SSM TCAR; Trauma Care EXAM 2024 Questions with
Correct Answers
Emergency Severity Index (ESI) - CORRECT ANSWER-a method of classifying patients into five categories
based on the severity of their conditions and resource needs.
1—Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
2—Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
3—urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
4—non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
5—minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-1 - CORRECT ANSWER-Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-2 - CORRECT ANSWER-Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-3 - CORRECT ANSWER-urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-4 - CORRECT ANSWER-non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-5 - CORRECT ANSWER-minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Initial management - CORRECT ANSWER-Airway
Ventilation
, Control bleeding
Prevent shock
Maintain spinal immobilization
Transport to closest facility
Triage: Immediate (Red) - CORRECT ANSWER-stabilization and evaluation/ airway management,
breathing, and circulation
Triage: Next - CORRECT ANSWER-history of drug or toxins, time and duration of exposure, first aid
treatment received prior to hospitalization
Triage - CORRECT ANSWER-the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need
and the proper place of treatment
Obtain allergies, underlying disease, processes or related injury
Safety for injuries
-Contusion - CORRECT ANSWER-major bruising due to blunt trauma
Safety for injuries
-Flail chest - CORRECT ANSWER-segment of the rib cage breaks off due to trauma and becomes detached
from the chest wall
Safety for injuries
-Hemothorax - CORRECT ANSWER-collapsed lung where pleural cavity fills with blood,prepare for chest
tube insertion on affected side, administer blood or blood products as ordered, anticipate and prepare
for emergency open thoracotomy
Safety for injuries
-Spinal Cord Injury - CORRECT ANSWER-avoid hyperextension or rotation of patient's neck, observe
ventilatory effort and use of accessory muscles, maintain complex spinal immobilization, monitor for
signs of disruptive (neurogenic) shock
Correct Answers
Emergency Severity Index (ESI) - CORRECT ANSWER-a method of classifying patients into five categories
based on the severity of their conditions and resource needs.
1—Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
2—Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
3—urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
4—non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
5—minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-1 - CORRECT ANSWER-Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-2 - CORRECT ANSWER-Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-3 - CORRECT ANSWER-urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-4 - CORRECT ANSWER-non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-5 - CORRECT ANSWER-minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Initial management - CORRECT ANSWER-Airway
Ventilation
, Control bleeding
Prevent shock
Maintain spinal immobilization
Transport to closest facility
Triage: Immediate (Red) - CORRECT ANSWER-stabilization and evaluation/ airway management,
breathing, and circulation
Triage: Next - CORRECT ANSWER-history of drug or toxins, time and duration of exposure, first aid
treatment received prior to hospitalization
Triage - CORRECT ANSWER-the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need
and the proper place of treatment
Obtain allergies, underlying disease, processes or related injury
Safety for injuries
-Contusion - CORRECT ANSWER-major bruising due to blunt trauma
Safety for injuries
-Flail chest - CORRECT ANSWER-segment of the rib cage breaks off due to trauma and becomes detached
from the chest wall
Safety for injuries
-Hemothorax - CORRECT ANSWER-collapsed lung where pleural cavity fills with blood,prepare for chest
tube insertion on affected side, administer blood or blood products as ordered, anticipate and prepare
for emergency open thoracotomy
Safety for injuries
-Spinal Cord Injury - CORRECT ANSWER-avoid hyperextension or rotation of patient's neck, observe
ventilatory effort and use of accessory muscles, maintain complex spinal immobilization, monitor for
signs of disruptive (neurogenic) shock
