UPMC CRITICAL CARE CLASS – EXAM WITH ALL
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|LATEST UPDATE|
ALREADY GRADED A+
What makes up Beck's Triad? (tamponade) ✔Correct Answer-JVD, hypotension, muffled heart
sounds
What lab value is the best measure of kidney function? ✔Correct Answer-GFR (glomerular
filtration rate, 80-140)
what is the Bohr effect? ✔Correct Answer-Increased PaO2 levels decrease hemoglobin's affinity for
CO2
What is the major cause of Diastolic Heart Failure? ✔Correct Answer-Hypertension
What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy? ✔Correct Answer-dilated cardiomyopathy
What is the calculation for cardiac output (CO)? ✔Correct Answer-heart rate - stroke volume
Where are the central/art lines leveled to? ✔Correct Answer-phlebostatic axis, R atrium
Why do patients need arterial lines? ✔Correct Answer-Frequent ABGs and blood pressure
monitoring
What wave form could be a medical emergency, in life a-migrates? ✔Correct Answer-Pulmonary
artery wedge waveform --> cough up blood
5 essential substances needed to treat DKA ✔Correct Answer-PIG in the Ocean
fluids: ocean, potassium, insulin, glucose
Glasgow coma scale - what 3 behaviors tested? ✔Correct Answer-eye opening, best verbal
response, best motor response
15 = best
3 = worst
Equation for CPP ✔Correct Answer-CPP = MAP - ICP
Cushing's Triad ✔Correct Answer-HTN, bradycardia, widening pulse pressure
What life-saving mediation do you administer for malignant hypertension? ✔Correct Answer-
Dantrolene
Medications that can cause malignant hyperthermia? ✔Correct Answer-succinylcholine, inhaled
anesthetics
List 4 components of the 3-hour bundle ✔Correct Answer-CALF
Blood Culture
Broad spectrum abx
CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|LATEST UPDATE|
ALREADY GRADED A+
What makes up Beck's Triad? (tamponade) ✔Correct Answer-JVD, hypotension, muffled heart
sounds
What lab value is the best measure of kidney function? ✔Correct Answer-GFR (glomerular
filtration rate, 80-140)
what is the Bohr effect? ✔Correct Answer-Increased PaO2 levels decrease hemoglobin's affinity for
CO2
What is the major cause of Diastolic Heart Failure? ✔Correct Answer-Hypertension
What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy? ✔Correct Answer-dilated cardiomyopathy
What is the calculation for cardiac output (CO)? ✔Correct Answer-heart rate - stroke volume
Where are the central/art lines leveled to? ✔Correct Answer-phlebostatic axis, R atrium
Why do patients need arterial lines? ✔Correct Answer-Frequent ABGs and blood pressure
monitoring
What wave form could be a medical emergency, in life a-migrates? ✔Correct Answer-Pulmonary
artery wedge waveform --> cough up blood
5 essential substances needed to treat DKA ✔Correct Answer-PIG in the Ocean
fluids: ocean, potassium, insulin, glucose
Glasgow coma scale - what 3 behaviors tested? ✔Correct Answer-eye opening, best verbal
response, best motor response
15 = best
3 = worst
Equation for CPP ✔Correct Answer-CPP = MAP - ICP
Cushing's Triad ✔Correct Answer-HTN, bradycardia, widening pulse pressure
What life-saving mediation do you administer for malignant hypertension? ✔Correct Answer-
Dantrolene
Medications that can cause malignant hyperthermia? ✔Correct Answer-succinylcholine, inhaled
anesthetics
List 4 components of the 3-hour bundle ✔Correct Answer-CALF
Blood Culture
Broad spectrum abx
