2025/2026
Test Bank: Emergency and Disaster Nursing
Current Exam Questions and Correct Verified
Answers
Q: During the primary assessment of a victim of a motor vehicle
collision, the nurse determines that the patient is breathing and has
an unobstructed airway. Which action should the nurse take next?
a. Palpate extremities for bilateral pulses.
b. Observe the patients respiratory effort.
c. Check the patients level of consciousness.
d. Examine the patient for any external bleeding.
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, 2025/2026
Ans: B
Even with a patent airway, patients can have other problems
that compromise ventilation, so the next action is
to assess the patients breathing. The other actions are also
part of the initial survey but assessment of breathing
should be done immediately after assessing for airway
patency.
Q: During the primary survey of a patient with severe leg trauma,
the nurse observes that the patients left pedal pulse is absent and
the leg is swollen. Which action will the nurse take next?
a. Send blood to the lab for a complete blood count.
b. Assess further for a cause of the decreased circulation.
c. Finish the airway, breathing, circulation, disability survey.
d. Start normal saline fluid infusion with a large-bore IV line.
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, 2025/2026
Ans: D
The assessment data indicate that the patient may have
arterial trauma and hemorrhage. When a possibly life-
threatening injury is found during the primary survey, the
nurse should immediately start interventions before
proceeding with the survey. Although a complete blood
count is indicated, administration of IV fluids should be
started first. Completion of the primary survey and further
assessment should be completed after the IV fluids are
initiated.
Q: After the return of spontaneous circulation following the
resuscitation of a patient who had a cardiac arrest, therapeutic
hypothermia is ordered. Which action will the nurse include in the
plan of care?
a. Apply external cooling device.
b. Check mental status every 15 minutes.
c. Avoid the use of sedative medications.
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Test Bank: Emergency and Disaster Nursing
Current Exam Questions and Correct Verified
Answers
Q: During the primary assessment of a victim of a motor vehicle
collision, the nurse determines that the patient is breathing and has
an unobstructed airway. Which action should the nurse take next?
a. Palpate extremities for bilateral pulses.
b. Observe the patients respiratory effort.
c. Check the patients level of consciousness.
d. Examine the patient for any external bleeding.
1
, 2025/2026
Ans: B
Even with a patent airway, patients can have other problems
that compromise ventilation, so the next action is
to assess the patients breathing. The other actions are also
part of the initial survey but assessment of breathing
should be done immediately after assessing for airway
patency.
Q: During the primary survey of a patient with severe leg trauma,
the nurse observes that the patients left pedal pulse is absent and
the leg is swollen. Which action will the nurse take next?
a. Send blood to the lab for a complete blood count.
b. Assess further for a cause of the decreased circulation.
c. Finish the airway, breathing, circulation, disability survey.
d. Start normal saline fluid infusion with a large-bore IV line.
2
, 2025/2026
Ans: D
The assessment data indicate that the patient may have
arterial trauma and hemorrhage. When a possibly life-
threatening injury is found during the primary survey, the
nurse should immediately start interventions before
proceeding with the survey. Although a complete blood
count is indicated, administration of IV fluids should be
started first. Completion of the primary survey and further
assessment should be completed after the IV fluids are
initiated.
Q: After the return of spontaneous circulation following the
resuscitation of a patient who had a cardiac arrest, therapeutic
hypothermia is ordered. Which action will the nurse include in the
plan of care?
a. Apply external cooling device.
b. Check mental status every 15 minutes.
c. Avoid the use of sedative medications.
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