EPALS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS.

EPALS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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Hypovolemic /
/schock //- /


/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔decreased //circulating //blood //volume //(dehydration/trauma)




distributive /
/shock //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔inadequate /


/disruption /


/of /


/blood, /


/so /


/that /


/the /


/blood /


/flow //is //insufficient //for //the //oxygenation //of //the //tissues. //(anaphylaxis/sepsis/neurogenic)




cardiogenic /
/shock //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔circulatory /


/failure //due //to //poor //heart //function //(cardiomyopathy/myocarditis/cardiac //surgery)




obstructive /
/shock //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔circulatory /


/failure /


/due /


/to /

, /obstruction /
/of //blood //flow //to/from //the //heart //(tension //pneumothorax/cardiac //tamponade)




Dissociative /
/Shock //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔insufficient /


/oxygen //carrying //capacity //of //the //blood //(anaemia/carbon //monoxide //poisoning)




Weight //Estimation //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔weight //(kg) //= //(age //in //years //+4) //x2



cardiac /
/output //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Cardiac /


/output //= //heart //rate //x //stroke //volume //(blood //volume //ejected //each //contraction)




blood /
/pressure //- /


/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔blood //pressure //= //cardiac //output //X //systemic //vascular //resistance




compensation /
/mechanism /


/in /


/shock //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Tachycardia, //vasoconstriction, //increased //myocardial //contractibility




Sizing /
/of /


/oropharyngeal /


/airway //- /