Emergency Medicine Chapter 01

Question 1

The top 10 reasons for an ED visit by the patients ?

Answer 1

1) abdominal pain
2) chest pain
3) fever
4) headache
5) back symptoms
6) SoB
7) Cough
8) Vomiting
9) non specific pain
10) Throat symptoms

Question 2

What are the surgical conditions that cause fever?

Answer 2

Appendicitis, cholecystitis, atelectasis, and post operative wound infections

Question 3

What are the anatomical essentials of Emergency medicine?

Answer 3

Airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and exposure

Question 4

What are the factors that compromise circulation?

Answer 4

Hemorrhage, dehydration, vascular catastrophes, cardiovascular collapse, vasodilation or constriction in response to shock.

Question 5

The acronym AVPU scale stands for?

Answer 5

Alertness, verbal response, Pain response, Unresponsive scale

Question 6

What is the preferred scale for predicting stroke in TIA patients?

Answer 6

ABCD2 score: the Age, BP, clinical features, Duration and diabetes.

Question 7

P- Q-R-S-T mnemonic stands for?

Answer 7

P- provocative and or palliative factors.
Q- Quality of pain
R- Region and or radiation
S- severity of the pain
T: Temporal features of the pain

Question 8

A-M-P-L-O-T-E acronym in history taking stands for ?

Answer 8

A- Allergies
M- medications
P- Past medical history
L-Last meal
O- other associated symptoms or operations
T - Tetanus status
E- Events/ environment

Question 9

What are the 10 major warning signs in the Hx?

Answer 9

1) Sudden onset of symptoms
2) significant worsening of symptoms that had been stable.
3) True loss or alteration of consciousness
4) Cardio pulmonary symptoms
5) Extreme of age
6) Immune compromise
7) Poor historian, including language barrier
8) Recent repeated visit to the clinic
9) Incomplete immunization
10) Patient signed over at the end of the shift