ATLS Modules Questions with Correct Answers| Rated A+
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ATLS
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ATLS
When is the "1st peak" in the Trimodal Death Distribution?
seconds - minutes after injury
When is the "2nd peak" in the Trimodal Death Distribution?
minutes - hours after injury
When is the "3rd peak" in the Trimodal Death Distribution?
days - weeks after injury
What is the ABCDE App...
ATLS Modules Questions with Correct
Answers| Rated A+
When is the "1st peak" in the Trimodal Death Distribution?
seconds - minutes after injury
When is the "2nd peak" in the Trimodal Death Distribution?
minutes - hours after injury
When is the "3rd peak" in the Trimodal Death Distribution?
days - weeks after injury
What is the ABCDE Approach?
___ is common in the polytrauma patient and can pose life-threatening problems if not promptly identified during the primary survey.
Thoracic injury
Patient care during the Prehospital Phase should include which 5 interventions & considerations?
1 - Airway maintenance
2 - Breathing support
3 - Control of bleeding & shock 4 - Immobilization of patient
5 - Immediate transport to approp. facility
5 Critical Aspects of Hospital Preparation are:
1. Resuscitation area available for trauma patients.
2. Properly functioning airway equipment (ie. laryngoscopes, endotracheal tubes)
3. Warmed IV crystalloid & monitors
4. Protocol for additional medical assistance
5. Transfers to trauma centers nearby
What 3 steps, and their 5-2-2 contents, make up the Initial Assessment to provide a rapid and accurate systematic approach?
4 important keys to communicate with the receiving team for a trauma patient are:
What are the 3 parts to the "10-second Initial Assessment "? What are the 4 parts to the 1st Priority of Airway Management ?
Monitor what 3 things for Circulation with Hemorrhage control?
A) What exam is at the end of Disability in the Primary Survey?
.
B) What 4 parts is it made up of?
A) "Rapid Neurologic Eval"
.
B) A) A decrease in LOC may indicate a change in ___.
.
B) What do you do?
A) Cerebral perfusion/injury
.
B) Restart Primary Survey
A) Pulse oximetry measures the ___.
.
B) It can be confounded by ___, so this should be used with caution in patients with inhalation injury.
A) Oxygen saturation, only. .
B) carboxyhemoglobin
What are the 7 monitors/adjuncts during the Primary Survey? What are the 3 X-Ray Exams during the Primary Survey?
What 6 Specialized Diagnostic Tests may be performed during the Secondary Survey ?
1 - X-ray of spine, extremities
2 - CT of head, chest, abdomen, spine
3 - Contrast urography, angiography
4 - Transesophageal ultrasound
5 - Bronchoscopy
6 - Esophagoscopy
Secondary Survey includes what 5 parts?
What 5 things might be useful for the Secondary Survey in asking a family member if the patient cannot answer info?
What are the 4 Injury Categories ?
What is the Suspected Injury Pattern for:
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