CPTC 2024/2025 exam QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
SOLVED ANSWERS.
_________________ are key contacts within hospitals who are especially passionate about and support
organ donation and want to advocate on its behalf. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Donor Champions
23 y/o potential donor with a history of injectable drug is referred. Pre- transfusion serology screening-
Anti-HCV (reactive) the rest is non-reactive. The Coordinator should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅✅Offer all consented organs
25 y/o multi-organ donors, HR 104/min, mean arterial pressure 70 mmHg and CVP 9 cm H20. The
Procurement Coordinator should?
A. Start vasopressin
B. Continue the present treatment
C. Initiate T4 protocol
D. Give 1L crystalloid bolus over 1 hr - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Continue the present treatment
A 2 y/o donor arrives in the OR with a single 20 gauge peripheral IV. BP 85/59 and serum potassium of
3.2 mEq/L. The Procurement Coordinator should recommend which of the following first?
A. Administer KCL
B. Obtain additional IV Access
C. Repeate serum K
D. Admin vasopressors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅B. Obtain additional IV Access
A 2 y/o donor is being maintained on pressure-controlled ventilation and has a SaO2-88%. What should
the Procurement Coordinator do FIRST? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Assess the patient's
pulmonary status
A 23 y/o male -MVA, evaluation for donor. The donor is oliguria with a current serum creatinine-2.5
mg/dl. Donor is normotensive and has no inotropic support. I.V. fluids- 120 cc/hr, Wedge is 18mmHg.
Following a fluid bolus and the administration of 20mg furosemmide (Lasix), the donor remains with
,oliguria and a repeate Serumn creatinine is 2.9. The coordinator should administer - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅✅40 mg Lasixs
A 28-week-old infant who is declared brain dead is classified as:
a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Neither
A 30-year-old male with no cough/gag, pupils are fixed/dilated, and is not overbreathing the ventilator,
but is not formally declared is classified as:
a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Imminent
A 35 year old drowning victim is now a potential organ donor adequate pulmonary function has been
difficult to maintain, requiring frequent suctioning, FI02 and PEEP 10cm. While en route to the OR which
of the following is needed to maintain donor stability:
1. Warming blanket
2. PEEP valve
3. 02 source
4. Cardiac monitor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅2,3 & 4
A 40-year-old female who is declared brain dead but the family declines donation is classified as:
a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Eligible
A 60-year-old female with overwhelming sepsis and multi-system organ failure is classified as: a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Neither
, A 63 y/o donor, following a CVA, PMH of HTN, PVD, ETOH abuse and previous MI. Family consented to
donation. Liver numbers within normal limits, but there are no local liver recipients. The Coordinator
should begin liver placement by: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Offering to the 1st patient on the
Regional list
A 75-year-old male who is declared brain dead per hospital policy is classified as:
a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Neither
A cadaveric donor has received multiple blood transfusions and steroid drug therapy. Under these
circumstances, what is the preferred preoperative source of T and B lymphocyte isolation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅✅Inguinal nodes
A donor becomes asystolic while on the OR table and is not responding to ACLS protocol. Which of the
following should be administered quickly to increase the likelihood that the kidneys will be suitable for
transplantation?
A. Heparin
B. Verapamil (Calan)
C. Epinephrine
D. Phentolamine (Regitine) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅А. Нераrin
A donor has a cardiac arrest in route to the OR and under asystolic conditions. What is the most critical
information to organs are recovered document? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Warm ischemia time
A donor with ventricular tachycardia systolic pressure of 50mmHg when transferred to OR bed.
Attempts to resuscitate fall and the donor becomes asystolic. As the liver recovery surgeon preps and
drapes for an emergent organ recovery, the Coordinator should facilitate which of the following?
1. External cardiac massage
2. Notation of cardiac arrest time
3. Systemic heparinization
SOLVED ANSWERS.
_________________ are key contacts within hospitals who are especially passionate about and support
organ donation and want to advocate on its behalf. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Donor Champions
23 y/o potential donor with a history of injectable drug is referred. Pre- transfusion serology screening-
Anti-HCV (reactive) the rest is non-reactive. The Coordinator should: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅✅Offer all consented organs
25 y/o multi-organ donors, HR 104/min, mean arterial pressure 70 mmHg and CVP 9 cm H20. The
Procurement Coordinator should?
A. Start vasopressin
B. Continue the present treatment
C. Initiate T4 protocol
D. Give 1L crystalloid bolus over 1 hr - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Continue the present treatment
A 2 y/o donor arrives in the OR with a single 20 gauge peripheral IV. BP 85/59 and serum potassium of
3.2 mEq/L. The Procurement Coordinator should recommend which of the following first?
A. Administer KCL
B. Obtain additional IV Access
C. Repeate serum K
D. Admin vasopressors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅B. Obtain additional IV Access
A 2 y/o donor is being maintained on pressure-controlled ventilation and has a SaO2-88%. What should
the Procurement Coordinator do FIRST? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Assess the patient's
pulmonary status
A 23 y/o male -MVA, evaluation for donor. The donor is oliguria with a current serum creatinine-2.5
mg/dl. Donor is normotensive and has no inotropic support. I.V. fluids- 120 cc/hr, Wedge is 18mmHg.
Following a fluid bolus and the administration of 20mg furosemmide (Lasix), the donor remains with
,oliguria and a repeate Serumn creatinine is 2.9. The coordinator should administer - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅✅40 mg Lasixs
A 28-week-old infant who is declared brain dead is classified as:
a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Neither
A 30-year-old male with no cough/gag, pupils are fixed/dilated, and is not overbreathing the ventilator,
but is not formally declared is classified as:
a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Imminent
A 35 year old drowning victim is now a potential organ donor adequate pulmonary function has been
difficult to maintain, requiring frequent suctioning, FI02 and PEEP 10cm. While en route to the OR which
of the following is needed to maintain donor stability:
1. Warming blanket
2. PEEP valve
3. 02 source
4. Cardiac monitor - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅2,3 & 4
A 40-year-old female who is declared brain dead but the family declines donation is classified as:
a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Eligible
A 60-year-old female with overwhelming sepsis and multi-system organ failure is classified as: a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Neither
, A 63 y/o donor, following a CVA, PMH of HTN, PVD, ETOH abuse and previous MI. Family consented to
donation. Liver numbers within normal limits, but there are no local liver recipients. The Coordinator
should begin liver placement by: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Offering to the 1st patient on the
Regional list
A 75-year-old male who is declared brain dead per hospital policy is classified as:
a. Eligible
b. Neither
c. Imminent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Neither
A cadaveric donor has received multiple blood transfusions and steroid drug therapy. Under these
circumstances, what is the preferred preoperative source of T and B lymphocyte isolation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅✅Inguinal nodes
A donor becomes asystolic while on the OR table and is not responding to ACLS protocol. Which of the
following should be administered quickly to increase the likelihood that the kidneys will be suitable for
transplantation?
A. Heparin
B. Verapamil (Calan)
C. Epinephrine
D. Phentolamine (Regitine) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅А. Нераrin
A donor has a cardiac arrest in route to the OR and under asystolic conditions. What is the most critical
information to organs are recovered document? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅✅Warm ischemia time
A donor with ventricular tachycardia systolic pressure of 50mmHg when transferred to OR bed.
Attempts to resuscitate fall and the donor becomes asystolic. As the liver recovery surgeon preps and
drapes for an emergent organ recovery, the Coordinator should facilitate which of the following?
1. External cardiac massage
2. Notation of cardiac arrest time
3. Systemic heparinization
