Exam category: Patient Care → Medical Emergencies
Why it matters: You are often the only healthcare worker in the room when a patient's condition turns. The exam tests recognition and first response: naming what is happening, and knowing which action comes first.
Most emergency questions are built the same way. A stem gives you a patient, a set of signs, and asks either what the condition is or what you do next. You are not expected to treat the patient definitively. You are expected to recognize the problem, stop what you are doing, protect the patient from further harm, and get qualified help.
When you find a patient unresponsive, the first step is to confirm unresponsiveness and call for help, not to start treatment. Checking first tells you which emergency you have; calling brings the code team while you work.
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You walk into the imaging room and find a patient slumped and unresponsive. What do you do first?
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