OMSA FALL NEWEST ACTUAL PRACTICE TEST

OMSA FALL NEWEST ACTUAL / PRACTICE TEST

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One way for your doctor know that he/she has inadvertently

placed an IV into an artery (intra-arterial injection) is to see: --

--Answers--Pulsatile movement and bright red blood in the IV tubing The doctor asks you to assess the patient's oxygenation. The things you look include looking at the color of the patient's skin

and at are: ----Answers--Pulse oximeter

An IV catheter has been placed into a vein in the right antecubital fossa. The IV line is already connected to the bag of fluids. The reason the IV line is "flushed" before connecting IV

line and IV bag into the catheter (needle) is to: ----Answers--

Avoid an air embolus

Atrial Fibrillation is a type of heart rhythm. Patients who have this rhythm will have an irregular pulse. ----Answers--True

The right side of the heart carries deoxygenated blood. ---- Answers--True

Ketamine can cause hallucinations. The best drug to give along with Ketamine, to reduce the incidence of these unwanted side

effects is: ----Answers--Versed

P wave ----Answers--atrial depolarization 1 / 3

QRS complex ----Answers--ventricular depolarization

T wave ----Answers--ventricular repolarization

Tachycardia ----Answers--fast heart rate (greater than 100 bpm)

Bradycardia ----Answers--slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)

normal rate ----Answers--60-100 bpm The acronym FAST refers to Facial droop, Arm weakness, Speech problems and Time to call 911. This refers to what condition? ----Answers--Stroke (CVA)

Which of the following drugs is most commonly associated respiratory depression when given IV (intravenously)? ---- Answers--Fentanyl

Angina (chest pain) is due to ----Answers--Decreased blood flow to the heart muscle

A patient calls 1 day after the removal of an infected tooth. She reports an itchy red rash all over her body after taking Amoxicillin that your doctor prescribed. She is concerned that she is allergic to the Amoxicillin. Your recommendation to her 2 / 3

is: ----Answers--Stop the Amoxicillin and take some over the

counter Benadryl

Epinephrine is one of the components of local anesthesia. (i.e.

2% Lidocaine with Epinephrine 1:100,000). When Epinephrine is

added to local anesthesia it helps maintain the local anesthetic close to the inferior alveolar nerve potentially making it more effective for profound local anesthesia (mandibular block).

This should theoretically: ----Answers--Decrease the number

of cartridges needed to obtain profound local anesthesia

Your patient is a 17 year old female who has an abscessed third molar. Review of her medical history reveals no allergies to any medications and her mother confirmed this at the consultation. Your doctor administers Penicillin through the IV because the infection is so severe. Minutes later, you notice a rash rapidly spreading on her chest and she has wheezing

sounds. Your immediate reaction is to: ----Answers--Give this

patient IV Benadryl and IV Epinephrine if needed

The ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) classification is used for assessing patients prior to General Anesthesia as risk assessment tool. You have a patient with a history of only Hypertension (high blood pressure). The Classification

according to the ASA would be: ----Answers--ASA II

Classic symptoms of congestive heart failure include: ----

Answers--Shortness of breath and swollen ankles

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