Patient Care Theory

Question 1

What is tachypnea

Answer 1

Increased Resp rate

Question 2

What is hypotension

Answer 2

Low blood pressure

Question 3

What is hypertension

Answer 3

High blood pressure

Question 4

What is bradypnea

Answer 4

Decreased resp rate

Question 5

What is bradycardia

Answer 5

Decreased Heart rate

Question 6

What is tachycardia

Answer 6

Increased Heart rate

Question 7

What is perfusion

Answer 7

How blood moves around the body

Question 8

What does adventitious mean

Answer 8

No abnormal sounds in breathing

Question 9

The signs and symptoms are severity of a pulmonary embolus vary and are related primarily to:

Answer 9

The size of the embolus

Question 10

What is the most common cause of pneumothorax

Answer 10

Penetration from a rib fracture

Question 11

A pneumothorax is best described as:

Answer 11

Air in the pleural space

Question 12

The portion of the heart layer/s that directly cover the heart surface is called the:

Answer 12

Visceral pericardium and Serous pericardium

Question 13

True or false: The coronary sinus carries oxygenated blood to the left atrium, which in turn delivers that blood to the left ventricle to be transported to rest of body.

Answer 13

False because The coronary sinus is a vein that collects deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle (myocardium). It delivers this deoxygenated blood to the right atrium, not the left atrium.

Question 14

What will ARDs cause

Answer 14

Pulmonary edema will result

Question 15

Your EMCA-P has been cleared, patient is conscious. what is you next course of action?

Answer 15

Manual cervical immobilization of the pt.

Question 16

Sternal fractures are frequently associated with what?

Answer 16

Myocardial injury

Question 17

If the male had highented resp rates it can further be described as:

Answer 17

Tachypneic

Question 18

If the patient has high blood pressure it can fall into the category of:

Answer 18

Hypotensive

Question 19

Perfusion is best described as:

Answer 19

Refers to the process of circulating blood through the pulmonary capillary bed

Question 20

True or false: A tension pneumothorax is always an exacerbation of a simple pneumothorax.

Answer 20

False because A tension pneumothorax occurs when air enters the pleural space but cannot escape (a one-way valve mechanism). This leads to progressive accumulation of air, causing severe pressure on the lungs, heart, and great vessels, resulting in significant respiratory distress and hemodynamic instability.

Question 21

True or false: O2 stimulates the respiratory centre in the brainstem

Answer 21

False, in a health human CO2 will stimulate the brainstem

Question 22

True or false: With a tension pneumothorax we may see tracheal deviation away from the unaffected side

Answer 22

False, you will see tracheal deviation towards the affected side.

Question 23

All veins:

Answer 23

Carry blood back to the heart

Question 24

The heart muscle is perfused with blood by the _____, which branch off the aorta.

Answer 24

Coronary arteries

Question 25

The heart is the circulatory pump of the body. The right side of the heart pumps_______ blood through the ______ circulation.

Answer 25

Oxygen poor/Pulmonary

Question 26

Which of the following signs and symptoms have specificity to a simple pneumothorax?

Answer 26

Tachycardia and SOB

Question 27

The open pneumothorax should be cared for using which techniques.

Answer 27

Cover the wound with an occlusive dressing, taped on three sides or an ACS

Question 28

Which is the most common cause of upper airway obstruction

Answer 28

The tongue

Question 29

The contraction of the ventricles facilitates opening of the:

Answer 29

Aortic and pulmonic valves

Question 30

Which are the smallest divines of the HIS bundles

Answer 30

Purkinje fibers

Question 31

Which of the following structures are located within the mediastinal cavity

Answer 31

Trachea

Question 32

Which vessel carries blood from the heart to the systemic circulation

Answer 32

Aorta

Question 33

Cardiac electrical impulse conduction is normally initiated in which structure

Answer 33

Sinoatrial node

Question 34

Ventricular ejection per each heartbeat is best defined as:

Answer 34

Stroke volume

Question 35

Blood pressure is equal to which

Answer 35

Heart rate x stroke volume x peripheral vascular resistance

Question 36

Which valve separates the right ventricle from the lungs

Answer 36

Pulmonic

Question 37

The arteries that branch off the aortic arch are the:

Answer 37

carotid and subclavian arteries and Brachiocephalic arteries

Question 38

The coronary artery that supplies/ feeds the SA node is

Answer 38

Right coronary artery

Question 39

True or false: Pt. who suffer a pericardial tamponade demonstrate initial peripheral vasodilation

Answer 39

False

Question 40

True or false: Becks triad is best identified by: muffled heart sounds, JVD, hypertension.

Answer 40

False because Beck's triad is best identified by muffled heart sounds, jugular venous distension (JVD), and hypotension

Question 41

True or false: As oxygenated blood enters the right side of the heart it travels to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries.

Answer 41

Oxygenated blood does not enter the right side of the heart. Instead, it enters the left side of the heart via the pulmonary veins after being oxygenated in the lungs. The right side of the heart handles deoxygenated blood.

Question 42

Cardiogenic shock is:

Answer 42

caused by extensive myocardial damage

Question 43

An object composed of clotted blood, fat and / or plaque that breaks loose from the wall of an artery and travels the circulatory system is called:

Answer 43

An embolism

Question 44

The process of ventilation, diffusion and perfusion allows gas exchange to occur efficiently in the lungs and other tissue. The derangement in pulmonary embolisms is principally of:

Answer 44

perfusion

Question 45

Hypoxia is best defined as:

Answer 45

Inadequate oxygen at the cellular level

Question 46

If the pt. has a high heart rate it can be described as:

Answer 46

Tachycardic

Question 47

Which patient situations represents a life threat identified in the initial assessment of an adult?

Answer 47

Stridor is audible

Question 48

Functional residual capacity:

Answer 48

Is expiratory reserve plus residual volume

Question 49

Patients who suffer from chronic bronchitis are often referred to as:

Answer 49

Blue bloaters

Question 50

What is considered a intrinsic risk factory for respiratory disease?

Answer 50

Genetic predisposition and stress