Patient Care Medical Emergencies

The term syncope refers to

Fainting

What kind of shock occurs when toxins produced during massive infection cause a dramatic drop in blood pressure?

Septic

A patient brought into the xray room informs the technologist that they feel faint and lightheaded. What is the best way to respond to the situation?

1. Call a code

2. Lie the patient on the xray table with head elevated

3. Lie the patient on the xray table with legs elevated

4. Sit the patient back in the wheelchair and get help

1. Lie the patient on the xray table with legs elevated

The medical condition ketoacidosis refers to which of the following?

1. Acute hyperglycemia

2. Acute hypertension

3. Chronic hypoglycemia

4. Chronic hypotension

1. Acute hyperglycemia

Rapid onset of severe respiratory or cardiovascular symptoms after ingestion or injection of a drug, vaccine, or contrast agent best describes what term?

Anaphylaxis

What type of shock could result from a pulmonary embolus?

Obstructive shock

What condition occurs when blood flow into or out of the heart is blocked, leading to decreased cardiac output despite a normally functioning heart muscle?

Obstructive shock

What scenario would require the use of the Heimlich maneuver?

Choking

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease resulting from a chronic disorder of _ metabolism, that may be caused by inadequate production of insulin in the pancreas.

Blood glucose

Which of the following conditions is described as an unsystematic discharge of neurons and results in a generalized disturbance of brain function?

1. Aneurysm

2. Cerebrovascular accident

3. Seizure

4. Transient ischemic attack

1. Seizure

At what point is a person at risk of irreversible brain damage if they develop cerebral hypoxia?

Less than 5 minutes

What should be administered to a patient in a diabetic coma from hyperglycemia?

Insulin

Which of the following is required for a patient who is in insulin shock but is still conscious?

1. Blood transfusion

2. Insulin injection

3. Food or liquid with salt

4. Food or liquid with sugar

1. Food or liquid with sugar