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Critical Care for Paramedics Exam (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) | 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION Propofol dose Answer: Continued sedation dose: 5-50 mcg/kg/min QUESTION Propofol contraindications Answer: OB and 8 year old peds QUESTION What effects will propofol have on the body? Answer: Will lower the BP. Will reduce airway resistance and can be useful inducting patients with bronchospasm. QUESTION Is propofol an analgesic? Answer: No it has sedation and amnesia properties QUESTION Is propfol good for patients with intracranial pathology? Answer: Yes, if they are stable. QUESTION What do all neuromuscular blocking agents cause? Answer: They all can cause Low BP and Malignant hyperthermia. QUESTION What type of NMBA is more common with MH? Answer: Depolarizing NMBA's QUESTION What is the reversal agent for Non-depolarizing NMBA's? Answer: Neostigmine QUESTION Succinylcholine dose Answer: 1-1.5 mg/kg Higher doses may reduce occurance of myalgia. QUESTION Only FDA approved depolarizing NMBA? Answer: Succinylcholine QUESTION Pediatric dose for succs? Answer: 2.0mg/kg QUESTION Contraindications for succs? Answer: Hyperkalemia, burns 72 hours, 1 year eye injuries, glaucoma, MH, paraplegia, MD QUESTION Will succs cause an icrease in ICP? Answer: No it will not QUESTION Onset and duration of succs? Answer: Rapid onset - 3-5 mins Duration- 25-30 mins QUESTION How much can succs raise your serum potassium levels? Answer: 3.0-5 meq/L QUESTION What can cause potassium to be released when giving succs? Answer: Fasiculations QUESTION Early sign for Mh? Answer: Increased etco2 without reason, and decreased spo2 QUESTION What will Mh do? Answer: Increase body temp and metabolism QUESTION NMBA reversal agents Answer: Sugammadex QUESTION What is the order of paralysis? Answer: 1. Eyes , face, neck. 2. Extremties. 3. Abdomen. 4. Intercostals. glottis. 5. Diaphragm QUESTION How do you know when the gag reflex is gone during RSI? Answer: When the diaphragm stops QUESTION How to prevent myalgia when giving succs? Answer: Give higher dose QUESTION NMBAS can lower BP? Answer: True QUESTION What should you give in conjuction when giving ketamine, and why? Answer: Give a benzodiazepine and it is to prevent emergent reactions QUESTION Can propfol be a piggyback line? Answer: No must have own IV line

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Criticall Carel forl Paramedicsl Examl
(Latestl 2026/l 2027l Update)l |l 100%l
Verifiedl Questionsl &l Answersl |l Gradel A
Q:l Propofoll dose
Answer:
Continuedl sedationl dose:l 5-50l mcg/kg/min



Q:l Propofoll contraindications
Answer:
OBl andl <l 8l yearl oldl peds



Q:l Whatl effectsl willl propofoll havel onl thel body?
Answer:
Willl lowerl thel BP.l Willl reducel airwayl resistancel andl canl bel usefull inductingl patientsl
withl bronchospasm.



Q:l Isl propofoll anl analgesic?
Answer:
Nol itl hasl sedationl andl amnesial properties



Q:l Isl propfoll goodl forl patientsl withl intracraniall pathology?
Answer:
Yes,l ifl theyl arel stable.

,Q:l Whatl dol alll neuromuscularl blockingl agentsl cause?
Answer:
Theyl alll canl causel Lowl BPl andl Malignantl hyperthermia.



Q:l Whatl typel ofl NMBAl isl morel commonl withl MH?
Answer:
Depolarizingl NMBA's



Q:l Whatl isl thel reversall agentl forl Non-depolarizingl NMBA's?
Answer:
Neostigmine



Q:l Succinylcholinel dose
Answer:
1-1.5l mg/kg
Higherl dosesl mayl reducel occurancel ofl myalgia.



Q:l Onlyl FDAl approvedl depolarizingl NMBA?
Answer:
Succinylcholine



Q:l Pediatricl dosel forl succs?
Answer:
2.0mg/kg

,Q:l Contraindicationsl forl succs?
Answer:
Hyperkalemia,l burnsl >72l hours,l <l 1l yearl eyel injuries,l glaucoma,l MH,l paraplegia,l MD



Q:l Willl succsl causel anl icreasel inl ICP?
Answer:
Nol itl willl not



Q:l Onsetl andl durationl ofl succs?
Answer:
Rapidl onsetl -l 3-5l mins
Duration-l 25-30l mins



Q:l Howl muchl canl succsl raisel yourl seruml potassiuml levels?
Answer:
3.0-5l meq/L



Q:l Whatl canl causel potassiuml tol bel releasedl whenl givingl succs?
Answer:
Fasiculations



Q:l Earlyl signl forl Mh?
Answer:
Increasedl etco2l withoutl reason,l andl decreasedl spo2

, Q:l Whatl willl Mhl do?
Answer:
Increasel bodyl templ andl metabolism



Q:l NMBAl reversall agents
Answer:
Sugammadex



Q:l Whatl isl thel orderl ofl paralysis?
Answer:
1.l Eyesl ,l face,l neck.l 2.l Extremties.l 3.l Abdomen.l 4.l Intercostals.l glottis.l 5.l Diaphragm



Q:l Howl dol youl knowl whenl thel gagl reflexl isl gonel duringl RSI?
Answer:
Whenl thel diaphragml stops



Q:l Howl tol preventl myalgial whenl givingl succs?
Answer:
Givel higherl dose



Q:l NMBASl canl lowerl BP?
Answer:
True



Q:l Whatl shouldl youl givel inl conjuctionl whenl givingl ketamine,l andl why?

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