CPEN Review - Practice Test Questions & Answers Rated
Correctly 100%
Priority intervention for epiglottitis
Prepare for emergency airway
Suspicion for neglect in school-age children
Antisocial behaviors
Rubeola (measles) S/S
High fever, Koplik spots (white patches, not lesions)
Rubella S/S
No/low fever, sore throat, no oral lesions
Varicella S/S
Chicken pox, slight fever, no oral lesions
Coxsackie
Hand/foot/mouth, low-grade fever, vesicles
Heat stroke interventions
Aggressive cooling to 38 degrees, continuous core temperature monitoring; antipyretics
can increase liver injury or coagulation disorders
Phimosis
Inability to retract foreskin
Paraphimosis
Retracted foreskin becomes entrapped and occludes blood flow to the glans; treatment
includes sedation, local block, ice, gentle manual traction
Vascular headache
Throbbing pain, vision changes, nausea, vomiting, photophobia
Inflammatory headache
Neck stiffness, fever, altered level of consciousness
Structural headache
Drowsiness, nausea, focal neurological defecits
Ectopic pregnancy S/S
Non-specific abdominal and/or pelvic pain, referred shoulder pain
CO poisoning
Headache, nausea, dizziness, change in judgment
Do not use lidocaine with epinephrine on...
Fingers, toes, penis, ears
Orbital cellulitis
Acute inflammation involving posterior eye structures; causes fever, pain, swelling, and
impaired extra-ocular movement; may need topical antibiotics
Periorbital cellulitis
Acute inflammation involving eyelid; may need topical antibiotics
Larynx fracture
Shortness of breath, bruising, abrasions, swelling, subcutaneous emphysema; main
causes are MVA, strangulation, and trauma; need airway
Pediatric assessment triangle
Appearance, work of breathing, circulation
Correctly 100%
Priority intervention for epiglottitis
Prepare for emergency airway
Suspicion for neglect in school-age children
Antisocial behaviors
Rubeola (measles) S/S
High fever, Koplik spots (white patches, not lesions)
Rubella S/S
No/low fever, sore throat, no oral lesions
Varicella S/S
Chicken pox, slight fever, no oral lesions
Coxsackie
Hand/foot/mouth, low-grade fever, vesicles
Heat stroke interventions
Aggressive cooling to 38 degrees, continuous core temperature monitoring; antipyretics
can increase liver injury or coagulation disorders
Phimosis
Inability to retract foreskin
Paraphimosis
Retracted foreskin becomes entrapped and occludes blood flow to the glans; treatment
includes sedation, local block, ice, gentle manual traction
Vascular headache
Throbbing pain, vision changes, nausea, vomiting, photophobia
Inflammatory headache
Neck stiffness, fever, altered level of consciousness
Structural headache
Drowsiness, nausea, focal neurological defecits
Ectopic pregnancy S/S
Non-specific abdominal and/or pelvic pain, referred shoulder pain
CO poisoning
Headache, nausea, dizziness, change in judgment
Do not use lidocaine with epinephrine on...
Fingers, toes, penis, ears
Orbital cellulitis
Acute inflammation involving posterior eye structures; causes fever, pain, swelling, and
impaired extra-ocular movement; may need topical antibiotics
Periorbital cellulitis
Acute inflammation involving eyelid; may need topical antibiotics
Larynx fracture
Shortness of breath, bruising, abrasions, swelling, subcutaneous emphysema; main
causes are MVA, strangulation, and trauma; need airway
Pediatric assessment triangle
Appearance, work of breathing, circulation
