NBCRNA TEST 2025
What is a total contraindication to a supraglottic airway?
A. Increased gastric emptying
B. Intestinal obstruction
C. Morbid obesity
D. Reactive airway disease - ANSWER B. Intestinal obstruction
The ideal treatment for a 75 kg man who gets a laryngospasm that will not be
relieved with continuous positive pressure ventilation is the administration of:
A. Lidocaine (xylocaine) 100mg
B. Ketamine 100mg
C. Rocuronium (zemuron) 20mg
D. Succinylcholine (Anectine) 20mg - ANSWER D. Succinylcholine
(Anectine) 20mg
Following administration of an interscalene block, the patient reports dyspnea.
This is most likely caused by paralysis of which cranial nerves? (Select 3)
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
E. Fifth
F. Sixth - ANSWER C. Third
D. Fourth
E. Fifth
A normal tidal volume, in milliliters, for an 80kg adult is:
What is a total contraindication to a supraglottic airway?
A. Increased gastric emptying
B. Intestinal obstruction
C. Morbid obesity
D. Reactive airway disease - ANSWER B. Intestinal obstruction
The ideal treatment for a 75 kg man who gets a laryngospasm that will not be
relieved with continuous positive pressure ventilation is the administration of:
A. Lidocaine (xylocaine) 100mg
B. Ketamine 100mg
C. Rocuronium (zemuron) 20mg
D. Succinylcholine (Anectine) 20mg - ANSWER D. Succinylcholine
(Anectine) 20mg
Following administration of an interscalene block, the patient reports dyspnea.
This is most likely caused by paralysis of which cranial nerves? (Select 3)
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
E. Fifth
F. Sixth - ANSWER C. Third
D. Fourth
E. Fifth
A normal tidal volume, in milliliters, for an 80kg adult is:
