NHS 111 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔List 4 factors that increase the risk of sepsis - ✔✔1 - diabetes
2 - chemotherapy
3 - pregnancy
4 - infection
✔✔List 4 symptoms of sepsis - ✔✔1 - cold/shivery
2 - high temp
3 - poor appetite
4 - vomiting and or diarrhoea
✔✔Too much insulin and too little sugar is what? - ✔✔Hypoglycaemia
✔✔Too little insulin and too much sugar is what? - ✔✔Hyperglycaemia
✔✔True or False. Fruity smelling breath can be a sign of hyperglycaemia? - ✔✔True
✔✔Where's the flank? - ✔✔Fleshy part of the back below the rib cage and above the
pelvis.
✔✔List 4 main symptoms of a UTI - ✔✔1 - burning when passing urine
2 - constant need to pee
3 - feeling unwell
4 - peeing more often
✔✔What do the kidneys do? - ✔✔Remove chemicals from the blood and pass it as
urine
✔✔True or false. Women are more prone to UTIs because their urethra is shorter? -
✔✔True
✔✔List 4 triggers of anaphylaxis - ✔✔1 - food
2 - venom
3 - drugs
4 - materials
✔✔what should happen if there is doubt about wether a collapsed person is displaying
agonal breathing? - ✔✔It should be assumed they are not breathing
✔✔what is haemophilia? - ✔✔Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder in which the
blood does not clot properly.
, ✔✔What does an anticoagulant do? - ✔✔Makes the blood less prone to clotting and
causes blood to take longer to stop
✔✔What is rigour and why does it occur? - ✔✔Violent shivering that occurs with a fever.
Because the body's muscles are shivering very hard in an attempt to raise body
temperature, often with heavy sweating.
✔✔List 3 injuries that are always treated as serious? - ✔✔Fall from a major height - top
of a double decker bus
Major burns - acid
Being struck by lightening
✔✔What age group is most vulnerable to abuse? - ✔✔One
✔✔What age related factor makes elderly people more prone to bone fractures? -
✔✔Thinning of bones and instability
✔✔Can you name a condition, which as well as making a pregnant woman unwell, can
also harm the baby? - ✔✔Pre-eclampsia ( high blood pressure)
✔✔What proportion of people will suffer from a mental health disorder at some point in
their life? - ✔✔1 in 4
✔✔Describe the term dementia? - ✔✔Dementia is a progressive and largely irreversible
condition that involves widespread damage to the mental functioning of the brain
causing memory loss.
✔✔4 symptoms of sinusitis - ✔✔•facial pain
•bad breath
•toothache
•headache
✔✔ List 3 possible causes of oxygen not reaching the body - ✔✔1 - choking
2 - ashtma attack
3 - unconsciousness
✔✔What is shock? - ✔✔Shock is a life threatening condition where the body's
cardiovascular system fails and cannot send enough oxygen around the body.
✔✔What 3 things are needed to keep the body supplied with oxygen? - ✔✔A - Airways
B - Breathing
C - Circulation
✔✔List 4 key features of shock - ✔✔1 - very weak
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✔✔List 4 factors that increase the risk of sepsis - ✔✔1 - diabetes
2 - chemotherapy
3 - pregnancy
4 - infection
✔✔List 4 symptoms of sepsis - ✔✔1 - cold/shivery
2 - high temp
3 - poor appetite
4 - vomiting and or diarrhoea
✔✔Too much insulin and too little sugar is what? - ✔✔Hypoglycaemia
✔✔Too little insulin and too much sugar is what? - ✔✔Hyperglycaemia
✔✔True or False. Fruity smelling breath can be a sign of hyperglycaemia? - ✔✔True
✔✔Where's the flank? - ✔✔Fleshy part of the back below the rib cage and above the
pelvis.
✔✔List 4 main symptoms of a UTI - ✔✔1 - burning when passing urine
2 - constant need to pee
3 - feeling unwell
4 - peeing more often
✔✔What do the kidneys do? - ✔✔Remove chemicals from the blood and pass it as
urine
✔✔True or false. Women are more prone to UTIs because their urethra is shorter? -
✔✔True
✔✔List 4 triggers of anaphylaxis - ✔✔1 - food
2 - venom
3 - drugs
4 - materials
✔✔what should happen if there is doubt about wether a collapsed person is displaying
agonal breathing? - ✔✔It should be assumed they are not breathing
✔✔what is haemophilia? - ✔✔Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder in which the
blood does not clot properly.
, ✔✔What does an anticoagulant do? - ✔✔Makes the blood less prone to clotting and
causes blood to take longer to stop
✔✔What is rigour and why does it occur? - ✔✔Violent shivering that occurs with a fever.
Because the body's muscles are shivering very hard in an attempt to raise body
temperature, often with heavy sweating.
✔✔List 3 injuries that are always treated as serious? - ✔✔Fall from a major height - top
of a double decker bus
Major burns - acid
Being struck by lightening
✔✔What age group is most vulnerable to abuse? - ✔✔One
✔✔What age related factor makes elderly people more prone to bone fractures? -
✔✔Thinning of bones and instability
✔✔Can you name a condition, which as well as making a pregnant woman unwell, can
also harm the baby? - ✔✔Pre-eclampsia ( high blood pressure)
✔✔What proportion of people will suffer from a mental health disorder at some point in
their life? - ✔✔1 in 4
✔✔Describe the term dementia? - ✔✔Dementia is a progressive and largely irreversible
condition that involves widespread damage to the mental functioning of the brain
causing memory loss.
✔✔4 symptoms of sinusitis - ✔✔•facial pain
•bad breath
•toothache
•headache
✔✔ List 3 possible causes of oxygen not reaching the body - ✔✔1 - choking
2 - ashtma attack
3 - unconsciousness
✔✔What is shock? - ✔✔Shock is a life threatening condition where the body's
cardiovascular system fails and cannot send enough oxygen around the body.
✔✔What 3 things are needed to keep the body supplied with oxygen? - ✔✔A - Airways
B - Breathing
C - Circulation
✔✔List 4 key features of shock - ✔✔1 - very weak
