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When setting up a room for a new patient, what emergency equipment
MUST be accessible and working at the bedside? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Bag Valve mask
Which provider should you contact for a patient who is postoperative
day three with a decreased urine output? - CORRECT ANSWERS- ICU
intensivist
Your patient has just had a paracentesis during which 5 liters of fluid
were removed. Which assessment is the PRIORITY? - CORRECT
ANSWERS- Blood pressure
What is a risk factor for upper GI bleeding? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Alcohol use
What metabolic panel abnormality should you monitor for after a large
volume RBC transfusion? - CORRECT ANSWERS- Hypocalcemia
You find your patient with their hands on their ETT, coughing, with large
amounts of secretions coming out of their mouth and around their ETT.
, You can clearly see the ETT has been pulled out at least 4cm farther
than it was before. After calling for help, what should you do NEXT? -
CORRECT ANSWERS- Remove the ETT and suction their mouth
Your patient is intubated and on a ventilator set to assist control
ventilation. They are sedated with stable vital signs. The team has set
a goal today to attempt to extubate the patient. You have preformed
an ABG which shows pH of 7.37, PaCO@ 42, SAO2 of 92% on an FiO2 of
40%. The respiratory therapist is at the bedside. After decreasing the
rate of sedation infusion, what do you anticipate will happen NEXT to
progress towards the goal of extubation? - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Spontaneous breathing trial
You are assessing a patient with multiple trauma who is at risk for
developing ARDS. What is an EARLY sign of ARDS? - CORRECT
ANSWERS- Increased respiratory rate
Your patient is in bed and eating lunch when they begin to cough and
gag. Suddenly they become dyspneic with excessive salvation. What
do you suspect happened? - CORRECT ANSWERS- Aspiration
When collecting an ABG from an arterial line with a specimen tube,
what should you do after attaching the needless blood sampling
device to the stopcock? - CORRECT ANSWERS- Turn the stopcock off to
flush the solution
You are preparing to administer a STAT IV antibiotic to a patient with a
triple lumen central line. The first line has propofol (Diprivan). The
second line has KCL. The third line has pantoprazole (Prontix) infusing.