TNCC 8th Edition

TNCC 8th Edition What are the greatest risks for transport? - Loss of airway patency, displaced obstructive tubes lines or catheters, dislodge splinting devices, need to replace or reinforce dressings, deterioration in patient status change in vital signs or level of consciousness, injury to the patient and/or team members According to newtons law which of these two force is greater: size or force? - Neither. For each force there is an equal and opposite reaction. What is the relationship between mass and velocity to kinetic energy? - Kinetic energy is equal to 1/2 the mass multiplied the square of its velocity therefore when mass is doubled so is the net energy, however, when velocity is doubled energy is quadrupled. What is tension? - stretching force by pulling at opposite ends What is compression? - Crushing by squeezing together