LJJ CSTR EXAM LATEST EXAM 2025 | ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

An elderly patient fell while out of state, went to an ER where he received a knee immobilizer for a fractured R patella. Upon arriving back home he presents to your ED where he's admitted for pain control and placement by Case Management. Does he get included in the trauma registry? - No, since he was seen and treated at another hospital; he wasn't seen by Trauma, and he wasn't treated for the fracture. A 15 y.o. presents to the ED with a GSW and dies within 15 mins. of arrival. Should he be included in the trauma registry? - Yes, since he had a traumatic mechanism of injury. A patient presented to the ED after a fall resulting in a R radius/ulna FX. He was splinted and discharged. He returned 2 days later for an ORIF. Does this meet criteria to be included in the registry? - No, since this was a planned readmission. A 24 y.o. MVC presents to the ED with a forehead and large wrist laceration w/ tendon involvement. He went to the OR for repairs and was discharged. Does he qualify for the registry? - Yes A patient comes to the ED complaining of leg pain w/o history of fall or trauma. The patient has a Hx of osteoporosis and bone cancer. Imaging shows a femur fracture; the patient was admitted. Does he qualify for the registry? - No, the injury was a-traumatic The inclusion or exclusion criteria used to select patients for entry into the trauma registry can vary from hospital to hospital, T or F? - True: each trauma facility has their own set of trauma inclusion criteria. What is the ISS for a patient with an AIS of 6? - 75: If an injury is assigned an AIS of 6 (usually an unsurvivable injury), the ISS score is automatically assigned to 75. The ISS score is virtually the only anatomical scoring system in use and correlates linearly with mortality, morbidity, hospital stay and other measures of severity The Revised Trauma Score (RTS) includes - RR, SBP and GCS; a perfect score is 7.84