RRT : ACCS exam questions with answers
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Normal Urine Output - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔40 mL/hr (approx.
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1 Liter/day)
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Decreased CVP (<2 mmHg) - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Hypovolemia
Increased CVP (>6 mmHg) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Hypervolemia
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Eye-opening
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response
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|\ Spontaneous opening- 4 |\ |\
|\ To verbal stimuli- 3
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|\ To pain- 2
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|\ None- 1 |\
Most appropriate verbal response
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|\ Oriented- 5 |\
|\ Confused- 4 |\
|\ Inappropriate words- 3 |\ |\
|\ Incoherent- 2 |\
|\ None- 1 |\
Most intergrated motor response (arm)
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,|\ Obeys commands- 6 |\ |\
|\ Localizes pain- 5 |\ |\
|\ Withdraws from pain- 4 |\ |\ |\
|\ Flexion to pain- 3 |\ |\ |\
|\ Extension to pain- 2 |\ |\ |\
|\ None- 1 |\
Orthopnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ability to breathe only in an
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upright position (CHF, Heart problem)
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General malaise - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Run down feeling,
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nausea, weakness, fatigue, headache (electrolyte imbalance)
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Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Grade 1- occurs after unusual
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exertion
Grade 2- breathless after going up hills or stairs
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Grade 3- while walking at normal speed
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Grade 4- slowly walking a short distance
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Grade 5- at rest, shaving, dressing, etc.
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vasovagal syncope - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Common dizziness
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and fainting, caused by loss of peripheral venous tone
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orthostatic hypotension - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Excessive drop
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in BP when assuming the standing position
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,Carotid sinus syncope - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Associated with
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hypertension carotid sinus - more common in elderly patients |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Cough (tussive) syncope - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Transient loss
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of consciousness following severe coughing
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FUO - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fever of unknown origin
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heart rate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔60-100 bpm
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Respiratory rate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔12-20 breaths per |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
minute
Temperature Norm. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Oral- 97.0-99.5 *F |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
(36.5-37.5 *C) |\
Rectal- 98.7-100.5 *F (37.1-38.1 *C)
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Ear- 98.7-100.5 *F (37.1-38.1*C)
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PERRLA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pupils- equal, round, reactive to
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light and accommodation
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Miosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔constricted pupils (pinpoint)
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Ptosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Drooping of the upper eyelid
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Diplopia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Blurred or double vision
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, Nystagmus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔involuntary, rapid, rhythmic |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
movement of the eyeball |\ |\ |\
Peripheral edema - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Presence of excess
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fluid in the tissue.
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Caused by CHF, pulmonary hypertension, venous insufficiency
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and renal failure.
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Rated +1,+2,+3,+4; higher numbers indicate more severs
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swelling.
May be described as "pitting edema"
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ascites - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔abnormal accumulation of fluid
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in the abdomen, generally caused by liver failure
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Clubbing of fingers - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Caused by chronic
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hypoxemia, suggestive of pulmonary disease |\ |\ |\ |\
Eupnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔normal respiratory rate, depth
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and rhythm
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Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔increased respiratory rate |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
(over 20 breaths per minute)
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Bradypnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔decreased respiratory rate |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
(less than 12 per minute) variable depth and irregular rhythm
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Normal Urine Output - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔40 mL/hr (approx.
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1 Liter/day)
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Decreased CVP (<2 mmHg) - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Hypovolemia
Increased CVP (>6 mmHg) - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Hypervolemia
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Eye-opening
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response
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|\ Spontaneous opening- 4 |\ |\
|\ To verbal stimuli- 3
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|\ To pain- 2
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|\ None- 1 |\
Most appropriate verbal response
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|\ Oriented- 5 |\
|\ Confused- 4 |\
|\ Inappropriate words- 3 |\ |\
|\ Incoherent- 2 |\
|\ None- 1 |\
Most intergrated motor response (arm)
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,|\ Obeys commands- 6 |\ |\
|\ Localizes pain- 5 |\ |\
|\ Withdraws from pain- 4 |\ |\ |\
|\ Flexion to pain- 3 |\ |\ |\
|\ Extension to pain- 2 |\ |\ |\
|\ None- 1 |\
Orthopnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ability to breathe only in an
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upright position (CHF, Heart problem)
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General malaise - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Run down feeling,
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nausea, weakness, fatigue, headache (electrolyte imbalance)
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Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Grade 1- occurs after unusual
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exertion
Grade 2- breathless after going up hills or stairs
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Grade 3- while walking at normal speed
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Grade 4- slowly walking a short distance
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Grade 5- at rest, shaving, dressing, etc.
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vasovagal syncope - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Common dizziness
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and fainting, caused by loss of peripheral venous tone
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orthostatic hypotension - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Excessive drop
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in BP when assuming the standing position
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,Carotid sinus syncope - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Associated with
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hypertension carotid sinus - more common in elderly patients |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Cough (tussive) syncope - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Transient loss
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of consciousness following severe coughing
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FUO - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fever of unknown origin
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heart rate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔60-100 bpm
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Respiratory rate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔12-20 breaths per |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
minute
Temperature Norm. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Oral- 97.0-99.5 *F |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
(36.5-37.5 *C) |\
Rectal- 98.7-100.5 *F (37.1-38.1 *C)
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Ear- 98.7-100.5 *F (37.1-38.1*C)
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PERRLA - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pupils- equal, round, reactive to
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light and accommodation
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Miosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔constricted pupils (pinpoint)
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Ptosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Drooping of the upper eyelid
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Diplopia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Blurred or double vision
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, Nystagmus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔involuntary, rapid, rhythmic |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
movement of the eyeball |\ |\ |\
Peripheral edema - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Presence of excess
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fluid in the tissue.
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Caused by CHF, pulmonary hypertension, venous insufficiency
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and renal failure.
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Rated +1,+2,+3,+4; higher numbers indicate more severs
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swelling.
May be described as "pitting edema"
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ascites - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔abnormal accumulation of fluid
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in the abdomen, generally caused by liver failure
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Clubbing of fingers - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Caused by chronic
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hypoxemia, suggestive of pulmonary disease |\ |\ |\ |\
Eupnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔normal respiratory rate, depth
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and rhythm
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Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔increased respiratory rate |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
(over 20 breaths per minute)
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Bradypnea - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔decreased respiratory rate |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
(less than 12 per minute) variable depth and irregular rhythm
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