EMERGENCY NURSING 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔When is a tourniquet used - ✔✔When hemorrhaging cannot be pressure controlled
externally
✔✔What would be given for fluid replacement in hemorrhage - ✔✔blood transfusion
✔✔What is an avulsion - ✔✔tearing away
✔✔What is used to clean wounds - ✔✔normal saline
✔✔How is a primary closure done - ✔✔sutured
✔✔What is Delayed primary closure - ✔✔- tissue lost/increased infection risk
- would left open for a few days and then closed
- covered with gauze, dressing
✔✔What is given before closure - ✔✔tetanus prophylaxis
✔✔What causes non-exertional heat stroke - ✔✔prolonged exposure to heat over 39.2c
(102.5F)
✔✔What causes exertional heat stroke? - ✔✔strenuous activity that occurs in hot
environments
✔✔signs of heat stroke - ✔✔#1 anhidrosis (no sweat)
- increased temp, tachycardic
- hot/dry skin
✔✔Heat exhaustion vs stroke - ✔✔- Exhaustion: increased sweat, nausea, weakness
move to a cool area, loosen clothes
- Stroke: EMERGENCY, call 911!
cool w/ water
✔✔Signs of heat stroke - ✔✔unconscious, confused, dizzy
✔✔How would a nurse manage heat stroke - ✔✔assess ABC + decrease temp to 39.2c
(102F) fast as possible
- cooling methods
- replace fluids (hydration)
✔✔What meds are given for heat stroke - ✔✔anticonvulsants, K+, Na+, benzos
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔When is a tourniquet used - ✔✔When hemorrhaging cannot be pressure controlled
externally
✔✔What would be given for fluid replacement in hemorrhage - ✔✔blood transfusion
✔✔What is an avulsion - ✔✔tearing away
✔✔What is used to clean wounds - ✔✔normal saline
✔✔How is a primary closure done - ✔✔sutured
✔✔What is Delayed primary closure - ✔✔- tissue lost/increased infection risk
- would left open for a few days and then closed
- covered with gauze, dressing
✔✔What is given before closure - ✔✔tetanus prophylaxis
✔✔What causes non-exertional heat stroke - ✔✔prolonged exposure to heat over 39.2c
(102.5F)
✔✔What causes exertional heat stroke? - ✔✔strenuous activity that occurs in hot
environments
✔✔signs of heat stroke - ✔✔#1 anhidrosis (no sweat)
- increased temp, tachycardic
- hot/dry skin
✔✔Heat exhaustion vs stroke - ✔✔- Exhaustion: increased sweat, nausea, weakness
move to a cool area, loosen clothes
- Stroke: EMERGENCY, call 911!
cool w/ water
✔✔Signs of heat stroke - ✔✔unconscious, confused, dizzy
✔✔How would a nurse manage heat stroke - ✔✔assess ABC + decrease temp to 39.2c
(102F) fast as possible
- cooling methods
- replace fluids (hydration)
✔✔What meds are given for heat stroke - ✔✔anticonvulsants, K+, Na+, benzos
