PassMed & PasTest Flashcards
Is it better to have:
7 year old son translate
Book a translator
Book a translator
Can you treat an highly intoxicated patient in their best interests without consent?
Yes
They are highly unlikely to have capacity
Rate the appropriateness of running after a patient escaping from the psych ward
Inappropriate
(As you cannot restrain him)
Sectioned patient is running away from a psych ward:
Call Hospital Security
Call Police
Call Police
Rate the appropriateness of accepting a friend request from a patient and messaging to say you cannot keep in contact?
Somewhat inappropriate
Mixed messages - do not accept
On Christmas day is it better to:
Outright refuse to turn up to your shift
Call in sick
Call in sick
What should you document after a road traffic accident if someone is wanting to make a claim
Estimated speed of both cars
(As a combined speed above a certain threshold can be an indication for CT imaging)
What is more important to do first:
Attend consultant ward round
Complete a discharge summary
Attend consultant ward round
What is a social admission?
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.
Should an F1 be declining referals
No
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
ADCEB
2 of your colleagues keep bickering:
Do nothing
Request to swap allocations
Do Nothing
What should you not do if a child comes in saying they have been sexually assaulted?
DO NOT EXAMINE
You are not trained to do so
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
- Safeguarding lead
- Duty social worker
- Local Centre
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
CAB
Hearing aid is time consuming