PFCCS EXAM 2026/27 QUESTIONS
WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS!!
What bacteria can cause toxic shock syndrome - answer-Staphylococcus aureus and
Streptococcus pyogenes
What to assume child has if has fever and petechiae? How to treat it ? - answer-
Meningococcemia
TX: aggressive fluid resuscitation and Ax= cephalosporin
What is the diagnostic test for bacterial meningitis ? - answer-CSF examination
IT IS A MED EMERGENCY
What is common in a pediatric patient who has hyponatremia - answer-SIADH
Tx for symptomatic hyponatremia - answer-3% saline
TX for hypernatremic dehydration - answer-isotonic fluids (0.9% NS)
By how much can sodium levels safely change an hour - answer-0.5-1.0 mEq/L/h
What to give hyperkalemic patient to stabilize myocardium - answer-Calcium gluconate
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, Other interventions to move potassium intercellularly (hyperkalemia) - answer-Insulin/glucose
sodium bicarb
albuterol
Hypocalcemia tx - answer-- Calcium gluconate
- Calcium chloride ( CV line bc can cause tissue extravascation/necrosis)
What steps are in the primary survey during Trauma - answer-ABCDE
airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and environment exposure
Common life threats during trauma - answer-Tension pneumothorax
Open pneumothorax
Massive hemothorax
Tension pneumothorax IV - answer-needle decompression then chest tube
Open pneumothorax IV - answer-3 sided occlusive dressing then chest tube
Massive hemothorax IV - answer-volume resuscitation then chest tube
most common shock in trauma - answer-hemorrhagic shock
Pneumonic for possible cause of desaturations during trauma - answer-D: dislodgment of ett
tube
O: obstruction (kinked, pt biting tube etc)
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WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS!!
What bacteria can cause toxic shock syndrome - answer-Staphylococcus aureus and
Streptococcus pyogenes
What to assume child has if has fever and petechiae? How to treat it ? - answer-
Meningococcemia
TX: aggressive fluid resuscitation and Ax= cephalosporin
What is the diagnostic test for bacterial meningitis ? - answer-CSF examination
IT IS A MED EMERGENCY
What is common in a pediatric patient who has hyponatremia - answer-SIADH
Tx for symptomatic hyponatremia - answer-3% saline
TX for hypernatremic dehydration - answer-isotonic fluids (0.9% NS)
By how much can sodium levels safely change an hour - answer-0.5-1.0 mEq/L/h
What to give hyperkalemic patient to stabilize myocardium - answer-Calcium gluconate
1
, Other interventions to move potassium intercellularly (hyperkalemia) - answer-Insulin/glucose
sodium bicarb
albuterol
Hypocalcemia tx - answer-- Calcium gluconate
- Calcium chloride ( CV line bc can cause tissue extravascation/necrosis)
What steps are in the primary survey during Trauma - answer-ABCDE
airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and environment exposure
Common life threats during trauma - answer-Tension pneumothorax
Open pneumothorax
Massive hemothorax
Tension pneumothorax IV - answer-needle decompression then chest tube
Open pneumothorax IV - answer-3 sided occlusive dressing then chest tube
Massive hemothorax IV - answer-volume resuscitation then chest tube
most common shock in trauma - answer-hemorrhagic shock
Pneumonic for possible cause of desaturations during trauma - answer-D: dislodgment of ett
tube
O: obstruction (kinked, pt biting tube etc)
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