RELIAS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXAM ACTUAL
EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+||
BRAND NEW!
Role of the emergency room - ANSWER: provide emergency care, public health
survalliance and emergensy disaster prepardness
Critical access hospitals are? - ANSWER: small rural hpsitals with less than 25 bed in
which provide emergency care 7 days a week.
Emergency room enviorment - ANSWER: faced, ever changing, choatic, lots of
activity and many interuptions
Demographics of a ED - ANSWER: broad spectrum- see people of all ages, sickness,
cultures ect.
- average age is about 36
Demographics ED: what are the most common reasons people come to ED? -
ANSWER: Abdominal pain
-chest pain
- breathing difficulty
-injuries ( especially falls of olde radult)
- headache
-fever
-pain ( the most common symptoms)
Demographic: special populations - ANSWER: safety net - non insured
Frequent flyers
drug seekers
Homeless/poor
crime victims
poor compliance with chronic condidtion ( elderly)
Special Nursing teams in the ED: - ANSWER: Forensic nurse examiners: they are
specially trained to deal with evidence from rape or crime victim.
- obtain histoories, colect evidence, offer counculing, fallow up develop escape
plane, safety plan, photgraph eveidence, testify in court, (SANE or SAFE)
Psychiatric crsisis nure team:
nurses that teal with mental illness associated with acute illness. also there to help
family cope with there is a sudden illness or death.
Interplanetary team members: Pre hospital - ANSWER: Pre- hospital care providers:
first caregivers that patient have before EMT and transfer to hospital
, EMT- offer basic life support such as 02, wound care, imobilzation, vital sign
monitoring. Soe drugs AED,
Paramedics- for people that need more care than BLS- which need ALS- cardiac
monior, advance airway- incubation, IV, and drgs in route to ed
** these people are critical for informationand communication about what occures.
Interdisaplanary team: Physicians - ANSWER: these are specialized physicians, NP,
PAS in ED medicine
Interdispinalry team SUPPORT STAFF - ANSWER: radiology, ultrasound respiratory
therapist, lab techs, social workers, nursing assistants, clerical staff.
what should a hand off of patient information include? - ANSWER: Situation
background/history
assessment and diagnostic finding
Trasmission based percuastions
interventions
response to intervention
* use SBAR format- for good clear communication.
Best practice for patient and staff safety in the ED: - ANSWER: Patient Identification:
ID bracelets, two patient identifiers, if ID unknow use a special identification system
Injury prevention: Rails up on stretcher, in low position, remind patient to use call
light for assitance, reorientate the confused, have someone sit with the confused,
implement skin protection for high risk break down
Risk for errors and adverse events: get thro patient history, check alert bracelets,
search patient belongings for dangeouse stuff
Injury prevention for staff: standard percautions at all times, anticpate hostile
behavior, plan options for violence including assitance from security department
Staff safety in ed- what to always use and what to be prepared for and how? -
ANSWER: - Standard percuation at all time ( lots blood and bodily fluid)
- be prepared for hostile patients at all times ( have escape route and de-escaltation
startagies in place)
_* ed usualy has security and metal detectors, panic buttons
Patient safety ED: sommon safety issues? - ANSWER: falls, patient identification, skin
break down, high risk for medical errors and adverse events
EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|ALREADY GRADED A+||
BRAND NEW!
Role of the emergency room - ANSWER: provide emergency care, public health
survalliance and emergensy disaster prepardness
Critical access hospitals are? - ANSWER: small rural hpsitals with less than 25 bed in
which provide emergency care 7 days a week.
Emergency room enviorment - ANSWER: faced, ever changing, choatic, lots of
activity and many interuptions
Demographics of a ED - ANSWER: broad spectrum- see people of all ages, sickness,
cultures ect.
- average age is about 36
Demographics ED: what are the most common reasons people come to ED? -
ANSWER: Abdominal pain
-chest pain
- breathing difficulty
-injuries ( especially falls of olde radult)
- headache
-fever
-pain ( the most common symptoms)
Demographic: special populations - ANSWER: safety net - non insured
Frequent flyers
drug seekers
Homeless/poor
crime victims
poor compliance with chronic condidtion ( elderly)
Special Nursing teams in the ED: - ANSWER: Forensic nurse examiners: they are
specially trained to deal with evidence from rape or crime victim.
- obtain histoories, colect evidence, offer counculing, fallow up develop escape
plane, safety plan, photgraph eveidence, testify in court, (SANE or SAFE)
Psychiatric crsisis nure team:
nurses that teal with mental illness associated with acute illness. also there to help
family cope with there is a sudden illness or death.
Interplanetary team members: Pre hospital - ANSWER: Pre- hospital care providers:
first caregivers that patient have before EMT and transfer to hospital
, EMT- offer basic life support such as 02, wound care, imobilzation, vital sign
monitoring. Soe drugs AED,
Paramedics- for people that need more care than BLS- which need ALS- cardiac
monior, advance airway- incubation, IV, and drgs in route to ed
** these people are critical for informationand communication about what occures.
Interdisaplanary team: Physicians - ANSWER: these are specialized physicians, NP,
PAS in ED medicine
Interdispinalry team SUPPORT STAFF - ANSWER: radiology, ultrasound respiratory
therapist, lab techs, social workers, nursing assistants, clerical staff.
what should a hand off of patient information include? - ANSWER: Situation
background/history
assessment and diagnostic finding
Trasmission based percuastions
interventions
response to intervention
* use SBAR format- for good clear communication.
Best practice for patient and staff safety in the ED: - ANSWER: Patient Identification:
ID bracelets, two patient identifiers, if ID unknow use a special identification system
Injury prevention: Rails up on stretcher, in low position, remind patient to use call
light for assitance, reorientate the confused, have someone sit with the confused,
implement skin protection for high risk break down
Risk for errors and adverse events: get thro patient history, check alert bracelets,
search patient belongings for dangeouse stuff
Injury prevention for staff: standard percautions at all times, anticpate hostile
behavior, plan options for violence including assitance from security department
Staff safety in ed- what to always use and what to be prepared for and how? -
ANSWER: - Standard percuation at all time ( lots blood and bodily fluid)
- be prepared for hostile patients at all times ( have escape route and de-escaltation
startagies in place)
_* ed usualy has security and metal detectors, panic buttons
Patient safety ED: sommon safety issues? - ANSWER: falls, patient identification, skin
break down, high risk for medical errors and adverse events
