AIR METHODS CLINICAL ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS NEWLY MODIFIED EXAM GRADED
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Tension pneumothorax treatment - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Needle
Decompression Landmark
2nd - 3rd intercostal space over the rib.
Chest tube size - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 4 x ETT size
Chest Tube insertion Landmark & positioning - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -
supine or 45 angle- abduct & externally rotate arm on affected side (arm
up & behind head).- 5th intercostal, mid-axillary line.
ETT Position - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > - 5 cm +/- 2 cm above carina- at the
level of or just below medial ends of clavicle
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CPP Formula - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > MAP - ICP = CPP
MAP Formula - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > SBP + 2(DBP) / 3 = MAP
CPP Range - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 50 - 80 mmHg
Neurogenic Shock S/S - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Recent trauma. Loss of
sympathetic tone, rapid onset hypotension... Possibly bradycardia, warm
flushed skin, potentially priapism.
Head Injury (Epidural) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > "MMA" LOC, then lucid
interval, then LOC
Head Injury (Subarachnoid Hemorrhage) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Life
Threatening, "thunderclap headache"