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- Q1
The pulse oximeter can be relied upon to provide an accurate and timely representation that the patient is breathing
falsetrueTrue or False45s - Q2
What does SBAR stand for?
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recovery
Situation, Backdrop, Appraisal, Recommendation
Situation, Backdrop, Appraisal, Recovery
45s - Q3
Which of the following should you ALWAYS have access to in the PACU
The catheter trolley
A water machine
Difficult airway equipment
A toilet
45s - Q4
What does AVPU stand for?
Awake, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive
Awake, Verbal, Probability, Unresponsive
Awake, Vocal, Pain, Unresponsive
Abuse, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive
45s - Q5
According to The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (2019), Level 2 care is classified as what?
Patients requiring advanced respiratory support alone, or basic respiratory support together with support of at least two organ systems
Patients whose needs can be met through normal ward care in an acute hospital
Patients requiring more detailed observation or intervention including support for a single failing organ system or post-operative care.
Patients at risk of their condition deteriorating, or those recently relocated from higher levels of care, whose needs can be met on an acute ward with additional advice and support from the critical care team
60s - Q6
What does Apnoea mean?
Excessive breathing/ respiration rate
The complete absence of breathing
Low respiration rate
An inconsistent expired CO2 trace
45s - Q7
If a patient is said to be dyspnoeic, what does this mean?
The patient has pain in their chest
The patient has a high respiratory rate
The patient is breathing normally
The patient feels 'short of breath' or is having difficulty breathing normally
45s - Q8
What does V/Q mismatch mean?
Ventilation-perfusion mismatch
Ventilation/quality mismatch
Volume/Quality mismatch
Volume/perfusion mismatch
45s - Q9
What is regional (localised) hypoxia known as?
Ischaemia
Hypoxaemia
Hypercarbia
Hypercapnia
45s - Q10
What determines blood pressure?
Cardiac output and stroke volume
Stroke volume and heart rate
Peripheral resistance and heart rate
Cardiac output and peripheral resistance
45s - Q11
What is cardiac output?
Amount of blood received by each ventricle every hour
Amount of blood received by each ventricle every minute
Amount of blood ejected by each ventricle every minute
Amount of blood ejected by each ventricle every hour
45s - Q12
Compartment syndrome is caused by what?
Bleeding and swelling in the brain
Bleeding and swelling from a closed surgical wound
Bleeding and swelling from an open surgical wound
Bleeding and swelling within an enclosed bundle of muscles
45s - Q13
PONV stands for what?
Post-operative nausea and vomiting
Post-operative nagging and verbal abuse
Post-operative nasal ventilation
Post-operative non ventilation
45s - Q14
Increased sensitivity to pain is known as...?
Hyperthemia
Hypoalgesia
Hyperalgesia
Hypertension
45s - Q15
Somatic pain is described as a sharp localised pain felt at the skin and muscle
truefalseTrue or False30s