ENPC- Skills Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Across-the-room Observation - Answer: Hemorrhage
Assess or obvious S/Sx of uncontrolled hemorrhage
Consider reprioritizing assessment to <C>ABC - Answer: Pack with gauze
Apply pressure
Apply tourniquet if all other interventions fail
Primary Survey - Answer: A through E
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Expose/Environment
"A"
Airway, Alertness, & Alignment
(Assess 3) - Answer: *Vocalization Assess LOC
*Observe for anything obstructing the airway
*Tongue obstruction
*Loose teeth or foreign Objects
*Check for vomitus, blood or secretions
*Keep cervical spine aligned & stabilized
*Preferred posture
*Drooling
*Dysphasia
, *Abnormal Airway sounds
Airway interventions - Answer: open the airway with a jaw thrust or chin lift
reposition head to a neutral or sniffing position
suction
remove foreign objects
AVP insert an NPA
U Unresponsive in sert OPA
prepare ET tube RSI Surgical cricothyrotomy
reassess breathing Effectiveness prior to additional assessment assessment of ET tube prior to
continuing mention OG or NG Tube
Assess LOC using AVPU - Answer: A - Alert
V - Responds to Verbal Stimuli
P - Responds to Painful Stimuli
U - Unresponsive
States the need for a second person to provide manual cervical spinal stabilization AND demonstrates
manual opening of the airway using the jaw-thrust-maneuver - Answer: C-Spine Stabilized
AND
Jaw-thrust-maneuver to open airway
Demonstrates and describes techniques for determining the patency and protection of the airway,
using:
Solutions Graded A+
Across-the-room Observation - Answer: Hemorrhage
Assess or obvious S/Sx of uncontrolled hemorrhage
Consider reprioritizing assessment to <C>ABC - Answer: Pack with gauze
Apply pressure
Apply tourniquet if all other interventions fail
Primary Survey - Answer: A through E
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Expose/Environment
"A"
Airway, Alertness, & Alignment
(Assess 3) - Answer: *Vocalization Assess LOC
*Observe for anything obstructing the airway
*Tongue obstruction
*Loose teeth or foreign Objects
*Check for vomitus, blood or secretions
*Keep cervical spine aligned & stabilized
*Preferred posture
*Drooling
*Dysphasia
, *Abnormal Airway sounds
Airway interventions - Answer: open the airway with a jaw thrust or chin lift
reposition head to a neutral or sniffing position
suction
remove foreign objects
AVP insert an NPA
U Unresponsive in sert OPA
prepare ET tube RSI Surgical cricothyrotomy
reassess breathing Effectiveness prior to additional assessment assessment of ET tube prior to
continuing mention OG or NG Tube
Assess LOC using AVPU - Answer: A - Alert
V - Responds to Verbal Stimuli
P - Responds to Painful Stimuli
U - Unresponsive
States the need for a second person to provide manual cervical spinal stabilization AND demonstrates
manual opening of the airway using the jaw-thrust-maneuver - Answer: C-Spine Stabilized
AND
Jaw-thrust-maneuver to open airway
Demonstrates and describes techniques for determining the patency and protection of the airway,
using:
