BKAT ICU EXAM 2026 INTENSIVE CARE
ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ 68 year old complains of feeling a little funny in his chest and ecg
shows afib/flutter. what medication should be used to treat?
Answer: diltizepam
◉ qrs complex longer that .12 indicates Answer: bundle branch
block
◉ care should be excercised when administering IV dopamine
becuase? Answer: infiltration leads to tissue necrosis
◉ strong ventricular stimulus is potentially dangerous when it lands
where Answer: t wave
◉ indication for use of external cardiac pacemaker includes Answer:
symptomatic complete heart block
◉ initial durg treatment for sustained ventricular tachycardia when
a pulse is present Answer: amiodarone 150mgIV bolus over 10
minutes
, ◉ patient become apneic and pulseless . the monitor shows asytole.
the drug used initially? Answer: epineprhine
◉ antidote for heparin Answer: protamine sulfate
◉ most improatnt step in preventing central venous related sepsis is
Answer: thorough handwashing
◉ excessive amount of chest tube drainage during the first few
hours following surgery is how many ml/hr Answer: 150
◉ ph 7.4, pO2 98, pco2 38, HCO3 25 --? what is this Answer: normal
values (22-28 HCO3, 35-45 PCO2 normal)
◉ before sucitioning a patient, you should adjust the vacuum
pressure so that it is Answer: 120mmHg of __ pressure
◉ your post op patient has left anterior chest tube. Whn you
ausculatate the lung fields bilaterally you hear dminshed breath
sounds in the right posterior base. THis is most likely due to?
Answer: atelectasis
ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ 68 year old complains of feeling a little funny in his chest and ecg
shows afib/flutter. what medication should be used to treat?
Answer: diltizepam
◉ qrs complex longer that .12 indicates Answer: bundle branch
block
◉ care should be excercised when administering IV dopamine
becuase? Answer: infiltration leads to tissue necrosis
◉ strong ventricular stimulus is potentially dangerous when it lands
where Answer: t wave
◉ indication for use of external cardiac pacemaker includes Answer:
symptomatic complete heart block
◉ initial durg treatment for sustained ventricular tachycardia when
a pulse is present Answer: amiodarone 150mgIV bolus over 10
minutes
, ◉ patient become apneic and pulseless . the monitor shows asytole.
the drug used initially? Answer: epineprhine
◉ antidote for heparin Answer: protamine sulfate
◉ most improatnt step in preventing central venous related sepsis is
Answer: thorough handwashing
◉ excessive amount of chest tube drainage during the first few
hours following surgery is how many ml/hr Answer: 150
◉ ph 7.4, pO2 98, pco2 38, HCO3 25 --? what is this Answer: normal
values (22-28 HCO3, 35-45 PCO2 normal)
◉ before sucitioning a patient, you should adjust the vacuum
pressure so that it is Answer: 120mmHg of __ pressure
◉ your post op patient has left anterior chest tube. Whn you
ausculatate the lung fields bilaterally you hear dminshed breath
sounds in the right posterior base. THis is most likely due to?
Answer: atelectasis
