NUR 216 EXAM II QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
What are risk factors for traumatic injury? - Answers - 1. Age
2. Gender
3. Alcohol
What age group and gender are at the highest risk? - Answers - 1-42 years old (number
one cause of death is injury) and men are at higher risk than females
Patients are more likely to _______ if they get to a ________ quickly - Answers -
Survive; high level trauma
What is the scope of practice for EMTs vs. paramedics? - Answers - EMTs can do BLS
while Paramedics can do ACLS
Which trauma patients do well? - Answers - - The trauma patients that do the best are
the ones that get to a high level trauma center the most quickly
- Cops and paramedics whose friends get them in right away!
- 25% more likely to survive if they get to a higher level of care
What is the concept of Dr. Hurtado's "load and go?" - Answers - Stabilize the patient in
the field as quickly as possible and GO to the hospital with the level of care that they
need RIGHT NOW
What does field treatment include? - Answers - 1. Oxygen: 2 L until they prove they
don't need it
2. Low volume fluid resuscitation
3. Control bleeding: direct pressure or tourniquet
4. Pain meds: Don't under medicate
5. Environmental control
6. Manage the medical problem: look into whatever caused the problems
What is the purpose for low volume fluid resuscitation? - Answers - If you give too much
fluid, you can dilute the clotting factors and the patient will have problems with bleeding.
If the patient has a pulse you can feel and they are talking and making sense, you can
assume that their blood pressure is good enough
What is the lethal trauma triad? - Answers - Acidosis, hypothermia, and clotting
problems
How can you manage the lethal trauma triad? - Answers - 1. Warm them up
2. Help them breathe
, 3. Don't fluid overload them and dilute the clotting factors
What is the patient weight limit for FFL? - Answers - 350 lbs of evenly distributed weight
What is the number one cause of injury for the elderly? - Answers - Ground level falls
What is the number one cause of death for the elderly? - Answers - MVA
What class of medication must we look out for during geriatric traumas? - Answers -
Anticoagulants - 85% patients have a bad outcome if they're on coumadin
Traumatic brain injury for elderly has ____ times the mortality rate than it does for
younger people. - Answers - Five times
If an elderly person has a GCS of 8 or less, they have ______% mortality rate -
Answers - 80%
What are the three priority levels according to illness or injury severity? - Answers - -
Emergent
• Life threatening
• Respiratory distress, chest pain, hemorrhage
• Danger to self/others - suicidal
- Urgent
• Abdominal pain, fractures, soft tissue injuries
- Non-urgent
• Skin rash, strains/sprains, "colds"
What is important to do when a patient tells you the mechanism of injury? - Answers -
Make sure their injury and story match
What population lies the most about their mechanism of injury? - Answers - The elderly
- they do not want to lose their independence
What is the cause of death < 1 hour after trauma according to the trimodal distribution of
trauma? - Answers - Lacerations: brain, brainstem, aorta, cord, heart
What is the cause of death 3 hours after trauma according to the trimodal distribution of
trauma? - Answers - Epidural, subdural, hemopneumothorax, pelvic fractures, long
bone fractures, abdominal injuries
What is the cause of death just before 4 weeks after trauma according to the trimodal
distribution of trauma? - Answers - Sepsis, MODS
What does the primary survey entail? - Answers - A- airway/ c-spine
B- breathing
C- circulation
ANSWERS 2026
What are risk factors for traumatic injury? - Answers - 1. Age
2. Gender
3. Alcohol
What age group and gender are at the highest risk? - Answers - 1-42 years old (number
one cause of death is injury) and men are at higher risk than females
Patients are more likely to _______ if they get to a ________ quickly - Answers -
Survive; high level trauma
What is the scope of practice for EMTs vs. paramedics? - Answers - EMTs can do BLS
while Paramedics can do ACLS
Which trauma patients do well? - Answers - - The trauma patients that do the best are
the ones that get to a high level trauma center the most quickly
- Cops and paramedics whose friends get them in right away!
- 25% more likely to survive if they get to a higher level of care
What is the concept of Dr. Hurtado's "load and go?" - Answers - Stabilize the patient in
the field as quickly as possible and GO to the hospital with the level of care that they
need RIGHT NOW
What does field treatment include? - Answers - 1. Oxygen: 2 L until they prove they
don't need it
2. Low volume fluid resuscitation
3. Control bleeding: direct pressure or tourniquet
4. Pain meds: Don't under medicate
5. Environmental control
6. Manage the medical problem: look into whatever caused the problems
What is the purpose for low volume fluid resuscitation? - Answers - If you give too much
fluid, you can dilute the clotting factors and the patient will have problems with bleeding.
If the patient has a pulse you can feel and they are talking and making sense, you can
assume that their blood pressure is good enough
What is the lethal trauma triad? - Answers - Acidosis, hypothermia, and clotting
problems
How can you manage the lethal trauma triad? - Answers - 1. Warm them up
2. Help them breathe
, 3. Don't fluid overload them and dilute the clotting factors
What is the patient weight limit for FFL? - Answers - 350 lbs of evenly distributed weight
What is the number one cause of injury for the elderly? - Answers - Ground level falls
What is the number one cause of death for the elderly? - Answers - MVA
What class of medication must we look out for during geriatric traumas? - Answers -
Anticoagulants - 85% patients have a bad outcome if they're on coumadin
Traumatic brain injury for elderly has ____ times the mortality rate than it does for
younger people. - Answers - Five times
If an elderly person has a GCS of 8 or less, they have ______% mortality rate -
Answers - 80%
What are the three priority levels according to illness or injury severity? - Answers - -
Emergent
• Life threatening
• Respiratory distress, chest pain, hemorrhage
• Danger to self/others - suicidal
- Urgent
• Abdominal pain, fractures, soft tissue injuries
- Non-urgent
• Skin rash, strains/sprains, "colds"
What is important to do when a patient tells you the mechanism of injury? - Answers -
Make sure their injury and story match
What population lies the most about their mechanism of injury? - Answers - The elderly
- they do not want to lose their independence
What is the cause of death < 1 hour after trauma according to the trimodal distribution of
trauma? - Answers - Lacerations: brain, brainstem, aorta, cord, heart
What is the cause of death 3 hours after trauma according to the trimodal distribution of
trauma? - Answers - Epidural, subdural, hemopneumothorax, pelvic fractures, long
bone fractures, abdominal injuries
What is the cause of death just before 4 weeks after trauma according to the trimodal
distribution of trauma? - Answers - Sepsis, MODS
What does the primary survey entail? - Answers - A- airway/ c-spine
B- breathing
C- circulation
