TNCC WRITTEN EXAM/92 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+)

TNCC WRITTEN EXAM/92 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+) What is the best measure of the adequacy of cellular perfusion and helps predict the outcome of resuscitation? - √Answer>Base deficit used in conjunction with serum lactate Quiz :Will hypocapnia cause vasoconstriction or vasodilation, especially in the cerebral vasculature? - √Answer>Vasoconstriction Quiz :What results from tissue hypo perfusion and oxygen deficit? - √Answer>Metabolic acidosis Quiz :What type of shock results in generalized vasodilation? - √Answer>Neurogenic shock Quiz :Spinal cord injuries at C3-C5 causes loss of what nerves function, resulting in what? - √Answer>Phrenic nerve; paralyzed diaphragm and inability to breath Quiz :Extremity elevation AT the level of the heart is beneficial for what type of injury? - √Answer>Compartment Syndrome Quiz :What is a high risk of frostbite? - √Answer>Thrombus formation Quiz :What two medications can be administered to maintain perfusion after a frostbite injury along with rewarming? - √Answer>Tissue plasminogen activator or non steroidal anti-inflammatory medication (NSAIDS) Quiz :An rise in diastolic blood pressures is a sign of increasing what? - √Answer>Peripheral resistance Quiz :What position will benefit the airway and work of breathing for the bariatric patient? - √Answer>Reverse Trendelenburg Quiz :Which phase of a blast results from flying debris, projectiles, and bomb fragments causing lacerations or penetrating injuries? - √Answer>Secondary Phase Quiz :What phase of a blast results from any explosion-related illness or injury including hyperglycemia, hypertension, angina, asthma, COPD, or sepsis? - √Answer>Quaternary Phase Quiz :What phase of a blast results from individuals being thrown by the blast and impacting walls, ground, or any hard object? - √Answer>Tertiary Phase Quiz :What phase of a blast results from impact of the over and under pressurization wave with body surfaces. Injuries include blast lung, tympanic membrane rupture, abdominal hemorrhage, globe rupture, and mild traumatic brain injury? - √Answer>Primary Phase Quiz :Signs of what include muscle pain or weakness, dark red or brown urine, general weakness or malaise, and elevated creatinine kinase levels? - √Answer>Rhabdomyolosis Quiz :Signs of what include anxiety, pleuritic chest pain, dyspnea, hypoxemia, hemoptysis, cough, orthopnea, adventitious lung sounds, decreased lung sounds, jugular vein distention, or hypotension? - √Answer>Pulmonary Embolus Quiz :Signs of what include headache, nausea and vomiting, amnesia, behavioral changes, altered level of consciousness? - √Answer>Increased intracranial pressure Quiz :Signs of what include asymmetric pupillary reactivity, unilateral dilation, widening pulse pressure, abnormal motor posturing, bradycardia,