CAPCE ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
ADVANCED EXAMINATION QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+
You are ventilating an ARDS patient, when all of a sudden you realize
they have developed a pneumothorax. Which if the following events
most likely led to the patient's worsened condition.
A. Hemorrhaging
B. Oxygen toxicity
C. Barotrauma
D. Nitrogen narcosis Correct Answers C. Barotrauma
You are called to a scene where a man is in respiratory distress. While
trying to maintain a patent airway, you see secretions in the oropharynx.
How should you proceed?
A. Soak up the secretions with an absorbent material.
B. Begin ventilating with a bag-valve-mask.
C. Suction the patient's airway.
D. Begin crest compressions. Correct Answers C. Suction the patient's
airway.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the signs and
symptoms of ARDS?
, A. Cyanosis may be present in severe cases.
B. The skin will turn a slightly yellowish color due to the lack of oxygen
in the tissue.
C. ARDS will be accompanied by hemorrhaging in the chest and left
shoulder.
D. Symptoms will be predictable when given the nature of the lung
insult. Correct Answers A. Cyanosis may be present in severe cases.
While working at a ski resort, you are called to assist a patient on a slope
who you suspect is suffering from high attitude pulmonary edema after
conducting your primary assessment. What should you do?
A. Rapidly descend to sea level and administer furosemide.
B. Descend to the last elevation at which there were no symptoms and
provide supplemental oxygen.
C. Stay at the elevation at which the patient was found and begin CPR.
D. Ascend to the highest altitude possible, intubate, then slowly descend.
Correct Answers B. Descend to the last elevation at which there were no
symptoms and provide supplemental oxygen.
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome can be caused by which of the
following events?
A. Traveling at high altitudes
B. Food poisoning
C. Exposure to sarin vapors
ADVANCED EXAMINATION QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+
You are ventilating an ARDS patient, when all of a sudden you realize
they have developed a pneumothorax. Which if the following events
most likely led to the patient's worsened condition.
A. Hemorrhaging
B. Oxygen toxicity
C. Barotrauma
D. Nitrogen narcosis Correct Answers C. Barotrauma
You are called to a scene where a man is in respiratory distress. While
trying to maintain a patent airway, you see secretions in the oropharynx.
How should you proceed?
A. Soak up the secretions with an absorbent material.
B. Begin ventilating with a bag-valve-mask.
C. Suction the patient's airway.
D. Begin crest compressions. Correct Answers C. Suction the patient's
airway.
Which of the following statements is true regarding the signs and
symptoms of ARDS?
, A. Cyanosis may be present in severe cases.
B. The skin will turn a slightly yellowish color due to the lack of oxygen
in the tissue.
C. ARDS will be accompanied by hemorrhaging in the chest and left
shoulder.
D. Symptoms will be predictable when given the nature of the lung
insult. Correct Answers A. Cyanosis may be present in severe cases.
While working at a ski resort, you are called to assist a patient on a slope
who you suspect is suffering from high attitude pulmonary edema after
conducting your primary assessment. What should you do?
A. Rapidly descend to sea level and administer furosemide.
B. Descend to the last elevation at which there were no symptoms and
provide supplemental oxygen.
C. Stay at the elevation at which the patient was found and begin CPR.
D. Ascend to the highest altitude possible, intubate, then slowly descend.
Correct Answers B. Descend to the last elevation at which there were no
symptoms and provide supplemental oxygen.
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome can be caused by which of the
following events?
A. Traveling at high altitudes
B. Food poisoning
C. Exposure to sarin vapors
