CLINICAL SIMULATION EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS 2026.

CLINICAL SIMULATION EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ breath sounds with hemothorax. Answer: diminished or absent on
affected side, possibly pleural friction rub

▶ chest xray of hemothorax. Answer: increased radiodensity, tracheal shift
away from affected side

▶ cbc with hemothorax. Answer: reduced rbc/hb/hct

▶ treatment of hemothorax. Answer: 1) thoracentesis or chest tube to
drain blood
2) oxygen
3) hyperinflation therapy
4) mechanical ventilation for acute failure

▶ past medical history of thermal injuries. Answer: fireman or patients
pulled from a burning building patients found sitting in garage with car
running, trash fires

▶ cough with thermal injuries. Answer: excessive thick, black, sooty
secretions

▶ color with thermal injuries. Answer: cherry red (suspect CO poisoning),
cyanosis

▶ loc with thermal injuries. Answer: alert, may confused, unresponsive

▶ breath sounds with thermal injuries. Answer: normal in early stages,
may present with wheezing, crackles or rhonchi, inspiratory stridor may
indicate airway obstruction