Extra Practice

Question 1

Write out the rule of 9s, adult

Answer 1

Head 9, Trunk 36, Arms 9 ea, Genitalia 1, legs 18 ea

Question 2

Write out rule of 9s, pediatric

Answer 2

Head 18, arms 9, trunk 36, legs 14

Question 3

Compare right vent failure to left ventricular failure

Answer 3

Right: blood backs up into venous system, so JVD and pedal edema
Left: Blood backs up into lungs, so pulmonary edema

Question 4

What does rhonchi indicate?

Answer 4

Mucus drowning, sit pt upright

Question 5

What do rales/crackles indicate?

Answer 5

Fluid + Alveoli closed

Question 6

What does stridor indicate?

Answer 6

Swelling in upper airway or obstruction

Question 7

Kussmaul respirations is indicative of ___

Answer 7

DKA

Question 8

Cheyne-Stoke breathing is indicative of

Question 9

Retrograde amnesia affects memory ____ the event

Answer 9

before

Question 10

Anterograde amnesia affects memory ___ the event

Answer 10

after

Question 11

Abruptio placenta is characterized by

Answer 11

pain, placenta in fundal position, bleeding

Question 12

Placentia previa is characterized by

Answer 12

Painlesssness, placenta not in correct position

Question 13

What is pruritus?

Answer 13

itchy skin

Question 14

What are the s/s of hypoxia?

Answer 14

tachycardia, tachypnea, AMS, dyspnea

Question 15

What is Beck’s triad?

Answer 15

cardiac tamponade
JVD, muffled heart sounds, narrowing BPs

Question 16

What are the three signs of cushing triad?

Answer 16

hypertension, bradycardia, irregular respiration. Represents increased ICP

Question 17

Give AEIOU-TIPS

Answer 17

Alcohol, epilepsy, Infection, Overdose, Uremia, Tumor, Insulin, Psychosis, Stroke

Question 18

s/s pancreatitis

Answer 18

abdominal pain that radiates to back, nausea, vomiting, RUQ and LUQ

Question 19

___ organs are more susceptible to injury from a primary blast

Answer 19

hollow

Question 20

Describe when you would use the recovery position vs supine

Answer 20

supine: pt is unresponsive and airway is not patent
Recovery: lying on side, unresponsive and airway is patent, breathing on own

Question 21

Plaque is made up of

Answer 21

cholesterol and calcium

Question 22

compare: primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary blast

Answer 22

Primary: from blast itself
Secondary: Debris
Tertiary: Thrown by force into stationary object
Quaternary: from scene (ex. burn)