PFCCS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
What bacteria can cause toxic shock syndrome - ANS Staphylococcus aureus and
Streptococcus pyogenes
What to assume child has if has fever and petechiae? How to treat it ? -
ANS Meningococcemia
TX: aggressive fluid resuscitation and Ax= cephalosporin
What is the diagnostic test for bacterial meningitis ? - ANS CSF examination
IT IS A MED EMERGENCY
What is common in a pediatric patient who has hyponatremia - ANS SIADH
Tx for symptomatic hyponatremia - ANS 3% saline
TX for hypernatremic dehydration - ANS isotonic fluids (0.9% NS)
By how much can sodium levels safely change an hour - ANS 0.5-1.0 mEq/L/h
What to give hyperkalemic patient to stabilize myocardium - ANS Calcium gluconate
Other interventions to move potassium intercellularly (hyperkalemia) - ANS Insulin/glucose
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, sodium bicarb
albuterol
Hypocalcemia tx - ANS - Calcium gluconate
- Calcium chloride ( CV line bc can cause tissue extravascation/necrosis)
What steps are in the primary survey during Trauma - ANS ABCDE
airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and environment exposure
Common life threats during trauma - ANS Tension pneumothorax
Open pneumothorax
Massive hemothorax
Tension pneumothorax IV - ANS needle decompression then chest tube
Open pneumothorax IV - ANS 3 sided occlusive dressing then chest tube
Massive hemothorax IV - ANS volume resuscitation then chest tube
most common shock in trauma - ANS hemorrhagic shock
Pneumonic for possible cause of desaturations during trauma - ANS D: dislodgment of ett
tube
O: obstruction (kinked, pt biting tube etc)
P: Tension pneumothorax
E: equipment failure
What is the rule of nines for pediatric patients under 15 - ANS Lund Browder chart
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ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
What bacteria can cause toxic shock syndrome - ANS Staphylococcus aureus and
Streptococcus pyogenes
What to assume child has if has fever and petechiae? How to treat it ? -
ANS Meningococcemia
TX: aggressive fluid resuscitation and Ax= cephalosporin
What is the diagnostic test for bacterial meningitis ? - ANS CSF examination
IT IS A MED EMERGENCY
What is common in a pediatric patient who has hyponatremia - ANS SIADH
Tx for symptomatic hyponatremia - ANS 3% saline
TX for hypernatremic dehydration - ANS isotonic fluids (0.9% NS)
By how much can sodium levels safely change an hour - ANS 0.5-1.0 mEq/L/h
What to give hyperkalemic patient to stabilize myocardium - ANS Calcium gluconate
Other interventions to move potassium intercellularly (hyperkalemia) - ANS Insulin/glucose
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, sodium bicarb
albuterol
Hypocalcemia tx - ANS - Calcium gluconate
- Calcium chloride ( CV line bc can cause tissue extravascation/necrosis)
What steps are in the primary survey during Trauma - ANS ABCDE
airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and environment exposure
Common life threats during trauma - ANS Tension pneumothorax
Open pneumothorax
Massive hemothorax
Tension pneumothorax IV - ANS needle decompression then chest tube
Open pneumothorax IV - ANS 3 sided occlusive dressing then chest tube
Massive hemothorax IV - ANS volume resuscitation then chest tube
most common shock in trauma - ANS hemorrhagic shock
Pneumonic for possible cause of desaturations during trauma - ANS D: dislodgment of ett
tube
O: obstruction (kinked, pt biting tube etc)
P: Tension pneumothorax
E: equipment failure
What is the rule of nines for pediatric patients under 15 - ANS Lund Browder chart
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