Assessment Quiz 3

1. Your patient, who is unresponsive, apneic, and pulseless, has just received a shock from the AED that arrived moments ago. After the shock is delivered, you should:

2. A patient in the general wards is symptomatic with a BP of 70/40 mm Hg. What is the next action?

3. A patient is comatose after a car crash. The neurosurgeon wants to find out if the patient has brain edema using a noninvasive imaging modality. Brain edema is represented by the gray-white ratio (GWR) on CT Scan. The normal GWR value is:

4. A patient whose Early Warning Score is in the red zone should receive which intervention?

5. A patient with a head injury from a vehicular crash was revived after cardiopulmonary resuscitation but is in a coma. CT scan findings reveal brain edema. What is the likely outcome for this patient with a traumatic brain injury?

6. A patient with a stab wound is brought to the emergency department. He is nonresponsive and has no spontaneous breathing. You are unable to detect a pulse, but the ECG tracing records the following finding:

What is your interpretation of this ECG finding?

7. A patient with a vital sign in the Early Warning Score yellow zone can be:

8. A patient with an Early Warning Score of 9:

9. A patient with an oxygen saturation of 96% will require what mandatory action?

10. A patient you are seeing in the emergency department was stung by a bee. He has periorbital edema with nasal flaring and supraclavicular retractions. You note that he is tachypneic with stridor and diagnose anaphylaxis. Of the following, which one best describes the patient’s clinical condition from a respiratory standpoint?