EM Comat Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Treatment for organophosphate poisoning - answeratropine
ST segment elevation in leads V5, V6, I and avL - answerlateral wall infarction
ST segment elevation in leads V3, V4 (also V1 and V2 which would be more septal)
ST segment reciprocal depressio...
Treatment for organophosphate poisoning - answer✔✔atropine
ST segment elevation in leads V5, V6, I and avL - answer✔✔lateral wall infarction
ST segment elevation in leads V3, V4 (also V1 and V2 which would be more septal)
ST segment reciprocal depression in leads (II, III, avF) - answer✔✔anterior wall infarction
ST elevation V1-V6, I, avL - answer✔✔anterolateral wall infarction
ST elevation in V4-V6, II, II, avF - answer✔✔inferolateral wall infarction
why are nitrates contraindicated in acute right ventricular STEMI - answer✔✔decrease the
preload and potentially starve the body of blood
signs of posterior infarct - answer✔✔R/S ratio greater in leads V1 and V2
blood supply is left circumflex
tx this one with MONA
Where is the infarction if ST segments are elevated in II, III, aVF with reciprocal ST segment
depression in (V1-V3) - answer✔✔right inferior (ventricular) wall
ST segment elevation in V3 and V4...what type of infarct - answer✔✔anterior
TIMI risk score - answer✔✔
first thing to do if patient comes in with SVT - answer✔✔vagal maneuvers
medical tx for SVT - answer✔✔adenosine
how does adenosine work - answer✔✔block AV node
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what treatment would you use for symptomatic bradycardia - answer✔✔atropine
atropine is contraindicated in SVT or VTach b/c it can cause increase in HR, worsen an ischemic
episode
person presenting with arrhythmia like Vtach - treatment - answer✔✔cardioversion
what type of fever can present in a patient receiving chemo - answer✔✔neutropenic fever
what type of test should be avoided in a thrombocytopenic patient - answer✔✔DRE- increased
risk of bleeding
treatment for patient with thrombocytopenia - answer✔✔give platelets
if renal calculi are less than 4 mm, what is the percentage of spontaneous passage -
answer✔✔80%
contents of carotid sheath - answer✔✔internal jugular vein
common carotid artery
treatment for acute pericarditis - answer✔✔NSAIDS
usually preceded by URI
bitter almond breath- what type of poisoning - answer✔✔cyanide poisioning
treatment for ascites - answer✔✔dietary sodium restriction and diuretics
who is the first person to report to if a medical device fails - answer✔✔FDA
Smoke inhalation from a bbq- pt comes in with coughing, headache, myalgias, hoarseness,
wheezing...what should you think of - answer✔✔CO poisoning- check an ABG and serum
carboxyhemoglobin
inhalational injury in a burn victim, how would you treat - answer✔✔insert ET tube
glasgow coma scale - answer✔✔
common fracture of thumb/ first metacarpal - answer✔✔Bennet fracture
orbital cellulitis tx - answer✔✔IV antibiotics and admission
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