Air Methods Critical Care Exam (Latest 2023\/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Air Methods Critical Care Exam (Latest
2023\/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Q: What type of blood should a pregnant trauma patient receive?
Answer: O-NEG
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Q: Initiate cardiotocography in any mother
Answer: 20 or more weeks gestation, must be monitored for at least 6 hours.
Q: What is the serum lab test that detects fetal red cells in the maternal circulation?
Answer: Kleinhauer Bette KB serum test. This lab is used to determine if hemorrhage of fetal
blood through the placenta and into maternal circulation. KB test is an important detector of
abruptio placentae, preterm labor and need to administer Rh negative globulin when mom is Rh
negative and fetus is Rh positive.
Q: Continue fetal monitoring for a minimum of —- hours for any viable preg- nancy and up to
hours if there is abdominal trauma
Answer: 6\u2026.. 24
Q: Sonography has for diagnosis placental abruption,
Answer: POOR\u2026. they miss 50-80% of abruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: In addition to routine labs a
Answer: Prothrombin (PT ) and PTT and serial coags should be drawn. Beta Human Chorionic
gonadotropin (BHCG)
Q: Measure and record fundal height every
Answer: 30 minutes.
Q: Pediatric Mechanisms of injury and biomechanics
Answer: Blunt trauma MVC >
suffocations > drownings > fires\/burns. No. 1 cause of fatalities is TBI.
Q: Primary Survey\/ Resuscitation
Answer: Survival rates in pediatric emergency can be directly correlated with
1.RAPID AIRWAY MANAGEMENT,
2.INITIATION OF VENTILATORY SUPPORT, AND
3.EARLY RECOGNITION OF AND EARLY RESPONSE TO INTRA abdominal AND
intracranial hemorrhages
Q: A STEMI is a resulting from a .
Answer: Complete Occlusion of a coronary artery
caused by a ruptured Plaque leading to blood clot formation in the coronary.
Q: STEMI diagnosis
Answer: Chest pain + positive cardiac enzyme (TROP. > segment ELEVATIONS greater than 1
mm in two or more contagious V1-V6<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Reciprocal (depressions) changes in leads II, III, AVF
Q: STEMI
EKG findings
Answer: STEMI
Q: STEMI
EKG findings more
Answer: -St elevations > 1mm in Limb leads: 1, II, III, avF, avL
-St elevations > 2mm in precordial leads (v1-v6) AND\/OR
-NEW LBBB
Contiguous leads with reciprocal changes in opposite leads
Q: First degree Heart Block EKG
Answer: AV block
Prolonged PR Interval greater than 120-200 ms
Q: second degree heart block type 1 Wenkebach
Answer: AV block in which occasional electrical impulses from the SA node fail to be conducted
to the ventricles.
PR interval progressively lengthens greater than 120-200ms + dropped beats.
Q: Maternal cardiopulmonary arrest\u2026If any moribund patient is 24 weeks or more perimortem
c section must be considered. AHA recommends c section
initiation within\u2026
Answer: 4 minutes\u2026 delivery with in 5 minutes of any unsuccessful maternal resuscitative
attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Q: Second Degree Heart Block (Mobitz II)
Answer: = Damage AT av node – moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n