उत्तरों सहित मेड-सर्ज: हृदय-संवहनी और श्वसन वर्कशीट

How should glyceryl trinitrate (nitroglycerin) sublingual tablets be stored?

1. AIn their original container, away from heat and light
2. BIn direct sunlight on the windowsill
3. CLoose in a pocket or a plastic pill box for easy access
4. DIn the fridge, mixed in one bottle with their other tablets

Which cardiac arrest rhythms are shockable?

1. AAsystole and pulseless electrical activity with a slow rate
2. BAtrial fibrillation and atrial flutter
3. CVentricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia
4. DSinus rhythm and sinus tachycardia with a normal pulse

Which organism causes tuberculosis?

1. APseudomonas aeruginosa
2. BMycobacterium tuberculosis
3. CCorynebacterium diphtheriae
4. DStaphylococcus aureus

Which investigation is most often used to confirm a pulmonary embolism?

1. ACT pulmonary angiography
2. BPeak flow measurement
3. CSputum culture
4. DAbdominal ultrasound

A patient with COPD is prescribed long-term oxygen therapy. How many hours a day is it usually needed to improve survival?

1. AOnly when walking outside
2. BOnly during meals
3. CAt least 15 hours a day
4. DAbout one hour each morning

पहले से भरी सिरिंज से त्वचा के नीचे एनॉक्सापैरिन कैसे दी जानी चाहिए?

1. Aडेल्टॉइड पेशी में, पहले हवा का बुलबुला निकालकर
2. Bकैन्युला के ज़रिए तेज़ अंतःशिरा बोलस के रूप में
3. Cहर दिन पेट की एक ही जगह पर, फिर मालिश करके
4. Dपेट में, हवा का बुलबुला भीतर छोड़कर, बिना रगड़े

A patient with a COPD exacerbation has been on NIV for two hours. They are now more drowsy, and the pH has fallen further despite a good mask fit. What should the nurse do?

1. AContinue NIV unchanged and repeat the blood gas tomorrow morning
2. BEscalate urgently for review of intubation or a ceiling of care
3. CGive a sedative to help the patient tolerate the mask
4. DRemove the mask and give nebulised bronchodilators only from now on

Shortly after a thoracentesis, a patient becomes breathless with sharp chest pain and reduced breath sounds on the same side. What complication is most likely?

1. APneumothorax
2. BInfection at the puncture site
3. CRe-accumulation of the effusion
4. DPulmonary embolism from the leg