Emergency Nursing Flashcards
(46 cards)
A patient collapses in front of you and is in cardiac arrest. Which will give him the best chance of survival?
A) Waiting for the emergency service personnel to arrive
B) Immediate CPR and defibrillation within 5 minutes
C) Defibrillation in 10 minutes with no CPR
D) Immediate CPR and defibrillation within 10 minutes
B) Immediate CPR and defibrillation within 5 minutes
If you are alone and find a non-breathing and pulseless victim lying face down at the scene of an accident and you suspect that the victim has a back/neck injury, you should:
A) Turn the victim and begin CPR.
B) Turn the victim’s head to one side and begin CPR.
C) Do nothing and wait until help arrives.
D) Attempt to do CPR with the victim in the face-down position.
A) Turn the victim and begin CPR
The recovery position is used to:
A) Keep an unconscious victim comfortable.
B) To stop nerve damage to the shoulders.
C) To maintain a clear airway.
D) To minimize bruising in head injury.
C) To maintain a clear airway
The aims or objectives of first aid are:
A) To save lives, prevent trauma worsening, and promote recovery.
B) To get medical assistance as soon as possible.
C) To provide comfort and support.
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Primary Assessment involves the following:
A) Eye care, spinal and neck injury, injury assessment, trauma management.
B) Arousal, airway, breathing, circulation, bleeding, shock.
C) Illness assessment, injury assessment, trauma management, and shock management.
D) CPR, rescue breathing, illness assessment, injury assessment and trauma management
B) Arousal, airway, breathing, circulation, bleeding, shock
The purpose of triage is:
A) To reassure the conscious patient.
B) To provide the emergency services with information.
C) To assess all patients immediate needs.
D) To provide assistance for unconscious patients.
C) To assess all patients immediate needs
The signs and symptoms of shock are:
A) Pale clammy skin, rapid shallow breathing, and rapid weak pulse.
B) Pale clammy skin, slow breathing, slow pulse.
C) Pale clammy skin, normal breathing, normal pulse.
D) Pale skin, abdominal pain, incontinence, difficulty in breathing.
A) Pale clammy skin, rapid shallow breathing, rapid weak pulse
The treatment of shock requires:
A) Brandy, a cigarette and a hot water bottle.
B) Brandy, no smoking and rapid warming.
C) No alcohol, no smoking or warming.
D) Elevation of legs, reassurance and treat cause.
D) Elevation of legs, reassurance and treat cause
Victims can be moved under the following circumstances:
A) If they cannot get enough oxygen due to too many bystanders.
B) If the ambulance is going to take more than ½ hour to arrive at the accident scene.
C) In the case of fire, chemical spills and traffic.
D) If it is raining or the weather deteriorates.
C) In the case of fire, chemical spills and traffic
Select two from the following…
An emergency is:
1) A situation that the victim perceives to be difficult
2) A situation that can usually be resolved
3) An unforeseen combinations of circumstances
4) A state in which normal procedures are suspended
A) 1 and 3
B) 3 and 4
C) 2 and 4
D) 2 and 3
B) 3 and 4
When crisis presents, an emergency assessment is performed to:
A) Seek consensus
B) Consider your choices
C) Identify a life threatening problem
D) To get your point across
C) Identify a life threatening problem
When on the ward when do you prepare for a crisis?
A) At the beginning of each shift
B) Prior to receiving a patient from ED
C) Upon receiving a new patient
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Triage provides effective use of:
A) Large assembly areas and vehicles
B) Resources, staff, skills, facilities and time
C) Existentialism, spiritualism and staff
D) The available food, water and medical support
B) Resources, staff, skills, facilities and time
Two of the most significant early warning signs for the deteriorating patient are;
A) Respiration rate and heart rate
B) Systolic blood pressure and urine output
C) LOC and respiration rate
D) Temperature and heart rate
C) LOC and respiration rate
In a disaster, how long should you be prepared to look after yourself and your loved ones?
A) 3 hours
B) 3 days
C) 3 weeks
D) 1 week
B) 3 days
In a disaster, you need to have a minimum of how many litres of water per person per day available for use?
A) 1 litre
B) 3 litres
C) 6 litres
D) Depends how age and thirst
B) 3 Litres
To safely store water, how much household bleach do you add?
A) 20 drops per litre of water
B) Half a cup per 10 litres of water
C) Half of a teaspoon for 10 litres of water
D) 5 drops per cup of water
C) Half a teaspoon for 10 Litres of water
A nurse stopped at an accident scene and began to provide emergency care for the victims. This nurse’s actions are best labelled as:
A) Respect for persons
B) Beneficence
C) Non maleficence
D) Triage
B) Beneficence
3 steps of crisis
Clarify the type of crisis, help stabilise the situation, develop an action plan
What does PRIME stand for?
Primary Response in Medical Emergency
What is involved in prime nursing?
On call medical emergency care including primary assessment, essential resuscitation, rapid and safe delivery of patients to the appropriate place of care
Do prime nurses administer emergency medications for life saving purposes?
Yes
When checking the equipment in the hospital ward for ABCs, what are you checking?
A - suction
B - oxygen
C - pump, monitor, sats monitor, BP cuff
When do we prepare for a crisis?
Prior to ED or theatre, beginning of each shift, receiving a new patient
