FCCS EXAM 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ ____ is the greatest contribution to diagnosis. Answer: History
⫸ ____ is the single most important indicator of critical illness. Answer:
Tachypnea
⫸ Kussmall Breathing (or change in depth of respiration) usually
indicates Answer: Metabolic acidosis
⫸ Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (or periodic breathing with apnea or
hypopnea usually indicates Answer: Severe brainstem injury or cardiac
dysfunction
⫸ Biot Respiration (or ataxic breathing) usually indicates Answer:
Severe neuronal damage
⫸ ____ is one of the most important indicators of critical illness.
Answer: Metabolic acidosis
⫸ ____ is one of the most useful tests in an acutely ill patient. Answer:
ABG
⫸ An acute deterioration may seem to occur more abruptly in: young or
elderly? Answer: Young
, ⫸ What are the two most important predictors of risk in a critically ill
patient? Answer: Tachypnea and Metabolic acidosis
⫸ Oropharyngeal airway is not used if ____. Answer: Airway reflexes
are intact
⫸ Nasopharyngeal airway is contraindicated in patient with ____ and
____. Answer: Suspected basilar skull fracture or coagulopathy
⫸ ____ is the most common cause of airway obstruction. Answer:
Tongue
⫸ SOAP ME (Airway Mneumonic) Answer: Suction
Oxygen
Airways
Position
Monitoring/Medications
Equipment
⫸ Airway Evaluation Answer: Neck Mobility
External Face
Mouth Tongue and Pharynx
Jaw
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ ____ is the greatest contribution to diagnosis. Answer: History
⫸ ____ is the single most important indicator of critical illness. Answer:
Tachypnea
⫸ Kussmall Breathing (or change in depth of respiration) usually
indicates Answer: Metabolic acidosis
⫸ Cheyne-Stokes Respiration (or periodic breathing with apnea or
hypopnea usually indicates Answer: Severe brainstem injury or cardiac
dysfunction
⫸ Biot Respiration (or ataxic breathing) usually indicates Answer:
Severe neuronal damage
⫸ ____ is one of the most important indicators of critical illness.
Answer: Metabolic acidosis
⫸ ____ is one of the most useful tests in an acutely ill patient. Answer:
ABG
⫸ An acute deterioration may seem to occur more abruptly in: young or
elderly? Answer: Young
, ⫸ What are the two most important predictors of risk in a critically ill
patient? Answer: Tachypnea and Metabolic acidosis
⫸ Oropharyngeal airway is not used if ____. Answer: Airway reflexes
are intact
⫸ Nasopharyngeal airway is contraindicated in patient with ____ and
____. Answer: Suspected basilar skull fracture or coagulopathy
⫸ ____ is the most common cause of airway obstruction. Answer:
Tongue
⫸ SOAP ME (Airway Mneumonic) Answer: Suction
Oxygen
Airways
Position
Monitoring/Medications
Equipment
⫸ Airway Evaluation Answer: Neck Mobility
External Face
Mouth Tongue and Pharynx
Jaw
