NHS 111 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔What is the pregnancy age range? - ✔✔11 - 55
✔✔What are the different types of injury- Types of energies? - ✔✔Mechanical (Broken
bones)
Thermal (Scold or frostbite)
Electrical (Electrocution from domestic or non- domestic source or struck by lightening)
Chemical burn
✔✔When is pregnancy asked? - ✔✔In situations, where pregnancy makes a difference,
the system will prompt you to ask as being pregnant makes a difference to the way the
person is assessed and treated.
✔✔Why must all questions be answered but not necessarily asked? - ✔✔Often callers
volunteer information throughout the call that can be used to answer subsequent
questions.
✔✔Difference with ruling out and diagnosing? - ✔✔The system itself is not a diagnostic,
what it does is rule out any potential diagnosis, once a point has been reached where
something cannot be ruled out, the assessment ends and the person is referred to the
appropriate level of care
✔✔Significant blood loss for all age groups - ✔✔Adult - 1 Mugful over 2 hours
Child - 1/2 mugful over 30 mins
Toddler - 1/4 mugful over 30 mins
Infant - Eggcup full over 30 mins
✔✔Major blood loss for all age groups - ✔✔Adult - 2 mugfuls or more in 2 hours
Child - 1 Mugful or more in 30 mins
Toddler - 1/2 mugful or more in 30 mins
Infant - 1/4 of mugful or more in 30 mins
✔✔In House Dispositions - ✔✔- Speak to a clinician from our service immediately
- Speak to a clinician from our service within 30 mins
- Speak to a clinician from our service within 2 Hours
- Speak to a clinician from our service for home management advice
✔✔What is type 1 Diabetes? - ✔✔Where the pancreas produces little to no insulin -
insulin dependent whether this be injection or other form
✔✔What is type 2 diabetes? - ✔✔The person either needs insulin, medication or can be
diet controlled, the pancreas does make insulin but the body is resistant to it.
, ✔✔Hypoglaecemia - ✔✔This is when a person with Diabetes has low blood sugar.
Symptoms when having a hypo include
- Unconsciousness (Very quickly)
- Weakness
- Hunger
-Behaviour change such as aggression or intoxication
- Cold and clammy skin
✔✔hyperglycemia - ✔✔This is when a person with diabetes has too high of a blood
sugar. Symptoms when having a hyper include
- Drowsy
- Unconscious (gradually)
- Warm
- Dry skin
- Rapid breathing
- Thirst
- Fruity breath
✔✔Peruperal Psychosis? - ✔✔A severe and rare mental health disorder affecting
mothers.
- Behaving strangely
- Sleeping poorly
-Paranoid delusions
✔✔Clinical shock? - ✔✔A life threatening condition where the cardiovascular system
(the blood, heart and blood vessels) fail for some reason and is unable to circulate
adequate amounts of oxygen to the body.
✔✔Angina - ✔✔Caused by a lack of oxygen reaching the heart muscle because of poor
blood flow
✔✔Meningitis - ✔✔Occurs when the meninges become inflamed and is caused by a
different organism entering the body, i.e. bacteria and viruses
✔✔What is Trauma/ Injury? - ✔✔Damage to the body produced by recent exposure to
mechanical (Broken bone) , thermal (Scold/ frost bite), chemical (Burn to skin or splash
to eye) or electrical (Electrocution from a domestic or non domestic source or struck by
lightening) energy
✔✔What is non-trauma/ Illness? - ✔✔(Symptoms that arise in the body rather than from
an external source) An illness is a state in which a function or part of the body is no
longer in a healthy condition, and which is experienced by the patient. This can be
caused by factors such as infection, ageing, lifestyle or genetics.
✔✔What is a major burn? - ✔✔1. Any burn involving a large area of the skin
GRADED A+
✔✔What is the pregnancy age range? - ✔✔11 - 55
✔✔What are the different types of injury- Types of energies? - ✔✔Mechanical (Broken
bones)
Thermal (Scold or frostbite)
Electrical (Electrocution from domestic or non- domestic source or struck by lightening)
Chemical burn
✔✔When is pregnancy asked? - ✔✔In situations, where pregnancy makes a difference,
the system will prompt you to ask as being pregnant makes a difference to the way the
person is assessed and treated.
✔✔Why must all questions be answered but not necessarily asked? - ✔✔Often callers
volunteer information throughout the call that can be used to answer subsequent
questions.
✔✔Difference with ruling out and diagnosing? - ✔✔The system itself is not a diagnostic,
what it does is rule out any potential diagnosis, once a point has been reached where
something cannot be ruled out, the assessment ends and the person is referred to the
appropriate level of care
✔✔Significant blood loss for all age groups - ✔✔Adult - 1 Mugful over 2 hours
Child - 1/2 mugful over 30 mins
Toddler - 1/4 mugful over 30 mins
Infant - Eggcup full over 30 mins
✔✔Major blood loss for all age groups - ✔✔Adult - 2 mugfuls or more in 2 hours
Child - 1 Mugful or more in 30 mins
Toddler - 1/2 mugful or more in 30 mins
Infant - 1/4 of mugful or more in 30 mins
✔✔In House Dispositions - ✔✔- Speak to a clinician from our service immediately
- Speak to a clinician from our service within 30 mins
- Speak to a clinician from our service within 2 Hours
- Speak to a clinician from our service for home management advice
✔✔What is type 1 Diabetes? - ✔✔Where the pancreas produces little to no insulin -
insulin dependent whether this be injection or other form
✔✔What is type 2 diabetes? - ✔✔The person either needs insulin, medication or can be
diet controlled, the pancreas does make insulin but the body is resistant to it.
, ✔✔Hypoglaecemia - ✔✔This is when a person with Diabetes has low blood sugar.
Symptoms when having a hypo include
- Unconsciousness (Very quickly)
- Weakness
- Hunger
-Behaviour change such as aggression or intoxication
- Cold and clammy skin
✔✔hyperglycemia - ✔✔This is when a person with diabetes has too high of a blood
sugar. Symptoms when having a hyper include
- Drowsy
- Unconscious (gradually)
- Warm
- Dry skin
- Rapid breathing
- Thirst
- Fruity breath
✔✔Peruperal Psychosis? - ✔✔A severe and rare mental health disorder affecting
mothers.
- Behaving strangely
- Sleeping poorly
-Paranoid delusions
✔✔Clinical shock? - ✔✔A life threatening condition where the cardiovascular system
(the blood, heart and blood vessels) fail for some reason and is unable to circulate
adequate amounts of oxygen to the body.
✔✔Angina - ✔✔Caused by a lack of oxygen reaching the heart muscle because of poor
blood flow
✔✔Meningitis - ✔✔Occurs when the meninges become inflamed and is caused by a
different organism entering the body, i.e. bacteria and viruses
✔✔What is Trauma/ Injury? - ✔✔Damage to the body produced by recent exposure to
mechanical (Broken bone) , thermal (Scold/ frost bite), chemical (Burn to skin or splash
to eye) or electrical (Electrocution from a domestic or non domestic source or struck by
lightening) energy
✔✔What is non-trauma/ Illness? - ✔✔(Symptoms that arise in the body rather than from
an external source) An illness is a state in which a function or part of the body is no
longer in a healthy condition, and which is experienced by the patient. This can be
caused by factors such as infection, ageing, lifestyle or genetics.
✔✔What is a major burn? - ✔✔1. Any burn involving a large area of the skin
