CPTC PRACTICE TEST 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026

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What are the Roles for hospital staff prior to extubating a DCD donor -
ANSWERS-1. Administering heparin/comfort care medications
2. Extubating
3. Declaring the donor dead


ABO O is the universal _________ - ANSWERS-Donor


ABO AB is the universal _________ - ANSWERS-Recipient


Reactive serology results for HBsAG means what? - ANSWERS-
Exposure likely and actively infected


Reactive serology results for HBcAb means what? - ANSWERS-
Exposure but not necessarily infection


Reactive serology results for HBsAb means what? - ANSWERS-
Exposure likely through vaccination; likely immune but not infectious


Ultimate goal of donor management - ANSWERS-1. Optimize organ
function

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2. Postpone the inevitable cardiopulmonary collapse of the brain dead
donor until OR
3. Transplant the most organs per donor


what is Cushing Triad? - ANSWERS-1. Increasing systolic blood
pressure
2. Bradycardia
3. Widening pulse pressure


System responsible for the body's inability to secrete adrenocorticotropic
hormone (ACTH) and maintain blood pressure after brain death -
ANSWERS-Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis


The massive catecholamine storm and loss of ADH and ACTH after
brain death leads to? - ANSWERS-1. Vasodilation
2. systemic inflammation
3. Neurogenic pulmonary edema
4. A switch from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism
5. Acute left ventricular failure



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