ITLS Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers
What is the Golden Hour? - Answer First 60 minutes after traumatic injury Describe Platinum 10 minutes: - Answer Time that it should take to load and go Describe the windshield survey: - Answer When arriving on scene, scan through the windshield to look at what is all involved in the scene. This is a crucial part of scene safety. Describe the fix it process: - Answer If something is injured like a sucking chest wound, fix it and move on to the next injury. Basically, when you see it fix it. What are the signs of a Tension Pneumothorax? - Answer JVD Tachycardia Abnormal or diminished lung sounds Tachypnea Hyper-resonance to percussion Tracheal Deviation What is the number one cause of airway obstruction? - Answer Tongue What is the treatment for an evisceration: - Answer Apply wet dressing, then apply dry dressing and secure it. Difference between compensated and decompensated shock: - Answer Compensated leads into decompensated. In decompensated you will have hypotension, ALOC and absent or weak peripheral pulses. Name three types of mechanical shock: - Answer Obstructive: Cardiac Tamponade, Tension Pneumothorax, Massive Pulmonary Embolism
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