SCRIBEAMERICA ED CORE MAIN EXAM SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔urinary tract infection (UTI) - ✔✔bladder infection
✔✔pyelonephritis (pyelo) - ✔✔kidney infection
✔✔renal calculi - ✔✔kidney stones
✔✔chronic renal failure (CRF) or end stage renal disease (ESRD) - ✔✔"i'm on dialysis"
✔✔benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) - ✔✔enlarged prostate
✔✔gravida - ✔✔total number of times patient has been pregnant
✔✔para - ✔✔number of pregnancies reaching viable gestational age (23 weeks) that
the patient has had
✔✔abortus - ✔✔total number of miscarriages or elective abortions
✔✔hemorrhagic CVA - ✔✔brain bleed
✔✔ischemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA) - ✔✔stroke
✔✔transient ischemic attack (TIA) - ✔✔mini-stroke
✔✔history of seizures - ✔✔you write this when patient says seizures
✔✔bipolar disorder - ✔✔you write this when patient says bipolar
✔✔ETOH abuse - ✔✔you write this when patient says "i drink alot"
✔✔substance abuse - ✔✔"i do drugs"
✔✔deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - ✔✔"blood clot in my leg"
✔✔aortic aneurysm - ✔✔"bulge in my aorta"
✔✔peripheral neuropathy - ✔✔"numbness in my legs"
✔✔chronic lower back pain - ✔✔you write this when patient says lower back pain
, ✔✔degenerative disc disease (DDD) - ✔✔you write this when a patient says bulging or
herniated disc
✔✔osteoarthritis (OA) - ✔✔you write this when patient says arthritis
✔✔osteoporosis - ✔✔you write this when pt says weak or fragile bones
✔✔status-post surgical resection - ✔✔cut out cancer
✔✔in remission - ✔✔cancer is gone
✔✔tonsillectomy - ✔✔tonsils removed
✔✔adenoidectomy - ✔✔adenoids removed
✔✔pressure equalizing (P.E.) Tubes - ✔✔Ear tubes
✔✔coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) - ✔✔heart bypass
✔✔coronary stents - ✔✔stents
✔✔cardiac catheterization - ✔✔heart cath
✔✔angioplasty - ✔✔balloon
✔✔valve repair or replacement - ✔✔valve surgery
✔✔pacemaker - ✔✔pacer
✔✔automatic implanted cardiac defibrillator (AICD) - ✔✔defibrillator
✔✔afib s/p cardiac ablation - ✔✔surgery for afib
✔✔mastectomy - ✔✔breast removal
✔✔tracheostomy - ✔✔hole in neck
✔✔partial lobectomy - ✔✔part of lung removed
✔✔appendectomy - ✔✔appendix removed
✔✔cholecystectomy - ✔✔gallbladder removed
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔urinary tract infection (UTI) - ✔✔bladder infection
✔✔pyelonephritis (pyelo) - ✔✔kidney infection
✔✔renal calculi - ✔✔kidney stones
✔✔chronic renal failure (CRF) or end stage renal disease (ESRD) - ✔✔"i'm on dialysis"
✔✔benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) - ✔✔enlarged prostate
✔✔gravida - ✔✔total number of times patient has been pregnant
✔✔para - ✔✔number of pregnancies reaching viable gestational age (23 weeks) that
the patient has had
✔✔abortus - ✔✔total number of miscarriages or elective abortions
✔✔hemorrhagic CVA - ✔✔brain bleed
✔✔ischemic cerebrovascular accident (CVA) - ✔✔stroke
✔✔transient ischemic attack (TIA) - ✔✔mini-stroke
✔✔history of seizures - ✔✔you write this when patient says seizures
✔✔bipolar disorder - ✔✔you write this when patient says bipolar
✔✔ETOH abuse - ✔✔you write this when patient says "i drink alot"
✔✔substance abuse - ✔✔"i do drugs"
✔✔deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - ✔✔"blood clot in my leg"
✔✔aortic aneurysm - ✔✔"bulge in my aorta"
✔✔peripheral neuropathy - ✔✔"numbness in my legs"
✔✔chronic lower back pain - ✔✔you write this when patient says lower back pain
, ✔✔degenerative disc disease (DDD) - ✔✔you write this when a patient says bulging or
herniated disc
✔✔osteoarthritis (OA) - ✔✔you write this when patient says arthritis
✔✔osteoporosis - ✔✔you write this when pt says weak or fragile bones
✔✔status-post surgical resection - ✔✔cut out cancer
✔✔in remission - ✔✔cancer is gone
✔✔tonsillectomy - ✔✔tonsils removed
✔✔adenoidectomy - ✔✔adenoids removed
✔✔pressure equalizing (P.E.) Tubes - ✔✔Ear tubes
✔✔coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) - ✔✔heart bypass
✔✔coronary stents - ✔✔stents
✔✔cardiac catheterization - ✔✔heart cath
✔✔angioplasty - ✔✔balloon
✔✔valve repair or replacement - ✔✔valve surgery
✔✔pacemaker - ✔✔pacer
✔✔automatic implanted cardiac defibrillator (AICD) - ✔✔defibrillator
✔✔afib s/p cardiac ablation - ✔✔surgery for afib
✔✔mastectomy - ✔✔breast removal
✔✔tracheostomy - ✔✔hole in neck
✔✔partial lobectomy - ✔✔part of lung removed
✔✔appendectomy - ✔✔appendix removed
✔✔cholecystectomy - ✔✔gallbladder removed
