Emergency Care Chapter 9 Exam with Questions and Answers

Emergency Care Chapter 9 Exam with Questions and Answers A dental patient begins to experience an asthma attack. After use of their bronchodilator and supplemental oxygen administration, the patient begins decompensating. What should be further administered from the medical emergency kit? A) Diphenhydramine B) Epinephrine C) Atropine D) Cortisone E) Nifedipine ANSWER B) Epinephrine Epinephrine should be administered from the medical emergency kit for a patient who begins decompensating after an asthma attack, and has used their bronchodilator and supplemental oxygen. Hyperglycemia is a sudden onset emergency characterized by confusion, salivation, bounding pulse, shallow respiration, and moist cold skin. A) True B) False ANSWER B) False Hypoglycemia is a sudden onset emergency characterized by confusion, salivation, bounding pulse, shallow respiration, and moist cold skin. Your patient is experiencing pulmonary congestion and chest pain, is coughing up sputum, and has a rapid and weak pulse. You should recognize these as signs of _______________. A) myocardial infarction B) asthma attack C) heart failure D) respiratory failure E) cardiac arrest ANSWER C) heart failure