Deck 11: Clinical Reasoning, Problem-Solving and Triage

Question 1

Refers to the critical faculty of discernment, good sense or an opinion or estimate:

A) Decision
B) Judgement
C) Clinical care
D) All are correct

Answer 1

Judgement

Question 2

In a pre-hospital setting, what is the focus of clinical reasoning of paramedics and emergency nurses?

A) Decision-making
B) Problem-solving
C) Classical thinking
D) All are correct

Answer 2

Problem-solving

Question 3

Types of theories concerned with understanding how individuals actually make judgements and decisions:

A) Normative theories
B) Descriptive theories
C) Prescriptive theories
D) All are correct

Answer 3

Descriptive theories

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT considered a general handover risk?

A) Seniority of staff
B) Discontinuity of patient care
C) Healthcare professional fatigue
D) High standard of documentation

Question 5

There are three interconnected elements in terms of clinical judgement and decision-making made by paramedics in relation to mental illness. All of the following are the elements, except for:

A) Contextual
B) Practice
C) Transactional
D) Mediating

Question 6

What is the underpinning philosophy of triage?

A) Utilitarian
B) Egalitarian
C) Utilitarian & Egalitarian
D) All are correct

Question 7

What triage code are you going to classify a client with life-threatening conditions?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 8

When gathering, documenting and communicating information, there are important aspects to consider, which include:

A) Timeliness
B) Subjectivity
C) Opinion
D) All are correct

Question 9

What triage code is rendered for a time-based non-urgent scenario?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Question 10

An act or process of deciding a conclusion or other future action after consideration:

A) Timeliness
B) Decision
C) Acting
D) All are correct

Question 11

Paramedics typically use an emergency model approach to patient assessment. Which of the following is not a major step in the emergency model?

A) Diagnosis
B) Physical examination
C) Vital signs survey
D) Primary survey

Question 12

The ability to understand another person's experiences and convey that sense of understanding is:

A) Projection
B) Humanism
C) Empathy
D) Sympathy

Question 13

The philosophical underpinnings of triage are utilitarian and egalitarian. Under normal conditions where sufficient resources are available to manage the number of patients triage is egalitarian: