Sample Test 5

READING SUB-TEST – QUESTION PAPER: PART A

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TIME: 15 MINUTES

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Write your answers on the spaces provided on this Question Paper.

You must answer the questions within the 15-minute time limit.

One mark will be granted for each correct answer.

Answer ALL questions. Marks are NOT deducted for incorrect answers.

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Part A

TIME: 15 minutes

• Look at the four texts, A-D, in the separate Text Booklet.

• For each question, 1-20, look through the texts, A-D, to find the relevant information.

• Write your answers on the spaces provided in this Question Paper.

• Answer all the questions within the 15-minute time limit.

• Your answers should be correctly spelt.

Sedation: Questions

Questions 1-7

For each question, 1-7, decide which text (A, B, C or D) the information comes from. You may use
any letter more than once.

In which text can you find information about

1 the point at which any necessary pain relief should be given? ____________________

2 the benefits and drawbacks of specific classes of drugs? ____________________

3 financial considerations when making decisions about sedation? ____________________

4 typical procedures carried out under various sedation levels? ____________________

5 measures to be taken to ensure a patient’s stability under sedation? ____________________

6 reference to research into alternative sedative agents? ____________________

7 patients’ levels of sensory awareness when sedated? ____________________

Questions 8-14

Answer each of the questions, 8-14, with a word or short phrase from one of the texts. Each answer
may include words, numbers or both.

8 What class of drug is traditionally administered together with opioids for the purpose of
procedural sedation?

____________________________________________________________________

9 What level of sedation is appropriate for changing burns dressings?

____________________________________________________________________

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10 What is the only emergency department procedure for which it is appropriate to use
general anaesthesia?

____________________________________________________________________

11 What procedure may be carried out under dissociative sedation?

____________________________________________________________________

12 What class of drugs is unsuitable for patients who have a history of psychosis?

____________________________________________________________________

13 What opioid drug should be administered using specific equipment?

____________________________________________________________________

14 What is the maximum overall dose of Midazolam which should be given?

____________________________________________________________________

Questions 15-20

Complete each of the sentences, 15-20, with a word or short phrase from one of the texts. Each
answer may include words, numbers or both.

15 The majority of sedative drugs are administered via the _________________________.

16 General anaesthesia is the one form of sedation under which patients may have reduced

_________________________.

17 Patients under minimal sedation will react if they are given ___________________________.

18 Care should be taken when administering Etomidate to patients who are likely to have

_______________________.

19 It may be helpful to use capnography to keep track of patients’ ________________________

levels during moderate sedation.

20 Fentanyl, Morphine and Midozolam each have a ________________________, which is used to

cancel out the effects of the drug.

END OF PART A
THIS QUESTION PAPER WILL BE COLLECTED

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