MS Quiz #5: First Aid, Emergency Care &
Disaster Management
Stridor - Answers -A patient is present with signs of severe airway obstruction. What
term accurately describes the high-pitched noise when the patient is exhibiting
inhalation?
Do nothing at this point as long as air is exchanged - Answers -Standing in a fast food
line, the person in front, while munching on a cookie, begins to cough heavily, takes
deep inspirations and waves his arms around wildly. What should the nurse's first action
be?
Call for assistance - Answers -What is the initial intervention for an unconscious patient
who is not breathing according to one-person CPR principles, as taught and practiced
by a professional nurse?
4 minutes - Answers -While ambulating, a patient gasps and drops to the floor
unconscious with no pulse or respiration. When is the nurse aware that brain cells begin
to die?
Past illness - Answers -A nurse follows the protocol of SAMPLE when speaking to a
victim of a fall in the parking lot of the hospital. What does the P stand for?
"Sit down on a solid surface, lean your heard forward so you don't choke on the blood,
and pinch your nose shut for at least 10 minutes" - Answers -What instructions should
the nurse provide for immediate treatment for epistaxis?
Sensory deficits - Answers -Which condition may complicate the assessment of an older
adult patient with a suspected head injury?
It is expected to demonstrate the same skill, knowledge, and care that would be
provided by other nurses in the same community with the same credentials - Answers -
A nurse is called on to assist a neighbor who needs first aid. What should the nurse
know is the legal responsibility for this action?
Good Samaritan Law - Answers -A nurse comes upon a traffic accident where injured,
unconscious people are lying on the highway. What should the nurse be aware of
regarding the sanctioning of first aid interventions in this scenario?
Obtain an emergency treatment kit - Answers -What will the nurse giving discharge
instructions to a patient who is severely allergic to insect stings caution the patient to
do?
Disaster Management
Stridor - Answers -A patient is present with signs of severe airway obstruction. What
term accurately describes the high-pitched noise when the patient is exhibiting
inhalation?
Do nothing at this point as long as air is exchanged - Answers -Standing in a fast food
line, the person in front, while munching on a cookie, begins to cough heavily, takes
deep inspirations and waves his arms around wildly. What should the nurse's first action
be?
Call for assistance - Answers -What is the initial intervention for an unconscious patient
who is not breathing according to one-person CPR principles, as taught and practiced
by a professional nurse?
4 minutes - Answers -While ambulating, a patient gasps and drops to the floor
unconscious with no pulse or respiration. When is the nurse aware that brain cells begin
to die?
Past illness - Answers -A nurse follows the protocol of SAMPLE when speaking to a
victim of a fall in the parking lot of the hospital. What does the P stand for?
"Sit down on a solid surface, lean your heard forward so you don't choke on the blood,
and pinch your nose shut for at least 10 minutes" - Answers -What instructions should
the nurse provide for immediate treatment for epistaxis?
Sensory deficits - Answers -Which condition may complicate the assessment of an older
adult patient with a suspected head injury?
It is expected to demonstrate the same skill, knowledge, and care that would be
provided by other nurses in the same community with the same credentials - Answers -
A nurse is called on to assist a neighbor who needs first aid. What should the nurse
know is the legal responsibility for this action?
Good Samaritan Law - Answers -A nurse comes upon a traffic accident where injured,
unconscious people are lying on the highway. What should the nurse be aware of
regarding the sanctioning of first aid interventions in this scenario?
Obtain an emergency treatment kit - Answers -What will the nurse giving discharge
instructions to a patient who is severely allergic to insect stings caution the patient to
do?
