OMSA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Your patient arrives for a 1:30 pm surgery and admits he had a sip of water at
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1:00pm so he has been NPO for only 30 mins. You tell him: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-its ok to proceed but we must wait 1.5 hours | | | | | | | | |
There are two main categories of local anesthesia used in dentistry. The most
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common category of local anesthetic used in oral surgery is an: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Amide
You have a 68 yo male pt who has a history of HTN. He has a heart attack awhile
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back. When he had the heart attack he states he had an angioplasty with one
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stent placed. He's really anxious and wants sedation for his ext's. Which
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anesthetic agent would you want to avoid? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ketamine
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A patient is displaying stridor intraoperatively. You have terminated the surgery,
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packed off the site, suctioned the back of the throat, repositioned the airway,
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pushed on the chest to listen for a "huff", and the patient continue to be
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symptomatic. Which drug would you consider giving? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Succinylcholine
The QRS complex in the EKG represents: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ventricluar
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depolarization
, The correct sequence of airflow from the nose to the lungs is: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Nose, nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, trachea, lungs | | | | |
Ketamine can cause hallucinations. The best drug to give along with Ketamine, to
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reduce these unwanted side effects is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Versed
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Insulin dosage for a type 1 diabetic who is NPO the morning of surgery - CORRECT
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|ANSWER✔✔-half the normal dose of insulin | | | | |
Insulin converts Glucose to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-glycogen
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A patient has stopped breathing. What is the main primary physiological
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mechanism that will restart this patient's breathing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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excess of carbon dioxide (CO2)
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The P wave in the EKG represents: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Atrial depolarization
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Artery that you want to avoid in the antecubital fossa is? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Brachial artery |
the normal pathway of the conducting system in the heart is the following: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, Purkinjie fibers
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Drugs given to patients are usually excreted from the body after they leave which
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organ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kidney
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ANSWERS
Your patient arrives for a 1:30 pm surgery and admits he had a sip of water at
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1:00pm so he has been NPO for only 30 mins. You tell him: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-its ok to proceed but we must wait 1.5 hours | | | | | | | | |
There are two main categories of local anesthesia used in dentistry. The most
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common category of local anesthetic used in oral surgery is an: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Amide
You have a 68 yo male pt who has a history of HTN. He has a heart attack awhile
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back. When he had the heart attack he states he had an angioplasty with one
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
stent placed. He's really anxious and wants sedation for his ext's. Which
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anesthetic agent would you want to avoid? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ketamine
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A patient is displaying stridor intraoperatively. You have terminated the surgery,
| | | | | | | | | | |
packed off the site, suctioned the back of the throat, repositioned the airway,
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
pushed on the chest to listen for a "huff", and the patient continue to be
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symptomatic. Which drug would you consider giving? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Succinylcholine
The QRS complex in the EKG represents: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ventricluar
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depolarization
, The correct sequence of airflow from the nose to the lungs is: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Nose, nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, trachea, lungs | | | | |
Ketamine can cause hallucinations. The best drug to give along with Ketamine, to
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reduce these unwanted side effects is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Versed
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Insulin dosage for a type 1 diabetic who is NPO the morning of surgery - CORRECT
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|ANSWER✔✔-half the normal dose of insulin | | | | |
Insulin converts Glucose to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-glycogen
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A patient has stopped breathing. What is the main primary physiological
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mechanism that will restart this patient's breathing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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excess of carbon dioxide (CO2)
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The P wave in the EKG represents: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Atrial depolarization
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Artery that you want to avoid in the antecubital fossa is? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Brachial artery |
the normal pathway of the conducting system in the heart is the following: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, Purkinjie fibers
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Drugs given to patients are usually excreted from the body after they leave which
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organ? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Kidney
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