CAISS (Actual) Exam 2023/24- Solved

Origins of AIS (3) - ANSWER-1) Standardized system 2) Classify type/severity of injury from MVC 3) Consensus 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