BRIGHTSCHOLARZ
TNCC 8TH EDITION PROVIDER
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS|VERIFIED &
ALREADY GRADED A+
Most Studied | Updated
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, BRIGHTSCHOLARZ
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
EMS brings a patient who fell while riding his bicycle. Using the American College of
Surgeons screening guidelines, which assessment finding would prompt the nurse to
prepare the patient for radiologic spine clearance? ANSWER - Alert with no neurological
deficits
The trauma nurse knows that placing a bariatric patient in a "ramped position" provides
better visualization during the insertion of which device? ANSWER - Endotracheal tube
A 35-year-old male presents with facial trauma after being struck in the face with a baseball.
A teardrop-shaped left pupil is noted on exam. What type of injury is suspected?
ANSWER - Globe rupture
Caregivers carry a 2-year-old into the emergency department who fell out of a second-story
window. The patient is awake and crying with increased work of breathing and pale skin.
Which of the following interventions has the highest priority? ANSWER - Padding the
upper back while stabilizing the cervical spine
Which of the following injuries is LEAST likely to be promptly identified? ANSWER -
Bowel
A 49-year-old restrained driver involved in a motor vehicle collision presents to the trauma
center complaining of abdominal, pelvic, and bilateral lower extremity pain. Vital signs are
stable. The nurse can anticipate all of these after a negative FAST exam EXCEPT which of
the following? ANSWER - Diagnostic peritoneal lavage
Why is a measure of serum lactate obtained in the initial assessment of a trauma patient?
ANSWER - To gauge end-organ perfusion and tissue hypoxia
During the primary survey of an unconscious patient with multi-system trauma, the nurse
notes snoring respirations. Which priority nursing intervention should be performed next?
ANSWER - Insert an oropharyngeal airway if there is no gag reflex
TNCC 8TH EDITION PROVIDER
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS|VERIFIED &
ALREADY GRADED A+
Most Studied | Updated
NEWEST VERSION
#Bright_minds #stuvia@2026
, BRIGHTSCHOLARZ
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
EMS brings a patient who fell while riding his bicycle. Using the American College of
Surgeons screening guidelines, which assessment finding would prompt the nurse to
prepare the patient for radiologic spine clearance? ANSWER - Alert with no neurological
deficits
The trauma nurse knows that placing a bariatric patient in a "ramped position" provides
better visualization during the insertion of which device? ANSWER - Endotracheal tube
A 35-year-old male presents with facial trauma after being struck in the face with a baseball.
A teardrop-shaped left pupil is noted on exam. What type of injury is suspected?
ANSWER - Globe rupture
Caregivers carry a 2-year-old into the emergency department who fell out of a second-story
window. The patient is awake and crying with increased work of breathing and pale skin.
Which of the following interventions has the highest priority? ANSWER - Padding the
upper back while stabilizing the cervical spine
Which of the following injuries is LEAST likely to be promptly identified? ANSWER -
Bowel
A 49-year-old restrained driver involved in a motor vehicle collision presents to the trauma
center complaining of abdominal, pelvic, and bilateral lower extremity pain. Vital signs are
stable. The nurse can anticipate all of these after a negative FAST exam EXCEPT which of
the following? ANSWER - Diagnostic peritoneal lavage
Why is a measure of serum lactate obtained in the initial assessment of a trauma patient?
ANSWER - To gauge end-organ perfusion and tissue hypoxia
During the primary survey of an unconscious patient with multi-system trauma, the nurse
notes snoring respirations. Which priority nursing intervention should be performed next?
ANSWER - Insert an oropharyngeal airway if there is no gag reflex
