ACCS Review Practice Exam 2024/2025
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Average urine output per hour is approximately? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔40 mL
According to the Berlin Criteria, a patient is classified with severe ARDS
when his Pao2/Fio2 ratio is? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Less than 100
A patient is admitted to the ED with a possible CVA. Which diagnostic test
is most appropriate for identification of an acute cerebral infarction? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔CT Scan: checks chest, abdomen and brain (2-3
dimensions)
Cerebral angiography - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔measures abnormal cerebral
circulation
PET scan - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔checks for cancer, brain disorders and heart
diseases
A patient has been intubated in the ED and has a end tidal CO2 reading of
4%. The specialist should suspect that the:
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,A. patient has a pulmonary embolus
B. ET tube is in the correct position
C. ET tube is in the esophagus
D. ET tube is in the right main stem bronchus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. ET tube
is in the correct position
*etco2 will be > if in the esophagus
Post-operatively, Mr. Hart has a 2-3 mm ST segment elevation on his 12
lead electrocardiograph. This is indicative of - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Myocardial
injury
Which of the following would most accurately provide necessary
information regarding fluid management in the care of a critically ill patient
with pulmonary edema?
A. Bedside PFT
B. Intake and Output measurements
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,C. Daily weights
D. Pulmonary artery catheter - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔D. Pulmonary artery
catheter
A patient who was struck in the head with a blunt object is recovering in the
ICU. He is angry, combative, and irritable. He opens his eyes, grunts, and
withdraws when the sole of his foot is stimulated with a sharp object. What
is his score on the Glasgow Coma scale? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔8
Chest radiograph changes associated with congestive heart failure include:
1. Bilateral radiolucency
2. Increased pulmonary Vasculature
3. Cardiomegaly
A. 1 & 2 only
B. 2&3 only
C. 1& 3 only
D. All of the above - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. 2 & 3
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, 1 is normal
2 and 3 indicates CHF
A 57 year old male is admitted to the ICU with chest pain radiating down
his left arm. Which of the following lab tests would best confirm the
diagnosis of myocardial infarction?
A. PvO2
B. Phosphate
C. Troponin
D. Lactate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. Troponin
A 67 year old male with chest pain and shortness of breath is placed on a
cardiac monitor in the intensive care unit. The following rhythm is observed
on the monitor - what is the correct interpretation of a 3rd degree AV block?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔No PR interval
Describe a 2nd degree AV block - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔P wave longer and skips
a beat
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Average urine output per hour is approximately? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔40 mL
According to the Berlin Criteria, a patient is classified with severe ARDS
when his Pao2/Fio2 ratio is? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Less than 100
A patient is admitted to the ED with a possible CVA. Which diagnostic test
is most appropriate for identification of an acute cerebral infarction? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔CT Scan: checks chest, abdomen and brain (2-3
dimensions)
Cerebral angiography - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔measures abnormal cerebral
circulation
PET scan - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔checks for cancer, brain disorders and heart
diseases
A patient has been intubated in the ED and has a end tidal CO2 reading of
4%. The specialist should suspect that the:
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,A. patient has a pulmonary embolus
B. ET tube is in the correct position
C. ET tube is in the esophagus
D. ET tube is in the right main stem bronchus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. ET tube
is in the correct position
*etco2 will be > if in the esophagus
Post-operatively, Mr. Hart has a 2-3 mm ST segment elevation on his 12
lead electrocardiograph. This is indicative of - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Myocardial
injury
Which of the following would most accurately provide necessary
information regarding fluid management in the care of a critically ill patient
with pulmonary edema?
A. Bedside PFT
B. Intake and Output measurements
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,C. Daily weights
D. Pulmonary artery catheter - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔D. Pulmonary artery
catheter
A patient who was struck in the head with a blunt object is recovering in the
ICU. He is angry, combative, and irritable. He opens his eyes, grunts, and
withdraws when the sole of his foot is stimulated with a sharp object. What
is his score on the Glasgow Coma scale? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔8
Chest radiograph changes associated with congestive heart failure include:
1. Bilateral radiolucency
2. Increased pulmonary Vasculature
3. Cardiomegaly
A. 1 & 2 only
B. 2&3 only
C. 1& 3 only
D. All of the above - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B. 2 & 3
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, 1 is normal
2 and 3 indicates CHF
A 57 year old male is admitted to the ICU with chest pain radiating down
his left arm. Which of the following lab tests would best confirm the
diagnosis of myocardial infarction?
A. PvO2
B. Phosphate
C. Troponin
D. Lactate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C. Troponin
A 67 year old male with chest pain and shortness of breath is placed on a
cardiac monitor in the intensive care unit. The following rhythm is observed
on the monitor - what is the correct interpretation of a 3rd degree AV block?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔No PR interval
Describe a 2nd degree AV block - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔P wave longer and skips
a beat
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