LEK questions: Emergency medicine, anesthesiology and intensive care
219 questions in Emergency medicine, anesthesiology and intensive care. Open a question to see the answer options and a hint.
- When is the tourniquet used? Question 1
- Indicate the true statement on positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) ventilation: Question 2
- The Doloplus-2 scale is a method of measuring pain: Question 4
- According to the guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council (2015) the target temperature of the patient under post-resuscitation care is: Question 6
- According to the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2015 the breaks for ventilation during CPR should not be longer than: Question 7
- The total dose of N-acetylcysteine used intravenously in paracetamol intoxication amounts to: Question 12
- If the victim of drowning survives 24 hours after the accident, than it is referred to as: Question 14
- A 70-year-old man was admitted to the ER because of an aggravating dyspnoe lasting 2 hours. The patient is chronically treated for diabetes and arterial hypertension… Question 15
- Instability found on the examination of the pelvis is the indication for: Question 16
- A contraindication to the intraosseous access is: Question 17
- The differential diagnostics of a sudden and strong epigastric pain, accompanied by sweating, occurring for the first time in lifetime in a 50-year-old tobacco smoker… Question 18
- Which of signs listed below is not related to acute radiation syndrome? Question 19
- Typical signs and symptoms of lung contusion include: Question 22
- Hypovolemic shock develops when the volume of blood loss exceeds: Question 23
- Which of the following shows the highest electrical resistance? Question 25
- Indicate the location where a rescuer’s hands should be placed on an adult patient while performing CPR: Question 26
- Skin infection with rapidly spreading connective tissue infection, purulent discharge from the wound, general symptoms and the formation of distant abscesses, caused by… Question 28
- Which of the following may be observed in the ECG of a patient with sudden cardiac arrest and normally working artificial ventricular pacemaker? Question 29
- Quicktrach is used for: Question 30
- Intensive care of patients after sudden cardiac arrest includes keeping: Question 31
- Multiple doses of activated charcoal should be used in poisoning with: Question 32
- Which of the following should primarily be checked if there are no normal movements of the chest during the ventilation performed with the use of a bag valve mask? Question 36
- Indicate the true sentences regarding lithium intoxication: Question 37
- Electric defibrillation should be performed during chest compression breaks for a period not longer than: Question 38
- According to the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2015 the time of immersion during drowning that is related to the bad prognosis is longer than: Question 39
- After falling off the bad a 18-month-old child was transported to the ER with head trauma. On physical examination the child actively flexes and extends their limbs… Question 41
- The so called “golden hour” to use hyperbaric oxygen in a heavy carbon monoxide poisoning is: Question 42
- The signs of neurogenic shock include: Question 43
- A 38-week-pregnant woman had sudden cardiac arrest. Which of the following will have priority? Question 44
- The use of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP): Question 45
- Which of the following scales refers to the possibility to visualize particular structures (including the glottis) in direct laryngoscopy? Question 46
- Which of the following traumas may be an indication for immediate thoracotomy at the emergency department? Question 47
- Assessment of the patient according to the ABCDE scheme is aimed at: Question 49
- What size of an uncuffed endotracheal tube should be used for intubation of a 2-year-old child? Question 50
- Indicate the lowest systolic blood pressure allowing to find the carotid pulse: Question 52
- “This type of burn involves the full thickness of the epidermis and partially of the dermis. However, it does not extends below the dermis. The skin at the site of the… Question 53
- A patient with an implanted pacemaker fainted in the street. The arriving emergency team diagnosed cardiac arrest and the ECG monitor showed ventricular fibrillation… Question 54
- An ambulance team was called for an unconscious man, aged about 35, who had been at a music club with his friends. His companions reported that they had come to the… Question 55
- Indicate the true statement concerning the resuscitation of obese patients: Question 56
- A compression of the sternum during heart massage in an infant is performed with: Question 57
- The standard diagnostic procedure in a patient with multiorgan trauma should include: Question 58
- Hospitalization is recommended in the case of: Question 61
- Indicate the true statements regarding hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT): Question 65
- Which of the following medications is the safest in pregnant women? Question 66
- A resuscitation performed in an obese person can be difficult because of: Question 68
- Indicate the true statement concerning the use of automated external defibrillator (AED): Question 70
- Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation should be continued until: Question 71
- Indicate the true sentences regarding PBLS: Question 73
- The Mallampati classification is used to predict the difficulties in endotracheal intubation. What class according to this classification is assigned to the situation… Question 75
- Indicate the false statement concerning the electric stun gun (taser): Question 76