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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Emerg Med J. 2013 Oct 24;32(3):207–213. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202590

Table 2.

Sample questions on the knowledge test of basic emergency care for physicians in Sindh, Pakistan

  1. In basic life support ABCD stand for:___________

  2. The goal of an intervention for a patient in respiratory or cardiac arrest is to: ______________

  3. A patient presents to the emergency medicine department following a head injury. She has no eye opening, an extensor motor response and no speech. Her Glasgow coma score is: _____

  4. Following trauma to the abdomen of a 24-week pregnant woman, the fetus is noted to be bradycardiac. The appropriate initial treatment for this condition is to: ___________________

  5. The appropriate rate of cardiac compression during CPR in neonate is: _____

  6. The most appropriate size endotracheal tube (calculation from age) for intubating a 20-year adult is: __________

CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.