EMERGENCY NURSING END OF COURSE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is a high risk patient? - ✔✔One whose condition could easily deteriorate or a
patient who presents with symptoms suggestive of a condition requiring time sensitive
treatment
✔✔What ESI level are high risk patients? - ✔✔ESI level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a patient with active chest pain, suspicious for coronary syndrome
but does not require an immediate life-saving intervention, is stable? - ✔✔ESI Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a patient with signs of a stroke but does not meet level 1 criteria? -
✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a rule out ectopic pregnancy who is hemodynamically stable? -
✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a patient on chemotherapy with a fever? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a patient who is suicidal or homicidal? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is an elderly patient with new onset confusion? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a 3-month old whose mother reports that the child is sleeping all
the time? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is the adolescent found confused and disoriented? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What is a good tool to determine whether a patient is a level 2 or level 3? -
✔✔Danger Zone Vitals. If patients vitals are out of parameters, equals level 2. If within
parameters, can be level 3.
✔✔What heart rate would a newborn to 3 month old have to have to be designated level
2? - ✔✔Greater than 180
✔✔What respiratory rate would a newborn to 3 month old have to have to be
designated level 2? - ✔✔Greater than 50
✔✔What heart rate would a 3 month to 3 year old have to have to be designated level
2? - ✔✔Greater than 160
, ✔✔What respiratory rate would a 3 month to 3 year old have to have to be designated
level 2? - ✔✔Greater than 40
✔✔What heart rate would a 3-8 year old have to have to be designated level 2? -
✔✔Greater than 140
✔✔What respiratory rate would a 3-8 year old have to have to be designated level 2? -
✔✔Greater than 30
✔✔What heart rate would someone greater than 8 years old have to have to be
designated level 2? - ✔✔Greater than 100
✔✔What respiratory rate would someone greater than 8 years old have to have to be
designated level 2? - ✔✔Greater than 20
✔✔How many resources will a person require to be designated level 4? - ✔✔One
resource
✔✔How many resources will a person require to be designated level 5? - ✔✔None
✔✔How many resources will a person require to be designated level 3? - ✔✔Two or
greater
✔✔What are examples of resources? - ✔✔Labs, ECG, X-rays, CT-MRI, ultrasound, IV
fluids (hydration), Intravenous, IM or nebulized medications, specialty consultation,
complex procedure requiring conscious sedation
✔✔What resources are counted as two resources when triaging ER patients? -
✔✔Specialty consultation or a complex procedure requiring conscious sedation
✔✔What is the pediatric assessment triangle? - ✔✔General impression,
Work of breathing,
Circulation of the skin
✔✔What is an uncommon cause of sudden death in the pediatric population? -
✔✔Pulseless cardiac arrest
✔✔What is a more common cause of sudden death in the pediatric population? -
✔✔Respiratory failure or respiratory arrest
✔✔What are the typical pediatric dysrrhythmias in children with cardiac arrest? -
✔✔Asystole or bradycardia
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is a high risk patient? - ✔✔One whose condition could easily deteriorate or a
patient who presents with symptoms suggestive of a condition requiring time sensitive
treatment
✔✔What ESI level are high risk patients? - ✔✔ESI level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a patient with active chest pain, suspicious for coronary syndrome
but does not require an immediate life-saving intervention, is stable? - ✔✔ESI Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a patient with signs of a stroke but does not meet level 1 criteria? -
✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a rule out ectopic pregnancy who is hemodynamically stable? -
✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a patient on chemotherapy with a fever? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a patient who is suicidal or homicidal? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is an elderly patient with new onset confusion? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is a 3-month old whose mother reports that the child is sleeping all
the time? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What ESI level is the adolescent found confused and disoriented? - ✔✔Level 2
✔✔What is a good tool to determine whether a patient is a level 2 or level 3? -
✔✔Danger Zone Vitals. If patients vitals are out of parameters, equals level 2. If within
parameters, can be level 3.
✔✔What heart rate would a newborn to 3 month old have to have to be designated level
2? - ✔✔Greater than 180
✔✔What respiratory rate would a newborn to 3 month old have to have to be
designated level 2? - ✔✔Greater than 50
✔✔What heart rate would a 3 month to 3 year old have to have to be designated level
2? - ✔✔Greater than 160
, ✔✔What respiratory rate would a 3 month to 3 year old have to have to be designated
level 2? - ✔✔Greater than 40
✔✔What heart rate would a 3-8 year old have to have to be designated level 2? -
✔✔Greater than 140
✔✔What respiratory rate would a 3-8 year old have to have to be designated level 2? -
✔✔Greater than 30
✔✔What heart rate would someone greater than 8 years old have to have to be
designated level 2? - ✔✔Greater than 100
✔✔What respiratory rate would someone greater than 8 years old have to have to be
designated level 2? - ✔✔Greater than 20
✔✔How many resources will a person require to be designated level 4? - ✔✔One
resource
✔✔How many resources will a person require to be designated level 5? - ✔✔None
✔✔How many resources will a person require to be designated level 3? - ✔✔Two or
greater
✔✔What are examples of resources? - ✔✔Labs, ECG, X-rays, CT-MRI, ultrasound, IV
fluids (hydration), Intravenous, IM or nebulized medications, specialty consultation,
complex procedure requiring conscious sedation
✔✔What resources are counted as two resources when triaging ER patients? -
✔✔Specialty consultation or a complex procedure requiring conscious sedation
✔✔What is the pediatric assessment triangle? - ✔✔General impression,
Work of breathing,
Circulation of the skin
✔✔What is an uncommon cause of sudden death in the pediatric population? -
✔✔Pulseless cardiac arrest
✔✔What is a more common cause of sudden death in the pediatric population? -
✔✔Respiratory failure or respiratory arrest
✔✔What are the typical pediatric dysrrhythmias in children with cardiac arrest? -
✔✔Asystole or bradycardia
