Emergency Medicine Questions
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How long do you asses a casualties breathing for?
What is the rate of chest compressions that should be given to an adult?
Severe and uncommon features of hypoglycaemia include:
If a casualty is breathing but unconscious what position should you put them in?
How many fingers should you use when giving CPR to an infant?
How to open airway when a spinal injury is not suspected?
How many minutes does it take for brain damage to occur?
What type of examination would you perform of an unconscious casualty?
What is the most appropriate antithyroid medication to prescribe in pregnancy for thyrotoxic storm?
How to open the airway when a spinal injury is suspected.
Investigation for cerebral oedema
Features of hypoglycaemia: blood glucose concentrations <3.3 mmol/L (cause autonomic symptoms due to the release of glucagon and adrenaline)
Ongoing confusion/reduced GCS in a paediatric patient who has been treated for DKA is concerning for the development of what?
What is the ratio of compressions for an adult?
Features of hypoglycaemia: blood glucose concentrations below <2.8 mmol/L (cause neuroglycopenic symptoms due to inadequate glucose supply to the brain)
If both ketonaemia and acidosis is resolved within 24 hrs and the patient is eating and drinking, switch insulin to watch?
the patient should be reviewed by a what, prior to discharge?
what type of hernia:through hesselbach triangle
what are the two most common causes of acute mesenteric ischemia?
what type of hernia:lateral to inferior epigastric artery