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ACCS-Patient Assessment Exam Questions With Verified Answers List he four critical life functions - answerVentilation - moving air in and out of the lungs Oxygen - getting oxygen into the blood Circulation - moving the blood through the body Perfusion - getting blood and oxygen into the tissue...

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ACCS-Patient Assessment Exam Questions
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List he four critical life functions - answer✔Ventilation - moving air in and out of the lungs


Oxygen - getting oxygen into the blood


Circulation - moving the blood through the body


Perfusion - getting blood and oxygen into the tissue

Which of the four life function is the FIRST priority? - answer✔Ventilation


HINT: Do not pick STAT ABG on the exam

What assessments would determine how well a patient is ventilating? - answer✔Respiratory
Rate, tidal volume, chest movement, breath sounds, etco2, paco2


HINT: Always choose "turn up the flow" if it's an option.

How would the ACCS determine if a patient has a problem with oxygenation? - answer✔Check
heart rate, color, sensorium, pao2, sao2


HINT: This is the most common problem
What information would help the ACCS determine if a patient's circulation is adequate? -
answer✔Check pulse and heart rate, heart strength, cardiac output

What changes would indicate that a patient may not have adequate perfusion? - answer✔Check
blood pressure, sensorium, temperature, urine output, and hemodynamics.

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Describe the difference between "signs" and "symptoms" and list an example of each. -
answer✔Sings: objective information - things that you can see or/ measure.
Example: Color, pulse, edema, blood pressure


Symptoms: subjective information - those things that the patient must tell you.
Example: dyspnea, nausea, pain, muscle weakness, etc.

Define an advance directive. - answer✔Set of instructions documenting what treatment a patient
would want if he/she was unable to make medical decisions.
List and describe the four types of advance directives:


DNR
DNI
Living Will

DPO - answer✔Do Not Resuscitate


Do Not Intubate


Living Will describes treatment plan would want if he becomes terminally ill (<6 months to live)


Durable power of attorney - makes health care decisions effective when patient is unable to make
decisions.

A properly written order for respiratory care should include what four factors? - answer✔Type of
therapy
Frequency
Medication dosage and dilution
Physician signature

What is the normal value for urine output? - answer✔40 mL/hr = 1 liter per day

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What findings might indicate that the patient's fluid intake has exceeded their urine output? -
answer✔Weight gain


Electrolyte imbalance


Increased hemodynamic pressures


Decreased lung compliance

Changes in patient's CVP reading can indicate hypovolemia. - answer✔< CVP = hypovolemia


> CVP = hypervolemia

What is normal CVP pressures? - answer✔2-6 mmhg via Swan Ganz


4-12 cmh20 via central line
*NOTE: PFT labs are not on the exam.
Patient lab reports may include:
- abg
- imaging reports

- basic lab assessments (hematology) - answer✔...

Define semicomatose - answer✔Responds only to painful stimuli


lethargic
somnolent
sleepy


Consider drug overdose

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