TNCC 9th Edition Written Exam with
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1. What is the best measure of the adequacy of cellular
perfusion and helps predict the outcome of resuscitation?:
Base deficit used in conjunction with serum lactate
2. Will hypocapnia cause vasoconstriction or vasodilation,
especially in the cerebral vasculature?: Vasoconstriction
3. What results from tissue hypo perfusion and oxygen
deficit?: Metabolic acidosis
4. What type of shock results in generalized vasodilation?:
Neurogenic shock
5. Spinal cord injuries at C3-C5 causes loss of what nerves
function, resulting in what?: Phrenic nerve; paralyzed
diaphragm and inability to breath
6. Extremity elevation AT the level of the heart is beneficial
for what type of injury?: Compartment Syndrome
7. What is a high risk of frostbite?: Thrombus formation
8. What two medications can be administered to maintain
perfusion after a frostbite injury along with rewarming?:
Tissue plasminogen activator or non steroidal anti-inflammatory
medication (NSAIDS)
, 9. An rise in diastolic blood pressures is a sign of increasing
what?: Peripheral resistance
10. What position will benefit the airway and work of breathing
for the bariatric patient?: Reverse Trendelenburg
11. Which phase of a blast results from flying debris,
projectiles, and bomb fragments causing lacerations or
penetrating injuries?: Secondary Phase
12. What phase of a blast results from any explosion-related
illness or injury including hyperglycemia, hypertension,
angina, asthma, COPD, or sepsis?: - Quaternary Phase
13. What phase of a blast results from individuals being
thrown by the blast and impacting walls, ground, or any hard
object?: Tertiary Phase
14. What phase of a blast results from impact of the over and
under pres- surization wave with body surfaces. Injuries
include blast lung, tympanic membrane rupture, abdominal
hemorrhage, globe rupture, and mild traumatic brain injury?:
Primary Phase
15. Signs of what include muscle pain or weakness, dark red
or brown urine, general weakness or malaise, and elevated
creatinine kinase levels?: Rhab- domyolosis
16. Signs of what include anxiety, pleuritic chest pain,
dyspnea, hypoxemia, hemoptysis, cough, orthopnea,
Verified Answers
1. What is the best measure of the adequacy of cellular
perfusion and helps predict the outcome of resuscitation?:
Base deficit used in conjunction with serum lactate
2. Will hypocapnia cause vasoconstriction or vasodilation,
especially in the cerebral vasculature?: Vasoconstriction
3. What results from tissue hypo perfusion and oxygen
deficit?: Metabolic acidosis
4. What type of shock results in generalized vasodilation?:
Neurogenic shock
5. Spinal cord injuries at C3-C5 causes loss of what nerves
function, resulting in what?: Phrenic nerve; paralyzed
diaphragm and inability to breath
6. Extremity elevation AT the level of the heart is beneficial
for what type of injury?: Compartment Syndrome
7. What is a high risk of frostbite?: Thrombus formation
8. What two medications can be administered to maintain
perfusion after a frostbite injury along with rewarming?:
Tissue plasminogen activator or non steroidal anti-inflammatory
medication (NSAIDS)
, 9. An rise in diastolic blood pressures is a sign of increasing
what?: Peripheral resistance
10. What position will benefit the airway and work of breathing
for the bariatric patient?: Reverse Trendelenburg
11. Which phase of a blast results from flying debris,
projectiles, and bomb fragments causing lacerations or
penetrating injuries?: Secondary Phase
12. What phase of a blast results from any explosion-related
illness or injury including hyperglycemia, hypertension,
angina, asthma, COPD, or sepsis?: - Quaternary Phase
13. What phase of a blast results from individuals being
thrown by the blast and impacting walls, ground, or any hard
object?: Tertiary Phase
14. What phase of a blast results from impact of the over and
under pres- surization wave with body surfaces. Injuries
include blast lung, tympanic membrane rupture, abdominal
hemorrhage, globe rupture, and mild traumatic brain injury?:
Primary Phase
15. Signs of what include muscle pain or weakness, dark red
or brown urine, general weakness or malaise, and elevated
creatinine kinase levels?: Rhab- domyolosis
16. Signs of what include anxiety, pleuritic chest pain,
dyspnea, hypoxemia, hemoptysis, cough, orthopnea,
