TNCC Study Guide

What roles are vital to a trauma team? - ans1. Patient 2. Team leader 3. Core team 4. Contingency and support services What are the characteristics of an effective team? - ans1. Clear roles and responsibilities 2. Shared mental model 3. Optimize resources 4. Strong team leadership 5. Engage in regular discipline of feedback 6. Strong sense of collective trust and confidence 7. Create mechanisms to cooperate and coordinate 8. Manage and optimize performance outcomes 9. Interdependent and adaptive What are the key foundations to successful teamwork in the care of the trauma patient? - ans1. Communication 2. Cooperation 3. Coordination What tools can be used to promote communication within a team member? What are the benefits of each? - ans1. *SBAR:* Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendations- To provide a framework for communication among members of the healthcare team 2. *DESC:* Describe the specific situation or behavior, Express your concerns or how the situation makes you feel, Suggest alternatives and seek agreement, state Consequences in terms of impact on performance goals-Used in conflict management, paraphrasing the other person's comments is an important technique that should be done throughout the DESC support 3. *CUS:* I am Concerned, I am Uncomfortable, This is a Safety issue/I am Stressed-Used to "stop the line" if a team member senses or discovers an essential safety breach Kinematics - ansThe study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or potential injuries Biomechanics - ansThe general study of forces and their effects Mechanism of Injury - ansHow external energy forces in the environment are transferred to the body Newton's First Law of Motion - ansA body rest will remain at rest, and a body in motion will stay in motion Newton's Second Law of Motion - ansForce = mass x acceleration