CCC3 LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Epiglotitis-Highest Priority - ✔✔•AIRWAY, check for stridor breathing sounds due to
swelling, or obstruction.
•
•Occurs due to "Hib"
•short for Haemophilus influenzae type b, a type of bacteria.
•It can cause serious illnesses; such as epiglottitis, respiratory infections, meningitis,
brain infection,
•Life-threatening. URGENT. TELL DR.
✔✔How can we differentiate between a common cold and sinusitis? - ✔✔•Common
cold is a virus, not treated with antibiotics. Treated by symptoms.
•Sinusitis is a complication of bacterial infections.
•Tenderness over sinuses
•Tooth pain
•Purulent drainage
•Treated with antibiotics.
✔✔How is influenza spread? - ✔✔•Droplets. Live in the air for a few seconds or minutes
•
•Cover your damn mouth. Or wear a mask! AND WASH YO HANDS.
✔✔Untreated strep can lead to - ✔✔•Glomerulonephritis. Inflamed kidneys.
✔✔How long on antibiotics before you are no longer contagious? - ✔✔•24 hours.
✔✔Do antibiotics help with a virus? - ✔✔NO.
For f*cks sake.
✔✔Instructions for taking antibiotics - ✔✔•Take the whole schedule or course of
medication.
✔✔Major risk factor for larynx cancer - ✔✔Smoking
✔✔Symptoms of throat cancer - ✔✔•Difficulty swallowing
•Sore throat 2+ weeks
•Enlarged cervical lymph nodes
•
•NOT: nasal tenderness/pain
✔✔Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) - ✔✔Screening for tuberculosis antibodies
, ✔✔Tuberculosis Sputum Tests for ___ ___ ___ and if positive, do what immediately? -
✔✔Acid fast bacilli
Immediate interventions: Airborne precautions- don N95 mask, negative pressure room
✔✔4 reasons that early detection of TB is important-SATA - ✔✔•More effective
treatment
•Minimize the spread
•Fewer complications
•Shortens the period of disability
•Less side-effects from medications
✔✔What causes cystic fibrosis? - ✔✔Cystic fibrosis is cause by genetic mutation
✔✔Diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis - ✔✔•The sweat chloride test.
•High chloride levels in sweat builds up.
✔✔What are the different types of pneumonia - ✔✔•(besides bacterial and viral, how
and where you get it?)
•Community acquired - within 48 hrs of admission
•Healthcare acquired - after 48 hrs is HAI
•Ventilator acquired
✔✔Healthcare associated pneumonia is more, or less, difficult to treat than community
acquired? - ✔✔•MORE difficult.
•They didn't come to hospital for pneumonia, now this is a secondary issue.
•The pathogens in the hospital are more resistant to treatments.
✔✔Most common cause of acute bronchitis? - ✔✔Virus
✔✔Discharge teaching for bronchitis - ✔✔•Avoid respiratory irritants, large crowds, and
coughing people.
✔✔How can we thin out sputum? - ✔✔•Drink lots of water. Increase fluid intake.
✔✔Common Cause of COPD - ✔✔SMOKING
✔✔Describe barrel chest and why it occurs - ✔✔•Air trapping: when they exhale, they
do not expel all the air that they breathe. Over time causes hyperextension of lungs.
•Chest must expand to accommodate.
✔✔What is the drive to breathe dependent upon in Emphysema - ✔✔•It is dependent
upon low oxygen levels.
•
•Normal - rising co2 levels
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Epiglotitis-Highest Priority - ✔✔•AIRWAY, check for stridor breathing sounds due to
swelling, or obstruction.
•
•Occurs due to "Hib"
•short for Haemophilus influenzae type b, a type of bacteria.
•It can cause serious illnesses; such as epiglottitis, respiratory infections, meningitis,
brain infection,
•Life-threatening. URGENT. TELL DR.
✔✔How can we differentiate between a common cold and sinusitis? - ✔✔•Common
cold is a virus, not treated with antibiotics. Treated by symptoms.
•Sinusitis is a complication of bacterial infections.
•Tenderness over sinuses
•Tooth pain
•Purulent drainage
•Treated with antibiotics.
✔✔How is influenza spread? - ✔✔•Droplets. Live in the air for a few seconds or minutes
•
•Cover your damn mouth. Or wear a mask! AND WASH YO HANDS.
✔✔Untreated strep can lead to - ✔✔•Glomerulonephritis. Inflamed kidneys.
✔✔How long on antibiotics before you are no longer contagious? - ✔✔•24 hours.
✔✔Do antibiotics help with a virus? - ✔✔NO.
For f*cks sake.
✔✔Instructions for taking antibiotics - ✔✔•Take the whole schedule or course of
medication.
✔✔Major risk factor for larynx cancer - ✔✔Smoking
✔✔Symptoms of throat cancer - ✔✔•Difficulty swallowing
•Sore throat 2+ weeks
•Enlarged cervical lymph nodes
•
•NOT: nasal tenderness/pain
✔✔Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) - ✔✔Screening for tuberculosis antibodies
, ✔✔Tuberculosis Sputum Tests for ___ ___ ___ and if positive, do what immediately? -
✔✔Acid fast bacilli
Immediate interventions: Airborne precautions- don N95 mask, negative pressure room
✔✔4 reasons that early detection of TB is important-SATA - ✔✔•More effective
treatment
•Minimize the spread
•Fewer complications
•Shortens the period of disability
•Less side-effects from medications
✔✔What causes cystic fibrosis? - ✔✔Cystic fibrosis is cause by genetic mutation
✔✔Diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis - ✔✔•The sweat chloride test.
•High chloride levels in sweat builds up.
✔✔What are the different types of pneumonia - ✔✔•(besides bacterial and viral, how
and where you get it?)
•Community acquired - within 48 hrs of admission
•Healthcare acquired - after 48 hrs is HAI
•Ventilator acquired
✔✔Healthcare associated pneumonia is more, or less, difficult to treat than community
acquired? - ✔✔•MORE difficult.
•They didn't come to hospital for pneumonia, now this is a secondary issue.
•The pathogens in the hospital are more resistant to treatments.
✔✔Most common cause of acute bronchitis? - ✔✔Virus
✔✔Discharge teaching for bronchitis - ✔✔•Avoid respiratory irritants, large crowds, and
coughing people.
✔✔How can we thin out sputum? - ✔✔•Drink lots of water. Increase fluid intake.
✔✔Common Cause of COPD - ✔✔SMOKING
✔✔Describe barrel chest and why it occurs - ✔✔•Air trapping: when they exhale, they
do not expel all the air that they breathe. Over time causes hyperextension of lungs.
•Chest must expand to accommodate.
✔✔What is the drive to breathe dependent upon in Emphysema - ✔✔•It is dependent
upon low oxygen levels.
•
•Normal - rising co2 levels
