Falls Post Test

1. Question

An 80-year-old suffers a fall with long lie for 6 hours. Which serum investigations reflect the likely complication from their long lie?

2. Question

Which one of these medications is most likely to predispose a patient to falls?

3. Question

A 75-year-old woman falls down from standing height and suffers a head injury. She is retrieved by an ambulance crew who assessed her as having a GCS of 14 at her home. She shows no signs of a major head injury.

Which of the following should be performed the earliest?

4. Question

Which of these is the most ideal anaesthetic for use in a fascia iliac block? (Forbes et al, 2019)

5. Question

A 50 year old patient presents to the ED after having fallen at a friend’s barbecue party. One of the many patrons called an ambulance crew for him, who found him lying on the grass fully conscious and able to stand by himself.  

His observations are as follows; SpO2 = 98%, RR = 10 breaths/min, HR = 75bpm, BP = 120/80, Temp = 36.4^oC.

GCS = 15, AMT = 10 

He feels well in himself and is independently mobile although he has persistent headache since the fall (1 hour ago) and cannot recall up to 20 minutes prior to the event. He has no evidence of a severe head injury.

Which of the following is the next most appropriate step?

6. Question

The 4AT score for assessment of delirium is comprised of which of the following compnonents?

7. Question

A 75-year-old gentleman presents to ED following a fall. You take a history from the patient and further establish the patients baseline function with a collateral history from his wife.

It has become apparent that the patient has recently required assistance with daily activities including eating and bathing himself, though has ‘good days’ where he is able of doing these independently. Otherwise his wife feels she needs to accompany him outside the house otherwise he might fall.

Which of the following would be the best description of his degree of frailty?