MEDICAL EMERGENCIES FISDAP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 3rd test 2024/2025 with Verified Solutions.
MEDICAL EMERGENCIES FISDAP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 3rd test 2024/2025 with Verified Solutions. Which of the following meds helps the body transport sugar into the cells? • Insulin/ Orinase/ Diabinese/ Oral glucose Reason: Because insulin the key to the cells. A 32 year PT is found unconscious in the snow. You cannot detect a pulse or respiration rate within 10 seconds. What should you do? • Give a few rescue breaths then check for a response/ Take at least 2 minutes to detect a pulse rate/ Assess her pulse for 30-45 seconds/ Immediately begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation Reason: Hypothermia. Cold conditions make it hard to read vitals. An adult male is sitting alone in a dark room, rocking back and forth. He mutters to his sock puppet, “are you feeling sad?” What should you do? • Introduce yourself and start an assessment/ Ask PT if he intends to harm himself or others/ withdraw until ALS arrives/ look for PT’s meds Reason: make the patient aware that you are there. A 42 yo man complains of difficulty breathing and pain in his chest and shoulders. He recalls feeling a sharp pin prick on his arm while cleaning out his basement. What type of spider bite is this man most likely suffering from? • Black Widow/ spitting/ woodlouse/ brown recluse Reason: chest tightness and difficulty breathing usually develop within 24 hours of a black widow bite. These symptoms usually subside within 48 hours and are associated with a black widow bite but not a brown recluse. CLUE: he was in his basement. A car battery exploded in your PT’s face. He denies breathing difficulty. You should? • Cover eyes with dry/ cover eyes with moist/ begin irrigating eyes with clean water/ irrigate with vinegar and water Reason: This is considered a chemical burn. 19 year old F is unresponsive after taking a whole bottle of her sleeping medicine about 4 hours ago. You should? • Obtain vital signs/ apply high-flow 02/ insert OPA/ admin activated charcoal Reason: If there is vitals in question or info on breathing then consider obtain vital signs.If she is unresponsive, that consider correcting life threats. (insert OPA) A 32 year old M complains of photophobia and vomiting . The most likely cause is? • Migraine Reason: Photophobia is sensitivity to light. A 68 yo PT reports abdominal pain, vomiting and a loss of appetite, as well as black, tarry stools. • Ulcer disease/fecal impaction/ upper GI / Lower GI[1] Reason: PG. 710 Black, tarry stools are associated with upper GI A 21 yo M is unresponsive, has constricted pupils, slow, shallow respirations, you should suspect? • Alcohol poison/TBI/diabetic reaction/narcotic OD Reason: Constricted pupils is associated to narcotics/opioids. A Pt tells you he had anemia, you should expect him to present with? • Hypertension/jaundice/bradycardia/pallov Reason: Anemia is associated with jaundice.
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