CAISS UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION

CAISS UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION

●● Injury descriptors are organized _________________________ ?
Answer: Anatomically


●● Injury severity is ranked relative to its importance to
_______________?
Answer: The whole body


●● AIS reflects severity of single injuries and are unaffected by what
three things?
Answer: 1) time
2) sequela
3) outcome


●● What type of scale does AIS use?
Answer: 6 point ordinal scale


●● Which type of measurement is more variable? Anatomic or
Physiologic?
Answer: Physiologic

,●● Is clinical training necessary for collecting injury data?
Answer: NO


●● AIS is based on what three (3) factors?
Answer: 1) anatomically- based
2) consensus driven
3) global


●● Severity is NOT contingent upon what two (2) factors?
Answer: 1) Outcome
2) time


●● Numerical ranking of severity: 1
Answer: minor


●● Numerical ranking of severity: 2
Answer: moderate


●● Numerical ranking of severity: 3
Answer: serious

,●● Numerical ranking of severity: 4
Answer: severe


●● Numerical ranking of severity: 5
Answer: critical


●● Numerical ranking of severity: 6
Answer: maximum (currently untreatable)


●● Is mortality a sole determinant of AIS severity?
Answer: NO


●● Are all AIS data comparable from year to year?
Answer: NO (updates)


●● Is "DEATH" part of the severity scale?
Answer: NO


●● Is a patient who dies automatically assigned the highest AIS severity
of 6?
Answer: NO (patients w/ minor injuries can die)

, ●● Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes?
Answer: NO (AIS 4 is more, NOT twice as severe as AIS 2)


●● Are all injuries within the same AIS code strictly compatible?
Answer: NO (tibia fx & alveolar ridge are both AIS - 2, although one
may be worse than the other, both are considered 'moderate')


●● What AIS code is assigned to a patient with inadequate information
regarding an injury?
Answer: 9


●● How many chapters are in the AIS dictionary?
Answer: 9 (not the same as body regions)


●● AIS single digit severity codes are based on what type of patient?
Answer: Average


●● What four (4) things define the "average" patient?
Answer: 1) 25-40 yrs old
2) no pre-existing conditions
3) no tx complications
4) received timely/appropriate care