Exam Recaps: Key Medical Conditions and
Treatments ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Acute onset fever - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Malaise, referred ear pain, severe throat and
odynophagia (painful swallowing)
Peritonsillar abscess - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A collection of pus located near the
tonsils.
Positive pressure method - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Best method to remove a foreign
body in the nares.
Contraindication for irrigation of cerumen impaction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Ruptured
tympanic membrane.
Greatest pathogen concern for newborn conjunctivitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅N.
gonorrhea.
Treatment for auricular hematoma - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Needle aspiration and I&D
with pressure.
Most cost effective method for corneal abrasion - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Fluorescein.
Subconjunctival hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Bright red spot right eye for 2
days with no visual change or headache.
Treatment for subconjunctival hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Advise benign
spontaneous resolve.
Contact lens pink eye treatment pathogen - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Pseudomonas.
, Treatment for contact lens pink eye - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Moxifloxacin.
Anterior epistaxis cause - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Localized mucous trauma.
Acute anterior uveitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Right eye pain, blurred vision,
photophobia, injected conjunctiva, tearing, small irregular pupil.
Infectious mononucleosis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅15 y/o with sore throat, swollen
glands, malaise, myalgias, fever 101.3, exudate and tonsillar hypertrophy, tender posterior
cervical lymph nodes.
Laryngotracheobronchitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2 y/o with bark cough worse at
night, fever 100.4, benign posterior pharynx and wheezing.
Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis treatment failure at 5 days - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅High
dose Augmentin.
Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis finding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅URI beyond 7-10 days
worse after 5-7 days.
Complete luxation treatment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Replacement of tooth into socket.
Tooth subluxation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅No movement bleeding around the upper
portion.
Displaced nasal fracture requires OR at time of injury - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False.
Concern with a 6 y.o nosebleed x2 weeks - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Coagulation
disorder.
Insect in the ear - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Kill insect.
Treatments ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Acute onset fever - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Malaise, referred ear pain, severe throat and
odynophagia (painful swallowing)
Peritonsillar abscess - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A collection of pus located near the
tonsils.
Positive pressure method - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Best method to remove a foreign
body in the nares.
Contraindication for irrigation of cerumen impaction - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Ruptured
tympanic membrane.
Greatest pathogen concern for newborn conjunctivitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅N.
gonorrhea.
Treatment for auricular hematoma - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Needle aspiration and I&D
with pressure.
Most cost effective method for corneal abrasion - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Fluorescein.
Subconjunctival hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Bright red spot right eye for 2
days with no visual change or headache.
Treatment for subconjunctival hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Advise benign
spontaneous resolve.
Contact lens pink eye treatment pathogen - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Pseudomonas.
, Treatment for contact lens pink eye - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Moxifloxacin.
Anterior epistaxis cause - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Localized mucous trauma.
Acute anterior uveitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Right eye pain, blurred vision,
photophobia, injected conjunctiva, tearing, small irregular pupil.
Infectious mononucleosis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅15 y/o with sore throat, swollen
glands, malaise, myalgias, fever 101.3, exudate and tonsillar hypertrophy, tender posterior
cervical lymph nodes.
Laryngotracheobronchitis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅2 y/o with bark cough worse at
night, fever 100.4, benign posterior pharynx and wheezing.
Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis treatment failure at 5 days - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅High
dose Augmentin.
Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis finding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅URI beyond 7-10 days
worse after 5-7 days.
Complete luxation treatment - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Replacement of tooth into socket.
Tooth subluxation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅No movement bleeding around the upper
portion.
Displaced nasal fracture requires OR at time of injury - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False.
Concern with a 6 y.o nosebleed x2 weeks - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Coagulation
disorder.
Insect in the ear - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Kill insect.
