MDC4 Final Exam Study Guide Questions

MDC4 Final Exam Study Guide Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers

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Absence Seizures - Correct Answer - day dreaming

• LOC for a few seconds
• s/s = pick at clothes, lip smack, blank stare

According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - Correct Answer highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first)

acronym for vent alarms - Correct Answer HOLD:

Hi pressure alarm= Obstruction Low pressure alarm= Disconnection Acute management of spinal cord injury - Correct Answer - airway and breathing

• immobilize head and neck (c-collar)
• determine LOC by using GCS

Additional Nursing care measures for ICP - Correct Answer - turn down the lights

• no TV or noise
• put sign on door telling visitors to see nurse first

Alzheimer's is the result of? - Correct Answer changes in personality, memory, and/or judgement assessment findings for PE - Correct Answer - sudden dyspnea

• chest pain
• feeling of impending doom
• JVD
• tachy 1 / 4

• chest petechiae
• ECG changes
• abnormal heart sounds

assessment of patient on vent - Correct Answer - vitals

• O2 saturation
• auscultate breath sounds
• pain/anxiety
• tube placement
• vent settings

at what temperature does hypothermia occur? - Correct Answer less than 95F Atonic Seizures - Correct Answer loss of muscle tone - fall Broca's area - Correct Answer expressive aphasia: unable to communicate/express back in speech can a person with flail chest recover - Correct Answer managable with vigilant respiratory care

causes of spinal cord injury - Correct Answer traumatic: falls, MVA, violence

Non-traumatic: tumors, RA

Direct: fracture, hyperflexion (diving), hyperextension, penetration (GSW), axial load Complications of ICP - Correct Answer hydrocephalus, infection, stroke, increased ICP Complications of Spinal cord injury - Correct Answer - autonomic dysreflexia

• neurogenic shock (hypo, bready, edema, temp)

Diagnosis of meningitis - Correct Answer CSF analysis 2 / 4

diagnosis of MS - Correct Answer no 100% way

• MRI
• CSF analysis (increased WBC, proteins, IgG)

diagnosis of spinal cord injury - Correct Answer X-ray, CT scan, MRI diagnosis of stroke - Correct Answer CT without contrast DMAT - Correct Answer Disaster Medical Assistance Team Early s/s of Alzheimer's Disease - Correct Answer - decreased short term memory

• decreased sense of smell
• misplaced items

Education for Seizures and Seizure treatment - Correct Answer - medication compliance (abrupt withdrawal = rebound seizures)

• do not drive
• wear medical alert bracelet

Etiology of stroke - Correct Answer - nonmodifiable = age, sex, history

• modifiable = HTN, BC user, high cholesterol, smoker

examples of an internal disaster - Correct Answer - fire

• water pipe burst
• power outage
• shooting at Seattle Grace

examples of external disasters - Correct Answer - earthquake

• flood
• car pile up 3 / 4

• ferry boat crash

Eyes for Glasgow Coma Scale - Correct Answer ESPN E - eyes open spontaneously (4) S - sound (3) P - pain (2) N - not open (1) General Left vs Right side stroke - Correct Answer Left = language Right = impulse & judgement how can a person be prepared for disasters - Correct Answer have a go bag with personal readiness supplies **should be enough for three days at least How do you diagnose siezures - Correct Answer EEG (wash hair prior) How does Parkinson's progress? - Correct Answer slowly, but will eventually lead to disability how does TBI occur - Correct Answer falls, mva, gsw, sports how does the patient usually present with flail chest - Correct Answer - anxious

• short of breath
• in pain

how is a frostbit injury handled after rewarming has taken place? - Correct Answer injury should be handled above heart level how is a person warmed after frostbite? - Correct Answer rapid rewarming with a water bath that's temperature is 104-108F

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