Therapist Multiple-Choice Test Bank |
Comprehensive Questions & Answers
Guide A+ Exam Prep
• pulmonary edema
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-fluffy infiltrates
-diurectics
• atelecatasis
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-patchy infiltrate
-lung expansion therapy
• ARDS
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-ground glass
-oxygen
-low Vt & PIP
-PEEP
• pleural effusion
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-costophrenic angle
chest tube
-thoracentesis
-antibiotics
,• pneumonia
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-air bronchogram
-antibiotics
• what causes tracheal deviation (towards pathology) -✓✓1. atelectasis
2. pneumoectomy
3. diaphragm paralysis
• what causes tracheal deviation (away from pathology) -✓✓1. pleural
effusion
2. pneumothorax
3. thyriod tumor
4. mediastinal mass
• sounds (no air) -✓✓flat
dull
• sounds (extra air) -✓✓hyperresonant
tympanic
• sounds (coarse crackles) -✓✓large airways
• sounds (medium crackles) -✓✓medium airways
• sounds (fine crackles) -✓✓edema
• sounds (wheeze) -✓✓bronchospasm
,• what diseases does no air sounds occur -✓✓-atelectasis
-pleural effusion
-pnuemonia
• what diseases does extra air sound occur -✓✓-pneumothorax
-emphysema
• what does a heart murmur indicate -✓✓ECMO
• what is normal ICP -✓✓5-10 mmhg
• when is treatment recommended for high ICP
what is the treatment -✓✓>20
hyperventilation
• how does hyperventilation decrease high ICPs -✓✓hyperventilation
leads to low co2 which causes vasoconstriction thus lowering high ICP
• what is the formula for cerebral peripheral pressures -✓✓CPP=MAP-
ICP
• what is the normal range for potassium -✓✓3.5-4.5
• what is know as high/low K+ -✓✓low- metabolic alkalosis
high -kindney failure (metabolic acidosis)
• what are two kindey waste products and their normal values -
✓✓creatine .7-1.3
BUN 8-25
, • what is hematuria -✓✓blood in the urine
• what test is done to show kidney function -✓✓urinalysis
• what protein is found in the myocardial cells -✓✓troponin
• when do troponin levels indicate high risk of death from MI -✓✓>0.1
ng/ml
• when there is an MI what treaments are given -✓✓M.O.N.A
morphine
oxygen
nitroglycerin
aspirin
• what test is used to identify TB -✓✓tuberculin skin test/ mantoux
• where are electrodes placed on the chest for ecg -✓✓v1 4th intercostal
right side of sternum
v2 4th intercostal left side of sternum
v3
v4 5th intercostal midclavicular
v5
v6 5th intercostal midaxillary
• what is normal heart rate -✓✓60-100
Comprehensive Questions & Answers
Guide A+ Exam Prep
• pulmonary edema
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-fluffy infiltrates
-diurectics
• atelecatasis
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-patchy infiltrate
-lung expansion therapy
• ARDS
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-ground glass
-oxygen
-low Vt & PIP
-PEEP
• pleural effusion
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-costophrenic angle
chest tube
-thoracentesis
-antibiotics
,• pneumonia
-on x-ray
-how to fix -✓✓-air bronchogram
-antibiotics
• what causes tracheal deviation (towards pathology) -✓✓1. atelectasis
2. pneumoectomy
3. diaphragm paralysis
• what causes tracheal deviation (away from pathology) -✓✓1. pleural
effusion
2. pneumothorax
3. thyriod tumor
4. mediastinal mass
• sounds (no air) -✓✓flat
dull
• sounds (extra air) -✓✓hyperresonant
tympanic
• sounds (coarse crackles) -✓✓large airways
• sounds (medium crackles) -✓✓medium airways
• sounds (fine crackles) -✓✓edema
• sounds (wheeze) -✓✓bronchospasm
,• what diseases does no air sounds occur -✓✓-atelectasis
-pleural effusion
-pnuemonia
• what diseases does extra air sound occur -✓✓-pneumothorax
-emphysema
• what does a heart murmur indicate -✓✓ECMO
• what is normal ICP -✓✓5-10 mmhg
• when is treatment recommended for high ICP
what is the treatment -✓✓>20
hyperventilation
• how does hyperventilation decrease high ICPs -✓✓hyperventilation
leads to low co2 which causes vasoconstriction thus lowering high ICP
• what is the formula for cerebral peripheral pressures -✓✓CPP=MAP-
ICP
• what is the normal range for potassium -✓✓3.5-4.5
• what is know as high/low K+ -✓✓low- metabolic alkalosis
high -kindney failure (metabolic acidosis)
• what are two kindey waste products and their normal values -
✓✓creatine .7-1.3
BUN 8-25
, • what is hematuria -✓✓blood in the urine
• what test is done to show kidney function -✓✓urinalysis
• what protein is found in the myocardial cells -✓✓troponin
• when do troponin levels indicate high risk of death from MI -✓✓>0.1
ng/ml
• when there is an MI what treaments are given -✓✓M.O.N.A
morphine
oxygen
nitroglycerin
aspirin
• what test is used to identify TB -✓✓tuberculin skin test/ mantoux
• where are electrodes placed on the chest for ecg -✓✓v1 4th intercostal
right side of sternum
v2 4th intercostal left side of sternum
v3
v4 5th intercostal midclavicular
v5
v6 5th intercostal midaxillary
• what is normal heart rate -✓✓60-100
