year (estimated calculation for emergencies)?

Answer 5

80 + (2x child’s age in years)

Question 6

What should cap refill be in children?

Answer 6

2 seconds

Question 7

What are the components of the triad of death?

Answer 7

Hypothermia
Acidosis
Coagulopathy

Question 8

What are the legal considerations in emergency?

Answer 8

-Keep meticulous records
-Especially if it’s an injury from an act of violence, PRESERVE EVIDENCE!
-Consent implied, but attempt to find advanced directive, POLST, DPOA

Question 9

What would cause distended neck veins in a patient with a chest injury?

Answer 9

Cardiac tamponade

ALWAYS A GOOD TIME! HA!

Question 10

What is the result of neonatal hypoxia that is not corrected?

Answer 10

BRADYcardia
Acidosis

Question 11

What type of shock is caused by spinal cord injury loss of sympathetic nervous system tone?

Answer 11

Distributive shock

AKA Neurogenic
This is a stupidly phrased question, anaphylactic, and septic shock are also distributive shock.