PassMed & PasTest Flashcards

1
Q

Is it better to have:
7 year old son translate
Book a translator

A

Book a translator

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2
Q

Can you treat an highly intoxicated patient in their best interests without consent?

A

Yes

They are highly unlikely to have capacity

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3
Q

Rate the appropriateness of running after a patient escaping from the psych ward

A

Inappropriate

(As you cannot restrain him)

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4
Q

Sectioned patient is running away from a psych ward:
Call Hospital Security
Call Police

A

Call Police

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5
Q

Rate the appropriateness of accepting a friend request from a patient and messaging to say you cannot keep in contact?

A

Somewhat inappropriate

Mixed messages - do not accept

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6
Q

On Christmas day is it better to:
Outright refuse to turn up to your shift
Call in sick

A

Call in sick

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7
Q

What should you document after a road traffic accident if someone is wanting to make a claim

A

Estimated speed of both cars

(As a combined speed above a certain threshold can be an indication for CT imaging)

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8
Q

What is more important to do first:
Attend consultant ward round
Complete a discharge summary

A

Attend consultant ward round

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9
Q

What is a social admission?

A

If a patient is unable to cope at home but does not need any medical treatment, this is known as a social admission. This is better than sending an elderly frail patient away.

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10
Q

Should an F1 be declining referals

A

No

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11
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A patient’s spouse asks you to fill in a holiday insurance form as they had to miss a holiday due to an admission:
A. Inform the patient an F1 cannot do it
B. Fill out the form yourself
C. Ask the consultant to do it
D. Inform the patient there is a fee payable for this form
E. Ask the Ward Clerk

A

ADCEB

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12
Q

2 of your colleagues keep bickering:
Do nothing
Request to swap allocations

A

Do Nothing

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13
Q

What should you not do if a child comes in saying they have been sexually assaulted?

A

DO NOT EXAMINE

You are not trained to do so

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14
Q

Child says they’ve been sexually assaulted:
Refer the child to the duty social worker
Ask safeguarding lead to see child
Refer the child to the local centre which deals with cases of sexual assault/abuse

A
  1. Safeguarding lead
  2. Duty social worker
  3. Local Centre
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15
Q

Someone has bad hearing:
A. Write down results and explain them
B. Ask nurse to find a hearing aid
C. Ask slowly if they can lip read

A

CAB

Hearing aid is time consuming

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16
Q

Where must Group&Save labelling be done

A

At the bedside

17
Q

What to do first if you suspect NAI

A

Take a full history
Then examine

18
Q

Colleague is pushed up against a wall by a patient
A. Call the Police
B. Call hospital Security

A

Hospital Security

19
Q

If you accept a caution do you need to inform the GMC

A

You must tell us without delay if, anywhere in the world, you:
* Are found guilty of a criminal offence
* Are charged with a criminal offence
* Formally admit to committing a criminal offence (for example, by accepting a caution, a community resolution order

20
Q

Do you disclose to the GMC if you are given a warning for possession of cannabis?

A

Yes

This means the first-ranked option will either be Disclose the warning to the GMC immediately or Disclose to the GMC immediately and contact your defence union

21
Q

What to do if a patient with active multi-drug resistant TB attempts self-discharge

A

Detain under the public health act

This is a major threat to public health. Patients with TB can be discharged early, if they are able to take their treatment correctly, and have their treatment monitored. However, in this case, the patient is homeless and has issues with compliance with medications

22
Q

What does a fast bleep mean?

A

It represents an emergency situation which you should attend immediately regardless of what you are currently doing

23
Q

What act cannot be used to treat a physical health condition?

A

MHA

24
Q

Better to not have a chaperone or let a family member be a chaperone

A

Not have a chaperone

Family member cannot act as a chaperone

25
Q

Should you fill out a clinical incident form if you cannulate a patient who doesn’t need one then remove it?

A

Yes

Patient subject to unnecessary procedure

26
Q

You are unsure of a procedure and you are asked to consent for it do you:
Refuse to do it
Read about it in a textbook and then obtain consent

A

Refuse

27
Q

Rate the appropriateness of giving someone an anonymous list of patients with heart problems on statins to a company promoting and selling statins

A

4 - Inappropriate

28
Q

When can MHA be used to treat a physical condition?

A

Never

Except for feeding anorexics (Mental Health Related)

29
Q

Name a notifiable disease for which you would have to inform the consultant in public health?

A

Malaria

30
Q

Needle stick injury
A. Ask for the patient’s consent to take a blood sample
B. Stop the procedure
C. Complete a Datix
D. Ask a colleague to insert the cannula for you
E. Inform the ward sister of the incident

A

BEDAC

30
Q

Needle stick injury
A. Ask for the patient’s consent to take a blood sample
B. Stop the procedure
C. Complete a Datix
D. Ask a colleague to insert the cannula for you
E. Inform the ward sister of the incident

A

BEDAC

30
Q

Needle stick injury
A. Ask for the patient’s consent to take a blood sample
B. Stop the procedure
C. Complete a Datix
D. Ask a colleague to insert the cannula for you
E. Inform the ward sister of the incident

A

BEDAC

31
Q

A patient submits a complaint against you the day after he leaves hospital:
Contact your Medical defence union
Contact the patient to discuss this with them

A

Medical defence union

Patient has already left the ward and submitted complaint

32
Q

Who to discuss a complaint letter against you with first:
Consultant
PALS
Registrar

A

Consultant > Reg > PALS

33
Q

Your F1 colleague is always late. Who do you discuss this with first:
Consultant
Ward Manager

A

Consultant

34
Q

Sleeves not tolled up:
Inform infection control
Reprimand your colleague

A

Inform infection control