V3: EXAM 2025/2026, WITH
CORRECT/ACCURATE AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
When setting up a room for a new patient, what emergency
equipment MUST be accessible and working at the bedside? -
Correct Answer-Bag Valve mask
Which provider should you contact for a patient who is
postoperative day three with a decreased urine output? - Correct
Answer-ICU intensivist
Your patient has just had a paracentesis during which 5 liters of
fluid were removed. Which assessment is the PRIORITY? - Correct
Answer-Blood pressure
What is a risk factor for upper GI bleeding? - Correct Answer-
Alcohol use
What metabolic panel abnormality should you monitor for after a
large volume RBC transfusion? - Correct Answer-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 Answer-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 Answer-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
Answer-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 Answer-
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 Answer-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. What should you do NEXT? -