UPMC CRITICAL CARE CLASS EXAM WITH ALL
CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
What makes up Beck's Triad? (tamponade) Correct answer-JVD, hypotension, muffled heart sounds
What lab value is the best measure of kidney function? Correct answer-GFR (glomerular filtration
rate, 80-140)
what is the Bohr effect? Correct answer-Increased PaO2 levels decrease hemoglobin's affinity for
CO2
What is the major cause of Diastolic Heart Failure? Correct answer-Hypertension
What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy? Correct answer-dilated cardiomyopathy
What is the calculation for cardiac output (CO)? Correct answer-heart rate - stroke volume
Where are the central/art lines leveled to? Correct answer-phlebostatic axis, R atrium
Why do patients need arterial lines? Correct answer-Frequent ABGs and blood pressure
monitoring
What wave form could be a medical emergency, in life a-migrates? Correct answer-Pulmonary
artery wedge waveform --> cough up blood
5 essential substances needed to treat DKA Correct answer-PIG in the Ocean
fluids: ocean, potassium, insulin, glucose
Glasgow coma scale - what 3 behaviors tested? Correct answer-eye opening, best verbal response,
best motor response
15 = best
3 = worst
Equation for CPP Correct answer-CPP = MAP - ICP
Cushing's Triad Correct answer-HTN, bradycardia, widening pulse pressure
What life-saving mediation do you administer for malignant hypertension? Correct answer-
Dantrolene
Medications that can cause malignant hyperthermia? Correct answer-succinylcholine, inhaled
anesthetics
List 4 components of the 3-hour bundle Correct answer-CALF
Blood Culture
Broad spectrum abx
initial lactate level
fluid bolus
Treatment for neurogenic shock Correct answer-LOW AND SLOW
Four H's
CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS (UPDATED TO PASS)
What makes up Beck's Triad? (tamponade) Correct answer-JVD, hypotension, muffled heart sounds
What lab value is the best measure of kidney function? Correct answer-GFR (glomerular filtration
rate, 80-140)
what is the Bohr effect? Correct answer-Increased PaO2 levels decrease hemoglobin's affinity for
CO2
What is the major cause of Diastolic Heart Failure? Correct answer-Hypertension
What is the most common form of cardiomyopathy? Correct answer-dilated cardiomyopathy
What is the calculation for cardiac output (CO)? Correct answer-heart rate - stroke volume
Where are the central/art lines leveled to? Correct answer-phlebostatic axis, R atrium
Why do patients need arterial lines? Correct answer-Frequent ABGs and blood pressure
monitoring
What wave form could be a medical emergency, in life a-migrates? Correct answer-Pulmonary
artery wedge waveform --> cough up blood
5 essential substances needed to treat DKA Correct answer-PIG in the Ocean
fluids: ocean, potassium, insulin, glucose
Glasgow coma scale - what 3 behaviors tested? Correct answer-eye opening, best verbal response,
best motor response
15 = best
3 = worst
Equation for CPP Correct answer-CPP = MAP - ICP
Cushing's Triad Correct answer-HTN, bradycardia, widening pulse pressure
What life-saving mediation do you administer for malignant hypertension? Correct answer-
Dantrolene
Medications that can cause malignant hyperthermia? Correct answer-succinylcholine, inhaled
anesthetics
List 4 components of the 3-hour bundle Correct answer-CALF
Blood Culture
Broad spectrum abx
initial lactate level
fluid bolus
Treatment for neurogenic shock Correct answer-LOW AND SLOW
Four H's
