2025/2026 OMSA certification practice test exam
A patient has been sedated for a tooth extraction in your office. While the patient is
under general anesthesia the patient starts to vomit. The correct sequence of treatment
for this patient is: - CORRECT ANSWER-Roll this patient on the right side, suction, and
full face mask oxygen.
A patient is displaying straighter intraoperative Lee. You have terminated the surgery,
packed off the site, suction the back of the throat, reposition the airway, push on the
chest to listen for a huff, and the patient continues to be symptomatic. Which drug would
you consider administering? - CORRECT ANSWER-Succinylcholine
The doctor ask you to assess the patient's ventilation. The things you look at include
watching the rise and fall of the chess and looking at the - CORRECT ANSWEROxygen saturation and entitle CO2 (capnograph)
The ASA classification is used for assessing patients prior to general anesthesia as a
risk assessment tool. Do you have a patient with a history of only hypertension. The
classification of corn to the ASA would be - CORRECT ANSWER-ASA 2
Your patient is an 82-year-old female with a history of coronary artery disease, angina
and a previous myocardial infarction five years ago. She has an abscessed painful
molar that needs extraction. She wants to be mildly sedated for the procedure. Midway
through, you noticed the EKG suddenly looks like a wavy, chaotic undulating line. Can
you check the leads and they are all correct. You feel for a pulse, and there is no pulse.
Your first actions would be to - CORRECT ANSWER-Difibrillate with an AED, start CPR
and call 911
A patient has stopped breathing. What is the main primary psychological mechanism
that will restart this patient's breathing? - CORRECT ANSWER-Excess of carbon
dioxide
The correct sequence of air flow from the nose to the lungs is - CORRECT ANSWERNose, nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, trachea, and lungs
The right side of the heart carries deoxygenated blood - CORRECT ANSWER-True
A patient comes in for the removal of a tooth. Which of these medical conditions would
require this patient to take an antibiotic premedication one hour prior to removal of that
tooth. - CORRECT ANSWER-Prosthetic heart valve