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1. Which of the following parameters may be a late sign of cardiovascular
disturbance signaling failure of the compensatory mechanisms?
A. Tachycardia
B. Bradycardia
C. Hypotension
D. Hypertension: C
2. Investigative tests should be based on the patient's history and physical
examination as well as on previous tests. Which of the following is one of the most
important indicators of critical illness?
A. Respiratory acidosis
B. Metabolic acidosis
C. Elevated creatinine
D. Hyponatremia: B
3. A 22-year-old man is brought to the emergency room after falling from a horse.
He is awaiting transfer to another facility. He has a chest contusion and a non-
displaced femur fracture. He is in spinal motion restriction with a cervical collar
and long backboard. He has worsening respiratory distress and hypoxemia
requiring endotracheal intubation. Which of the following modifications of the
manual assisted ventilation technique is appropriate?
A. Place an oral airway one size larger than usual.: C
4. Which of the following anatomic features is most likely to contribute to difficulty
in maintaining a patent airway in a supine patient?
A. Edentulous mandible
B. Posteriorly displaced tongue
C. Deviated nasal septum
D. Anteriorly displaced thyroid cartilage: B
5. An elderly patient is on the medical ward for respiratory distress. Which of the
following is correct regarding airway assessment?
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A. Laryngeal displacement toward the chest during inspiration occurs only with
upper airway obstruction
B. Chest rise with inspiration indicates an adequate tidal volume
C. Unilateral absent breath sounds on auscultation is a tension pneumothorax D.
Complete airway obstruction is likely when chest retraction and movement is
present, but there are no breath sounds: D
6. An 82-year-old man who awoke with chest pain in the morning is being evaluated
in the emergency department. He is alert and oriented. Shortly after being placed on
a cardiac monitor in normal sinus rhythm with ST segment elevations, he becomes
unresponsive and develops ventricular fibrillation. Which of the following initial
interventions is most appropriate for this patient?
A. Do not initiate treatment because, due to his age, he probably has a do-not-
resuscitate order on file.
B. Attempt to: C
7. Which of the following is the purpose of cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
A. To reverse symptomatic bradycardia in an ICU patient who is on multiple
vasoactive infusions
B. To reverse sudden cardiac death in a patient who is in the palliative care unit
C. To prolong the life of a patient who has a do-not-resuscitate order on file to
allow time for family to arrive
D. To reverse sudden, unexpected death from a reversible disease process or
iatrogenic complications: D
8. A 75-year-old man with a long history of smoking, chronic lung disease, and
treatment noncompliance is brought to the emergency department by his daughter.
He has had progressive dyspnea. He is awake, alert, and in moderate distress, with
the use of accessory muscles during inspiration and expiration and a respiratory
rate of 30 beats/min. There are audible expiratory wheezes. Which of the following
pharmacologic treatments should be initiated?
A. Inhaled beta2-agonist
B. Aerosolized racemic e: A
9. A 65-year-old woman is admitted with pulmonary edema due to acute
diastolic left ventricular failure. She is alert and oriented but has a respiratory rate
of 30 breaths/min and a room air SpO2 of 88%. On examination, she has 4 cm
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