FCCS REVIEW 2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS

FCCS REVIEW 2026 VERIFIED
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
◉ ____ is the greatest contribution to diagnosis..
Answer: History


◉ ____ is the single most important indicator of critical illness..
Answer: Tachypnea


◉ Kussmall Breathing (or change in depth of respiration) usually
indicates.
Answer: Metabolic acidosis


◉ Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (or periodic breathing with apnea or
hypopnea usually indicates.
Answer: Severe brainstem injury or cardiac dysfunction


◉ Biot Respiration (or ataxic breathing) usually indicates.
Answer: Severe neuronal damage


◉ ____ is one of the most important indicators of critical illness..
Answer: Metabolic acidosis

, ◉ ____ is one of the most useful tests in an acutely ill patient..
Answer: ABG


◉ An acute deterioration may seem to occur more abruptly in: young or
elderly?.
Answer: Young


◉ What are the two most important predictors of risk in a critically ill
patient?.
Answer: Tachypnea and Metabolic acidosis


◉ Oropharyngeal airway is not used if ____..
Answer: Airway reflexes are intact


◉ Nasopharyngeal airway is contraindicated in patient with ____ and
____..
Answer: Suspected basilar skull fracture or coagulopathy


◉ ____ is the most common cause of airway obstruction..
Answer: Tongue


◉ SOAP ME (Airway Mneumonic).
Answer: Suction
Oxygen