Emergency medicine exam Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

A 68-year-old female presents to the emergency department with signs and symptoms of an acute ischemic stroke. The initial CT scan is normal. Her blood pressure is 164/105. What is the most appropriate treatment for the blood pressure of this patient? A Atenolol PO B Clonidine PO C Close monitoring D Labetolol IV E Nicardipine IV - correct answer *The Correct Answer is: C Aggressively lowering blood pressure may decrease blood flow to the ischemic tissue, thus decreasing the chances o...

what is the most common cause of heart failure? specifically left sided? right sided? Answer - -MC is CAD (coronary artery disease) -L sided: *CAD* & HTN -R sided: *L sided HF* & pulmonary dz decreased ejection fraction, thin ventricular walls, dilated LV chamber, and an S3 gallop (filling of dilated ventricle) is associated with systolic or diastolic heart failure? Answer - systolic (MC form of CHF) *(the sound is actually heard in the diastole though) -memory trick: "sys-to-lic" ...

CNPR Exam 160 Questions and Answers Already Passed!! 1. How are drugs sorted into therapeutic groups and classes? first by the conditions that they are used to treat. and then by their mechanisms of action 2. Bone marrow transplants. are a type of stem cell therapy. unless the patient's own cells are reinjected. 3. What does AMA stand for? American Medical Association 4. What section of a drug's package insert describes situations in which the drug should not be used because the risks...

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Emergency Medicine EOR Exam (2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct Q: When a patient has a laceration through the eyebrow, should you debride or shave the area? Answer: No. Conserve as much viable tissue as possible. Q: What are signs and symptoms of salicylate toxicity (ASA)? Answer: Early (1-2 hours): tinnitus, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea and hyperpnea (hyperventilation and tachypnea) resulting in respiratory alkalosis Later: altered...

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Emergency Medicine EOR Exam (2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: Patients with pericardial tamponade present with Beck's triad. What is that? Answer: muffled heart sounds distended neck veins hypotension Q: How do patients with tension pneumothorax present? Answer: hypotension, distended neck veins, absent breath sounds over affected hemithorax, tracheal deviation Q: In pericardial tamponade, the ECG may show ____as the hear...