GNK 286 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE (PAST PAPERS) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS NEWEST UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE
BEST EXAM SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
VERIFIED/DETAILED GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
You decide to dress the large avulsion injury of your uncle's forearm - with a piece of metal
protruding from the wound in question. Indicate which dressing should be applied to stabilize
the impaled object.
A. Doughnut dressing
B. Support sling
C. Pressure bandage
D. Baguette dressing - CORRECT ANSWERS A. Doughnut dressing
Following a tennis match, your 57 year old father complains of a sudden pressure sensation in
chis chest with come pain in his jaw. He adds that he feels dizzy and nauseous. What should you
do?
A. Give him some water to drink to treat the symptoms of dehydration
B. Administer 325mg of aspirin and have him rest an hour
C. Have him rest in the shade and call for immediate emergency assistance - CORRECT
ANSWERS C. Have him rest in the shade and call for immediate emergency assistance
A child was bitten by a black mamba snake in KZN. What is the most common clinical problem
associated with black mamba envenomation?
A. Coagulopathy
B. Tissue necrosis
C. Neurotoxicity
D. Kidney failure - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Neurotoxicity
,GNK 286 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE (PAST PAPERS) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS NEWEST UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE
BEST EXAM SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
VERIFIED/DETAILED GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
Select the applicable diagnostic significance of a crackling sensation under the chin over the
chest area, following performing a physical examination on a person following a motor vehicle
accident:
A. Fracture of the mandible
B. Overdose
C. Fracture of the base of the skull
D. Rib fracture - CORRECT ANSWERS D. Rib fracture
A 10 year old girl was stung several times by a swarm of bees. The areas where she was stung
are red and swollen, and several stingers are still embedded in her arms and legs. She is crying,
complains of pain and has a rapid pulse. The parents state that she is not allergic. What is the
appropriate action to take?
A. Use tweezers to remove the stingers and then apply a warm compress
B. Squeeze the stingers to remove the venom and apply cold packs
C. Wash the area and apply warm compress to relieve pain
D. Scrape off the stingers with the edge of a plastic card and wash the area with water -
CORRECT ANSWERS D. Scrape off the stingers with the edge of a plastic card and wash the
area with water
The correct sequence when performing CPR on an adult is:
A. Hazards, Hello, Help, Airway, Breathing, Compressions
B. Hazards, Hello, Help, Chest rise, Airway, Breathing
C. Hazards, Hello, Help, Airway, Breathing, Circulation
,GNK 286 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE (PAST PAPERS) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS NEWEST UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE
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VERIFIED/DETAILED GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
D. Hazards, Hello, Help, Compressions, Airway, Breathing - CORRECT ANSWERS D. Hazards,
Hello, Help, Compressions, Airway, Breathing
After a birthday party at a friend's house, you find a confused partygoer on the bathroom floor.
What can his small or pinpoint pupils be indicative of?
A. Rib fracture
B. Fracture of the base of the skull
C. Drug overdose
D. Fractures of the mandible - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Drug overdose
You are assisting at an emergency child birth. Following the delivery of the baby, your best
course of action is?
A. Drying the baby and skin-to-skin contact between the mother and baby
B. Examine the perineum for lacerations
C. Placing the mother in left lateral position and head down
D. Continuous uterine massage - CORRECT ANSWERS A. Drying the baby and skin-to-skin
contact between the mother and baby
You are the first responder to arrive at the scene of an unconscious child. You determine that
the child does not have a pulse and is not breathing. The next step you should take is:
A. Leave the child and phone for help
B. Do not start CPR because the child is not breathing and has no pulse
, GNK 286 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE (PAST PAPERS) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS NEWEST UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE
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VERIFIED/DETAILED GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
C. Phone or look for help before starting CPR
D. Attempts five cycles of CPR before phoning for help - CORRECT ANSWERS D. Attempts five
cycles of CPR before phoning for help
A 2 year old pulled a pan of boiling liquid off the stove and burned his entire head and anterior
portion of his torso. Calculate the percentage of the child's body surface that has been burned.
A. 30%
B. 36%
C. 18%
D. 42% - CORRECT ANSWERS C. 18%
You are called to help an injured person at a collapsed construction site. Upon examination of
the victim he complains of severe shortness of breath and severe chest pain. Which of the
following conditions might he have?
A. Fracture of the mandible
B. Flail chest
C. Overdose
D. Fracture of the base of the skull - CORRECT ANSWERS B. Flail chest
Which of these is not a symptom of shock?
A. Thirst, nausea, vomiting
B. Restlessness, irritability
AND ANSWERS NEWEST UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE
BEST EXAM SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
VERIFIED/DETAILED GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
You decide to dress the large avulsion injury of your uncle's forearm - with a piece of metal
protruding from the wound in question. Indicate which dressing should be applied to stabilize
the impaled object.
A. Doughnut dressing
B. Support sling
C. Pressure bandage
D. Baguette dressing - CORRECT ANSWERS A. Doughnut dressing
Following a tennis match, your 57 year old father complains of a sudden pressure sensation in
chis chest with come pain in his jaw. He adds that he feels dizzy and nauseous. What should you
do?
A. Give him some water to drink to treat the symptoms of dehydration
B. Administer 325mg of aspirin and have him rest an hour
C. Have him rest in the shade and call for immediate emergency assistance - CORRECT
ANSWERS C. Have him rest in the shade and call for immediate emergency assistance
A child was bitten by a black mamba snake in KZN. What is the most common clinical problem
associated with black mamba envenomation?
A. Coagulopathy
B. Tissue necrosis
C. Neurotoxicity
D. Kidney failure - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Neurotoxicity
,GNK 286 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE (PAST PAPERS) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS NEWEST UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE
BEST EXAM SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
VERIFIED/DETAILED GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
Select the applicable diagnostic significance of a crackling sensation under the chin over the
chest area, following performing a physical examination on a person following a motor vehicle
accident:
A. Fracture of the mandible
B. Overdose
C. Fracture of the base of the skull
D. Rib fracture - CORRECT ANSWERS D. Rib fracture
A 10 year old girl was stung several times by a swarm of bees. The areas where she was stung
are red and swollen, and several stingers are still embedded in her arms and legs. She is crying,
complains of pain and has a rapid pulse. The parents state that she is not allergic. What is the
appropriate action to take?
A. Use tweezers to remove the stingers and then apply a warm compress
B. Squeeze the stingers to remove the venom and apply cold packs
C. Wash the area and apply warm compress to relieve pain
D. Scrape off the stingers with the edge of a plastic card and wash the area with water -
CORRECT ANSWERS D. Scrape off the stingers with the edge of a plastic card and wash the
area with water
The correct sequence when performing CPR on an adult is:
A. Hazards, Hello, Help, Airway, Breathing, Compressions
B. Hazards, Hello, Help, Chest rise, Airway, Breathing
C. Hazards, Hello, Help, Airway, Breathing, Circulation
,GNK 286 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE (PAST PAPERS) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS NEWEST UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE
BEST EXAM SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
VERIFIED/DETAILED GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
D. Hazards, Hello, Help, Compressions, Airway, Breathing - CORRECT ANSWERS D. Hazards,
Hello, Help, Compressions, Airway, Breathing
After a birthday party at a friend's house, you find a confused partygoer on the bathroom floor.
What can his small or pinpoint pupils be indicative of?
A. Rib fracture
B. Fracture of the base of the skull
C. Drug overdose
D. Fractures of the mandible - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Drug overdose
You are assisting at an emergency child birth. Following the delivery of the baby, your best
course of action is?
A. Drying the baby and skin-to-skin contact between the mother and baby
B. Examine the perineum for lacerations
C. Placing the mother in left lateral position and head down
D. Continuous uterine massage - CORRECT ANSWERS A. Drying the baby and skin-to-skin
contact between the mother and baby
You are the first responder to arrive at the scene of an unconscious child. You determine that
the child does not have a pulse and is not breathing. The next step you should take is:
A. Leave the child and phone for help
B. Do not start CPR because the child is not breathing and has no pulse
, GNK 286 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE (PAST PAPERS) QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS NEWEST UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE
BEST EXAM SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
VERIFIED/DETAILED GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
C. Phone or look for help before starting CPR
D. Attempts five cycles of CPR before phoning for help - CORRECT ANSWERS D. Attempts five
cycles of CPR before phoning for help
A 2 year old pulled a pan of boiling liquid off the stove and burned his entire head and anterior
portion of his torso. Calculate the percentage of the child's body surface that has been burned.
A. 30%
B. 36%
C. 18%
D. 42% - CORRECT ANSWERS C. 18%
You are called to help an injured person at a collapsed construction site. Upon examination of
the victim he complains of severe shortness of breath and severe chest pain. Which of the
following conditions might he have?
A. Fracture of the mandible
B. Flail chest
C. Overdose
D. Fracture of the base of the skull - CORRECT ANSWERS B. Flail chest
Which of these is not a symptom of shock?
A. Thirst, nausea, vomiting
B. Restlessness, irritability
