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PHTLS - Post Test, 8th Edition Care of the trauma patient in the field is an evolving science and should be evidence-based. As lifelong learners, we must be prepared to adapt our practices based on research. This is because research may lead to, what? - ANSWER changes in our current practices (p.11) In trauma care, a 'principle' is defined as, what? - ANSWER w...

PHTLS post test when approaching a trauma patient, what is the first assessment that must be made? - ANSWER scene safety EMS arrives on a scene and finds that emergency medical responders have attempted to immobilize a pediatric patient onto a long backboard. They note that the patient's head is in a flexed position. Which of the following actions is the most appropriate? - ANSWER place padding...

PHTLS Post Test 9th The displacement of tissue away from the path of a projectile, both temporarily and permanently, is known as: - ANSWER Cavitation The single most important factor in determining the potential for injury due to energy exchange is: - ANSWER Velocity of the bodies involved In the management of shock, isotonic crystalloid solutions, such as...

PHTLS 9th Ed. Self-test A 30 year old male is injured in a terror bombing. He experiences traumatic amputation of his left leg at knee level. An improvised tourniquet was put in place by bystanders. The victim is conscious and in severe pain. You first action should be to do which of the following? - ANSWER Confirm the tourniquet was properly applied. Which of the following information is assessed during the secondary survey? - ANSWER ...

PHTLS Pre & Post Test The displacement of tissue away from the path of a projectile, both temporarily and permanently, is known as: A. Conization B. Cavitation C. Crepitation D. Contusion - ANSWER B. Cavitation The single most important factor in determining the potential for injury due to energy exchange is: A. Mass of the bodies involved B. Velocity of the bodies involved C. Density of the tissues involved D. Surface area o...

WGU Pathophysiology D236 Describe how your body responds to an infection. - ANSWER T cells produce cytokines, which stimulate B cells. B cells produce antibodies. Identify role of DNA changes in congenital abnormalities. - ANSWER Mutations in genes or chromosomal abnormalities How does development disrupts congenital abnormalities? - ANSWER Alterations of D...

WGU pathophysiology D236 What is Starling's Law of Capillary forces? How does this explain why a nutritionally deficient child would have edema? - ANSWER Starling's Law describes how fluids move across the capillary membrane. There are two major opposing forces that act to balance each other, hydrostatic pressure (pushing water out of the capillaries) and osmotic pressure (including oncontic pressure, which pushes fluid into the capillarie...

WGU D236 Pathophysiology Exam (Latest Update) Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A As Diane completes her race, what enables her body to maintain homeostasis despite her increased activity? Choose 3 answers. Diane's sports drink helped to replace sodium and water lost due to sweating. Diane's body produces more angiotensin II, allowing her body to constrict blood vessels and increase her blood pressure. Diane's kidney reabsorbs more water and sodium in response to AD...

WGU Pathology Pre-Assessment 2023/2024 A patient's records indicate a diagnosis of a staph skin infection which caused a boil to develop on the patient's buttock region. Symptoms included red, swollen skin with pus. Which additional symptom can appear in the affected area? - ANSWER Warm to touch A patient presents with anemia, jaundice, fever, and malaise due to the destruction of red blood cells. Which infectious disease does this describe? - ...

WGU D236 Pathophysiology Exam A chromosomal disorder in females in which either an *X chromosome* is missing, making the person XO instead of XX, or part of one X chromosome is deleted. - ANSWER Turner syndrome A human genetic disease caused by a recessive allele for a dysfunctional enzyme leads to the accumulation of certain lipids in the brain. Seizures, blindness, and degeneration of motor and mental per...

WGU D236 Pathophysiology Exam (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A Which types of tissue most often develop tumors? - ANSWER Epithelial and connective tissues What are the following benign tumors? - ANSWER Papilloma - A wart Lipoma - begins in the fatty tissue Myoma - Fibroid Chondroma - Tumor of cartilage cells ...

NBSTSA CST CERTIFICATION - NBSTSA app exams 2 Exam (elaborations) CST - NBSTSA Exam 2023/2024 3 Exam (elaborations) CST Practice Exam B and A 4 Exam (elaborations) NBSTSA Practice #1 5 Exam (elaborations) CST Exam, taken from NBSTA website directly REVIEWED 2023/2024 6 Exam (elaborations) CST EXAM QUESTIONS 2023/2024 EXAM PREP 200+ QUESTIONS WITH C

Relias ED RN A Test Your patient's chest tube dressing has accidentally come off and you are preparing to place a new one. You have a slit drain sponge, 4 x 4 gauzes, tape, scissors, and antiseptic swabs. What else do you need? - ANSWER Petrolatum gauze You want to implement the new evidence-based practice guidelines in managing patients to prevent falls on your unit. What provides the STRONGEST evidence for interventions? - ...

Prophecy RN B v3 When setting up a room for a new patient, what emergency equipment MUST be accessible and working at the bedside? - ANSWER Bag Valve mask You are on shift and overhear another nurse discussing confidential patient information on their cell phone during their break. What would be the BEST action to take? - ANSWER Speak with the nurse in private afterwards to remind her of HIPAA reg...

Emergency Nursing Practice Questions The client diagnosed with hypovolemic shock has a BP of 100/60. Fifteen minutes later the BP is 88/64. How much narrowing of the client's pulse pressure has occurred between the two readings? Answer: 16 mmHg pulse pressure The pulse pressure is the systolic BP minus the diastolic BP. 100 - 60 = 40 mmHg pulse pressure in first BP reading 88 - 64 = 24 mmHg pulse pressure in second reading 40 - 24 = 16 mmHg pulse pressure narrowing. A narrowing o...

Relias Emergency Department Test A patient who is 32 weeks pregnant presents with a three-day history of headache and significant swelling of the lower extremities and face. The patient's vital signs are BP: 160/90, HR: 105/min, RR: 19/min, Spo2: 94% on RA, Temp: 97.3 F. What medication do you anticipate the provider to order FIRST? - ANSWER *wrong* labetalol Other choices: tylenol magnesium sulfate furosemide correct: mag sulfa...

PROPHECY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RN A emergency department RN a prophecy, only 66 questions out of 72 What is the proper procedure for testing visual acuity? - ANSWER *BOTH WRONG* 1) Test the affected eye first, then the unaffected eye without corrective lenses 2) Test the unaffected eye first, then the affected eye with corrective lenses when available A 22-year-old man with sickle cell disease is brought into the ED by Campus Police from his local u...

NBSTSA CST CERTIFICATION - NBSTSA app exams Tympanosplasty - ANSWER Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles) After gowning and gloving, a surgeon activates the Duraprep applicator and proceeds to prep the patient for surgery. What is the best action to take at this time? - ANSWER Regown and reglove the surgeon What position is us...

CST - NBSTSA Exam Surgical operation performed for the reconstruction of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and/or small bones of the middle ear (ossicles) - ANSWER Tympanosplasty After gowning and gloving, a surgeon activates the Duraprep applicator and proceeds to prep the patient for surgery. What is the best action to take at this time? - ANSWER Regown and reglove the surgeon ...

CST Practice Exam B and A WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A SIGN OF CARDIAC ARREST? - ANSWER CYANOSIS List in order the sequence of induction for general anesthesia: - ANSWER leads placed on the patient patient is prompted to breathe 100% oxygen induction agent is given through an I.V. patient is intubated anesthetic gas agent is selected and applied Place the following phases of wound healing by first inten...