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FCCS TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSDIRECT Methodology - Answers -Detection
Intervention
Reassessment
Effective Communication
Teamwork
____ is the greatest contribution to diagnosis. - Answers -History
____ is the single most important indicator of critical illness. - Answers -Tachypnea
Kussmall Breathing (or change in depth of respiration) usually indicates - Answers -
Metabolic acidosis
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (or periodic breathing with apnea or hypopnea usually
indicates - Answers -Severe brainstem injury or cardiac dysfunction
Biot Respiration (or ataxic breathing) usually indicates - Answers -Severe neuronal
damage
____ is one of the most important indicators of critical illness. - Answers -Metabolic
acidosis
____ is one of the most useful tests in an acutely ill patient. - Answers -ABG
An acute deterioration may seem to occur more abruptly in: young or elderly? - Answers
-Young
What are the two most important predictors of risk in a critically ill patient? - Answers -
Tachypnea and Metabolic acidosis
Oropharyngeal airway is not used if ____. - Answers -Airway reflexes are intact
Nasopharyngeal airway is contraindicated in patient with ____ and ____. - Answers -
Suspected basilar skull fracture or coagulopathy
____ is the most common cause of airway obstruction. - Answers -Tongue
SOAP ME (Airway Mneumonic) - Answers -Suction
Oxygen
Airways
Position
Monitoring/Medications
Equipment
, Airway Evaluation - Answers -Neck Mobility
External Face
Mouth Tongue and Pharynx
Jaw
After tracheal intubation, significant alterations in hemodynamics should be anticipated.
- Answers -Hypertension and Tachycardia
Although, you can also have Hypotension and decreased CO due to reduced venous
return associated with positive airway pressure.
Maximum dose of Lidocaine in airway: - Answers -4 mg/kg (Max: 300 mg)
Ratio of compressions to ventilation in CPR - Answers -30:2
Monophasic Defibrillator Level - Answers -360 Joules
Biphasic Defibrillator Level - Answers -200 Joules
During CPR, ventilations should not exceed ____ to ____ breaths per minute. -
Answers -8 to 10 breaths per minute
Target Temperature Management after CPR - Answers -32'C (89.6'F) to 36'C (96.8'F)
for 24 hours
To improve neurological outcome and reduce mortality!
Detection of or a rapid increase in end-tidal CO2 is often the earliest indication of ____.
- Answers -Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC)
What is the Goal PCO2 during CPR? - Answers -Normocapnia (PCO2 38-42 mmHg)`
Closed chest compressions produce approximately ____ of normal cardiac output. -
Answers -One-third
Consider Target Temperature Management in patients with initial rhythm of ____ and
____. - Answers -Ventricular Fibrillation and Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia
Adverse Effects of Target Temperature Management - Answers -Neurologic:
Shiveringterm-46
Cardiac: Dysrhythmias
Renal: Diuresis and Potassium Shifts
Platelets: Coagulopathy
Skin: Frostbite
Altered Drug Metabolism
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