Deck 3: Critical Care Continuum

Question 1

What is the name of the hospital-wide critical care service?

A) Critical Care Outreach
B) Critical Care Steps
C) Critical Care Continuum
D) Critical Care Success

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What are the aims of critical care outreach?

A) To assess the acutely unwell person, advise the personal care team, and stabilise
B) To ensure timely referral and admission to critical care, if appropriate
C) To follow up those transfer out of critical care
D) All of these

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What is the name of the physiological track and trigger scoring system?

A) Test and trace
B) National Early Warning Score 2
C) Outreach trigger
D) HELLP

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What approach to assessing the acutely ill patient is recommended by RCUK (2015)?

A) ALI
B) SBAR
C) EWS
D) ABCDE

Question 5

What tool can be used when communicating and handing over a patient?

A) ALI
B) SBAR
C) EWS
D) ABCDE