OMSA UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔True or false...A patient that has a history of CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting
) needs to be premedicated with antibiotics? - ✔✔False
✔✔Causes of hypotension include the following - ✔✔Excessive medication, allergic
reaction, cardiac dysrhythmias
✔✔Normal blood pressure range - ✔✔140/90
✔✔Hypertensive crisis patients may complain of? - ✔✔Headache
✔✔Treatment for a patient having a hypertensive crisis - ✔✔A beta blocker and a
vasodilator
✔✔The mnemonic for Diagnosing a stroke is: - ✔✔FAST: Face, arm, speech, time
✔✔Name the two types of strokes - ✔✔ischemic and hemorrhagic
✔✔High blood pressure may cause the patient's risk for heart attack and - ✔✔Stroke
✔✔Should patient skip their blood pressure the morning of surgery due to the fact there
are having a GA - ✔✔Patient should take medication with a sip of water
✔✔Symptoms of severe hypertension include the following - ✔✔Dizziness, Orthostatic
hypotension, fainting
✔✔True or false: Sinus arrhythmia is the same as a systole - ✔✔False
✔✔The best treatment for particular fibrillation is - ✔✔Defibrillation
✔✔The most common reason for cardiac arrest is - ✔✔Ventricular fibrillation
✔✔The T way is caused by? - ✔✔Repolarization of the ventricles
✔✔(Blank) are more dangerous than (blank) - ✔✔Multifocal PVCs; Unifocal PVCs
✔✔What is the intrinsic rate of the SA node? - ✔✔60-100 bpm
✔✔The QRS complex is caused by - ✔✔depolarization of the ventricles
, ✔✔Your patient has an Irregularly irregular pulse. She most likely has - ✔✔atrial
fibrillation
✔✔The P wave is caused by? - ✔✔depolarization of the atria
✔✔What is the correct sequence of impulses through the heart? - ✔✔SA node, AV
node, bundle of his, purkinjie fibers
✔✔The first medication for patient in ventricular fibrillation is - ✔✔Epinephrine 1 mg IV
✔✔True or false: All bradycardias rates 50 and lower should be given atropine .5 mg -
✔✔False- Some athlete have a low heart rate
✔✔True or false: Can you defibrillate Asystole (flat line) - ✔✔False
✔✔The most effective treatment for a patient in fibrillation - ✔✔Defibrillation
✔✔When performing CPR, the rate of compression is how many per minute? - ✔✔100
✔✔The second medication used in the treatment of ventricular fibrillation is: -
✔✔Amiodarone
✔✔True or false: Patience in ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) have a pulse - ✔✔False
✔✔You come upon a patient who you have determined is not breathing and has no
post. Your next move is to? - ✔✔Start chest compressions
✔✔A patient who is in a narrow complex tachycardia is complaining of chest pains. You
notice the blood pressure is falling and the patient has an altered level of
consciousness. Your next move is to: - ✔✔Sedate a patient then perform a
synchronized cardioversion
✔✔Vagal maneuver can be used to diagnosis and treatment of patients with which
rhythm? - ✔✔Supra ventricular tachycardia
✔✔The hair like projections on the cell within the trachea are called? - ✔✔Cilia
✔✔The order of airflow inside the upper respiratory system is: - ✔✔nasopharynx,
oropharynx, laryngopharynx, larynx, trachea
✔✔Gas exchange ( Where oxygen goes from the air to the blood and CO2 goes from
blood to the air) takes place in the: - ✔✔alveoli
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔True or false...A patient that has a history of CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting
) needs to be premedicated with antibiotics? - ✔✔False
✔✔Causes of hypotension include the following - ✔✔Excessive medication, allergic
reaction, cardiac dysrhythmias
✔✔Normal blood pressure range - ✔✔140/90
✔✔Hypertensive crisis patients may complain of? - ✔✔Headache
✔✔Treatment for a patient having a hypertensive crisis - ✔✔A beta blocker and a
vasodilator
✔✔The mnemonic for Diagnosing a stroke is: - ✔✔FAST: Face, arm, speech, time
✔✔Name the two types of strokes - ✔✔ischemic and hemorrhagic
✔✔High blood pressure may cause the patient's risk for heart attack and - ✔✔Stroke
✔✔Should patient skip their blood pressure the morning of surgery due to the fact there
are having a GA - ✔✔Patient should take medication with a sip of water
✔✔Symptoms of severe hypertension include the following - ✔✔Dizziness, Orthostatic
hypotension, fainting
✔✔True or false: Sinus arrhythmia is the same as a systole - ✔✔False
✔✔The best treatment for particular fibrillation is - ✔✔Defibrillation
✔✔The most common reason for cardiac arrest is - ✔✔Ventricular fibrillation
✔✔The T way is caused by? - ✔✔Repolarization of the ventricles
✔✔(Blank) are more dangerous than (blank) - ✔✔Multifocal PVCs; Unifocal PVCs
✔✔What is the intrinsic rate of the SA node? - ✔✔60-100 bpm
✔✔The QRS complex is caused by - ✔✔depolarization of the ventricles
, ✔✔Your patient has an Irregularly irregular pulse. She most likely has - ✔✔atrial
fibrillation
✔✔The P wave is caused by? - ✔✔depolarization of the atria
✔✔What is the correct sequence of impulses through the heart? - ✔✔SA node, AV
node, bundle of his, purkinjie fibers
✔✔The first medication for patient in ventricular fibrillation is - ✔✔Epinephrine 1 mg IV
✔✔True or false: All bradycardias rates 50 and lower should be given atropine .5 mg -
✔✔False- Some athlete have a low heart rate
✔✔True or false: Can you defibrillate Asystole (flat line) - ✔✔False
✔✔The most effective treatment for a patient in fibrillation - ✔✔Defibrillation
✔✔When performing CPR, the rate of compression is how many per minute? - ✔✔100
✔✔The second medication used in the treatment of ventricular fibrillation is: -
✔✔Amiodarone
✔✔True or false: Patience in ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) have a pulse - ✔✔False
✔✔You come upon a patient who you have determined is not breathing and has no
post. Your next move is to? - ✔✔Start chest compressions
✔✔A patient who is in a narrow complex tachycardia is complaining of chest pains. You
notice the blood pressure is falling and the patient has an altered level of
consciousness. Your next move is to: - ✔✔Sedate a patient then perform a
synchronized cardioversion
✔✔Vagal maneuver can be used to diagnosis and treatment of patients with which
rhythm? - ✔✔Supra ventricular tachycardia
✔✔The hair like projections on the cell within the trachea are called? - ✔✔Cilia
✔✔The order of airflow inside the upper respiratory system is: - ✔✔nasopharynx,
oropharynx, laryngopharynx, larynx, trachea
✔✔Gas exchange ( Where oxygen goes from the air to the blood and CO2 goes from
blood to the air) takes place in the: - ✔✔alveoli
