You are evaluating a patient who was reported to you as being in a MVA and was resuscitated in the ED. Which of the following would you suspect is the cause of your finding of small “pinpoint” pupils?

A 30 year old male is brought to the ED with severe burns over 60% of his body. What is the most critical component of his evaluation and treatment?

A patient has been brought to the Emergency Department after inhaling super heated steam. The pulmonary injuries (anatomical alterations) that would be expected at the lower airways include:I.   atelectasis.II.   pulmonary edema.III.   small amount of thin/thick secretions.IV.   pharyngeal edema.

The diagnosis of myasthenia gravis may be made by all of the following, EXCEPT:

All of the following are true about myasthenia gravis, EXCEPT:

Mr. B is a patient in the burn unit with full thickness burns over his torso and arms. He is intubated and on the mechanical ventilator. Over the course of the last 24 hours, his dynamic lung compliance has been decreasing. Which of the following is recommended to use to relieve the restrictive effect of his full-thickness burns?

All of the following statements about thermal injury are true EXCEPT:

Near drowning victims will have water in their lungs because of which of the following?

A patient with a neuromuscular disorder is evaluated in the ED after reporting increasing shortness of breath and difficulty in clearing secretions. The patient was admitted to monitor any progression of symptoms or decline in respiratory function. Which of the following will be the best method to assess the adequacy of the patient’s respiratory muscle strength?

A patient has recently had a chest tube placed anteriorly in the third intercostal space and is connected to an underwater seal drainage system with suction. You observed that one of the side holes of the chest tube is outside the chest wall. Correct statements about the situation include which of the following:I. the RT should remove the chest tubeII. the tube should be clamped immediatelyIII. the chest tube should be placed in 2 cm of sterile waterIV. a tension pneumothorax will developV. a new chest tube will need to be placed