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NHS Pathways DLP questions with accurate detailed answers
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How long after being deprived of oxygen do cells start to die? - ✔✔After 3-5 minutes
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What is shock? - ✔✔Life-threatening condition that occurs when the cardiovascular system
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fails for some reason, and is unable to circulate adequate amounts of oxygen around the
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body.
List the features of shock - ✔✔Skin is cold & clammy
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Very weak || ||
Unable to stand up || || ||
Pale skin (even blue or grey)
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What does AED stand for? - ✔✔automated external defibrillator
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The resuscitation council guidelines indicate that for each minute CPR is delayed there is a
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? reduction in survival rates? - ✔✔10%
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What is agonal breathing? - ✔✔Barely breathing or taking infrequent, noisy gasps. These
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usually occur about every 10-15 seconds
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How common is agonal breathing? - ✔✔40% of patients.
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What should happen if there is doubt about whether a collapsed person is displaying agonal
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breathing? - ✔✔It should be assumed that they are not breathing
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What is haemophilia? - ✔✔Hemophilia is usually an inherited bleeding disorder in which
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the blood does not clot properly.
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What piece of information is collected in module 0 that influences the pathways you can
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choose at the body map? - ✔✔Whether the problem is trauma (injury) or non-trauma
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(illness)
What is the definition of chronic illness? - ✔✔A condition that persists over a long period of
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time. Symptoms appear gradually and get worse despite treatment and change very slowly
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What are the 5 age groups within the system and what age range does each of these cover? -
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✔✔Neonate - 0-1hour || || ||
Infant - 1 hour - 12 months
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Toddler - 1 - 5 years || || || || || ||
Child - 5 - 16 years
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Adult - 16years and over
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What do you use when someone's symptoms are very vague and there is no specific
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pathway available? - ✔✔Use "other symptoms" pathway
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What is a MedicAlert? - ✔✔Medical alert bracelet/pendant which identifies their condition
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and helps healthcare professionals treat them appropriately
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Define what is meant by Blunt injury? - ✔✔The skin or other body surface has not been
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broken but damage has still occurred
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What does an anticoagulant do? - ✔✔Makes the blood less prone to clotting and causes
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blood to take longer to stop.
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What is a rigor and why does it occur? - ✔✔Violent shivering that occurs with a fever.
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Because the body's muscles are shivering very hard in an attempt to raise body temperature
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to the new level set by the thermostat.
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In litres, what is blood volume in a typical adult? - ✔✔4-5 Litres
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List 3 injuries that are always treated as serious? - ✔✔A fall from a height
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Major burns || ||
Being struck by lightening
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What is the most common cause of death in children? - ✔✔Injuries
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What age group is most vulnerable to abuse? - ✔✔Children under 1 (Neonate/Toddlers)
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What age related factor makes elderly people more prone to bone fractures? - ✔✔Thinning
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of bones,
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Loss of balance || || ||
Instability
Can you name a condition, which as well as making a pregnant woman unwell, can also
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harm the baby? - ✔✔Exclampsia
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What proportion of people will suffer from a mental health disorder at some point in their
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life? - ✔✔1 in 4
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NHS Pathways DLP questions with accurate detailed answers
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How long after being deprived of oxygen do cells start to die? - ✔✔After 3-5 minutes
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What is shock? - ✔✔Life-threatening condition that occurs when the cardiovascular system
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fails for some reason, and is unable to circulate adequate amounts of oxygen around the
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body.
List the features of shock - ✔✔Skin is cold & clammy
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Very weak || ||
Unable to stand up || || ||
Pale skin (even blue or grey)
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What does AED stand for? - ✔✔automated external defibrillator
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The resuscitation council guidelines indicate that for each minute CPR is delayed there is a
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? reduction in survival rates? - ✔✔10%
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What is agonal breathing? - ✔✔Barely breathing or taking infrequent, noisy gasps. These
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usually occur about every 10-15 seconds
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How common is agonal breathing? - ✔✔40% of patients.
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What should happen if there is doubt about whether a collapsed person is displaying agonal
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breathing? - ✔✔It should be assumed that they are not breathing
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What is haemophilia? - ✔✔Hemophilia is usually an inherited bleeding disorder in which
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the blood does not clot properly.
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What piece of information is collected in module 0 that influences the pathways you can
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choose at the body map? - ✔✔Whether the problem is trauma (injury) or non-trauma
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(illness)
What is the definition of chronic illness? - ✔✔A condition that persists over a long period of
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time. Symptoms appear gradually and get worse despite treatment and change very slowly
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What are the 5 age groups within the system and what age range does each of these cover? -
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✔✔Neonate - 0-1hour || || ||
Infant - 1 hour - 12 months
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Toddler - 1 - 5 years || || || || || ||
Child - 5 - 16 years
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Adult - 16years and over
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What do you use when someone's symptoms are very vague and there is no specific
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pathway available? - ✔✔Use "other symptoms" pathway
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What is a MedicAlert? - ✔✔Medical alert bracelet/pendant which identifies their condition
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and helps healthcare professionals treat them appropriately
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Define what is meant by Blunt injury? - ✔✔The skin or other body surface has not been
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broken but damage has still occurred
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What does an anticoagulant do? - ✔✔Makes the blood less prone to clotting and causes
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blood to take longer to stop.
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What is a rigor and why does it occur? - ✔✔Violent shivering that occurs with a fever.
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Because the body's muscles are shivering very hard in an attempt to raise body temperature
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to the new level set by the thermostat.
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In litres, what is blood volume in a typical adult? - ✔✔4-5 Litres
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List 3 injuries that are always treated as serious? - ✔✔A fall from a height
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Major burns || ||
Being struck by lightening
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What is the most common cause of death in children? - ✔✔Injuries
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What age group is most vulnerable to abuse? - ✔✔Children under 1 (Neonate/Toddlers)
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What age related factor makes elderly people more prone to bone fractures? - ✔✔Thinning
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of bones,
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Loss of balance || || ||
Instability
Can you name a condition, which as well as making a pregnant woman unwell, can also
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harm the baby? - ✔✔Exclampsia
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What proportion of people will suffer from a mental health disorder at some point in their
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life? - ✔✔1 in 4
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