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NHS Pathways Revision questions with accurate answers
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What is the definition of NHS Pathways? - ✔✔NHS Pathways does not diagnose, it rules
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out. Once a point is reached where it can no longer rule it out, the assessments ends and the
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person is referred to the relevant level of care.
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What is the age group for a neonate? - ✔✔New born - 1hour
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What is the age group for an infant? - ✔✔1 hour - 12 months
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What is the age group for a toddler? - ✔✔1 - 5 years
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What is the age group for a child? - ✔✔5 - 16 years
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What is the age group for an adult? - ✔✔16+ years
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Who is Module 0 used by? - ✔✔Call Handlers
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What does Module 0 do? - ✔✔Identifies immediate threats to life, collects basic but vital
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care advice and assess whether the problem is trauma or non-trauma related
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Who is Module 1 used by? - ✔✔Call Handlers
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What does Module 1 do? - ✔✔It provides a large database of age and gender specific
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pathways, and provides extensive care advice
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Who is Module 2 used by? - ✔✔Clinicians
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What does Module 2 do? - ✔✔Provides a smaller database of age and gender specific
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pathways, it picks up where the Call Handler left off validating the call, and provides a bank
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of home care advice
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What is the difference between an injury vs an illness? - ✔✔If the injury is older than seven
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days, NHS Pathways will assess as an illness. This is due to after effects, such as infection
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What are the different types of injury? - ✔✔Mechanical - The energy associated with
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movement
Thermal - Heat damage || || ||
Electrical - Electrical Source || || ||
Chemical - Chemical burn to the skin || || || || || ||
What is a blunt injury? - ✔✔An injury where the skin or any other body surface has not
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been broken
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What is a penetrating injury? - ✔✔An injury where the skin or any other body surface has
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been broken
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What defines significant blood loss in adults? - ✔✔1 mug in the last 2 hours
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What defines significant blood loss in children? - ✔✔1/2 a mug in the last 30 mins
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What defines significant blood loss in toddlers? - ✔✔1/4 a mug in the last 30 mins
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NHS Pathways Revision questions with accurate answers
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What is the definition of NHS Pathways? - ✔✔NHS Pathways does not diagnose, it rules
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out. Once a point is reached where it can no longer rule it out, the assessments ends and the
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person is referred to the relevant level of care.
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What is the age group for a neonate? - ✔✔New born - 1hour
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What is the age group for an infant? - ✔✔1 hour - 12 months
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What is the age group for a toddler? - ✔✔1 - 5 years
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What is the age group for a child? - ✔✔5 - 16 years
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What is the age group for an adult? - ✔✔16+ years
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Who is Module 0 used by? - ✔✔Call Handlers
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What does Module 0 do? - ✔✔Identifies immediate threats to life, collects basic but vital
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care advice and assess whether the problem is trauma or non-trauma related
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Who is Module 1 used by? - ✔✔Call Handlers
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What does Module 1 do? - ✔✔It provides a large database of age and gender specific
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pathways, and provides extensive care advice
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Who is Module 2 used by? - ✔✔Clinicians
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What does Module 2 do? - ✔✔Provides a smaller database of age and gender specific
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pathways, it picks up where the Call Handler left off validating the call, and provides a bank
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of home care advice
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What is the difference between an injury vs an illness? - ✔✔If the injury is older than seven
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days, NHS Pathways will assess as an illness. This is due to after effects, such as infection
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What are the different types of injury? - ✔✔Mechanical - The energy associated with
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movement
Thermal - Heat damage || || ||
Electrical - Electrical Source || || ||
Chemical - Chemical burn to the skin || || || || || ||
What is a blunt injury? - ✔✔An injury where the skin or any other body surface has not
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been broken
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What is a penetrating injury? - ✔✔An injury where the skin or any other body surface has
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been broken
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What defines significant blood loss in adults? - ✔✔1 mug in the last 2 hours
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What defines significant blood loss in children? - ✔✔1/2 a mug in the last 30 mins
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What defines significant blood loss in toddlers? - ✔✔1/4 a mug in the last 30 mins
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