CRE Risk Assessment & Management 3

Question 1

A respiratory educator is conducting a home visit and notices the patient is storing pressurized oxygen cylinders in a closet next to a gas stove. Which risk management action is the priority?

Accepted Answer

Educate the patient on safe oxygen storage away from heat and ignition sources

Answer

Storing oxygen near ignition sources creates a fire and explosion hazard; immediate patient education on safe storage is the priority intervention.

Question 2

Which exacerbation risk factor is quantified by the GOLD ABCD assessment tool in addition to spirometric severity?

Accepted Answer

Number of exacerbations in the prior year and symptom burden

Answer

The GOLD ABCD tool categorizes patients by prior exacerbation history (none/1 moderate, 2+ moderate, or ≥1 hospitalization) combined with CAT or mMRC symptom scores.

Question 3

A pediatric asthma patient's parent describes needing to make three urgent care visits in the last six months. According to risk stratification principles, which action is most indicated?

Accepted Answer

Step up therapy and identify uncontrolled triggers

Answer

Frequent urgent care visits signal uncontrolled asthma; stepping up therapy and identifying triggers are evidence-based risk reduction interventions.

Question 4

Which nutritional risk factor is independently associated with increased COPD exacerbation frequency and should be assessed during a comprehensive respiratory evaluation?

Accepted Answer

Vitamin D deficiency

Answer

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with impaired immune function and increased respiratory infection susceptibility, raising exacerbation risk in COPD.

Question 5

A respiratory educator reviews medication reconciliation for a patient with COPD and discovers the patient is taking a non-selective beta-blocker for hypertension. What is the primary respiratory risk?

Accepted Answer

Bronchospasm due to beta-2 receptor blockade

Answer

Non-selective beta-blockers block beta-2 receptors in the airways, potentially precipitating bronchospasm in patients with reactive airway disease.

(CRE) Certified Respiratory Educator Practice Test

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CRE Risk Assessment & Management 3