TNCC assessment test exam questions
with correct answers
What is the leading cause of preventable death after injury? - Answer-Hemorrhage
ABCDEFGHI - Answer-Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Full set of vitals/Family
Get adjuncts
History/Head to Toe
Inspect
What is malocclusion? - Answer-Misalignment of teeth when jaw is closed
What is hypoxemia? - Answer-Low concentration of oxygen in the blood
What do we want our ETCO2 to be? - Answer-35-45 mmHg
What is the essential resuscitative priority? - Answer-Oxygen
What are the 7 P's of RSI? - Answer-Preperation
Preoxygenation
Pretreatment
Paralysis
Protection
Placement
Postintubation
What are the 4 types of shock? - Answer-Hypovolemic
Cardiogenic
Obstructive
Distributive
What is the triad of death? - Answer-Hypothermia, metabolic acidosis, coagulopathy
Where do we do a needle decompression? - Answer-2nd and 3rd intercostal space at
the midclavicular line
What is the mass transfusion protocol? - Answer-1:1:1 ( PRBC's, platelets, plasma)
What do we need to monitor when mass transfusing blood? - Answer-Calcium levels
, What signs and symptoms are associated with arterial bleeding? - Answer-Loss of
consciousness with change in mental status
What is the formula for kinetic energy? - Answer-KE= 1/2 mass x v2
What is Beck's triad? - Answer-Hypotension, Muffled Heart Sounds, JVD
** Cardiac Tamponade**
What does hypocapnia cause? - Answer-Vasoconstriction
What is hypocapnia? - Answer-Decreased levels of CO2
How do we palpate the iliac crest? - Answer-Gentle pressure over iliac wings downward
and medially
What do we need to assess with any c3-c5 injury? - Answer-Respiratory effort
What is Newton's first law? - Answer-An object at rest stays at rest and an object in
motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is hyphema? - Answer-Pooling or collection of blood inside the anterior chamber
of the eye
What is distributive shock? - Answer-Maldistribution of blood volume and flow
What does DOPE stand for? - Answer-Displacement of tube
Obstruction
Pneumothroax
Equiptment
What is Newton's second law? - Answer-Force = mass x acceleration
What is flail chest? - Answer-A fracture of two or more sites on two or more adjacent
ribs, or when rib fractures produce a free-floating sternum.
What is kinematics? - Answer-A branch of mechanics (energy transfer) that refers to
motion and does not consider the concepts of force and mass of the object or body.
What medications do we use for RSI? - Answer-LOAD
Lidocaine
Opioids
Atropine
Defasicultating agents
What is Cushing's triad? - Answer-hypertension
with correct answers
What is the leading cause of preventable death after injury? - Answer-Hemorrhage
ABCDEFGHI - Answer-Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Full set of vitals/Family
Get adjuncts
History/Head to Toe
Inspect
What is malocclusion? - Answer-Misalignment of teeth when jaw is closed
What is hypoxemia? - Answer-Low concentration of oxygen in the blood
What do we want our ETCO2 to be? - Answer-35-45 mmHg
What is the essential resuscitative priority? - Answer-Oxygen
What are the 7 P's of RSI? - Answer-Preperation
Preoxygenation
Pretreatment
Paralysis
Protection
Placement
Postintubation
What are the 4 types of shock? - Answer-Hypovolemic
Cardiogenic
Obstructive
Distributive
What is the triad of death? - Answer-Hypothermia, metabolic acidosis, coagulopathy
Where do we do a needle decompression? - Answer-2nd and 3rd intercostal space at
the midclavicular line
What is the mass transfusion protocol? - Answer-1:1:1 ( PRBC's, platelets, plasma)
What do we need to monitor when mass transfusing blood? - Answer-Calcium levels
, What signs and symptoms are associated with arterial bleeding? - Answer-Loss of
consciousness with change in mental status
What is the formula for kinetic energy? - Answer-KE= 1/2 mass x v2
What is Beck's triad? - Answer-Hypotension, Muffled Heart Sounds, JVD
** Cardiac Tamponade**
What does hypocapnia cause? - Answer-Vasoconstriction
What is hypocapnia? - Answer-Decreased levels of CO2
How do we palpate the iliac crest? - Answer-Gentle pressure over iliac wings downward
and medially
What do we need to assess with any c3-c5 injury? - Answer-Respiratory effort
What is Newton's first law? - Answer-An object at rest stays at rest and an object in
motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is hyphema? - Answer-Pooling or collection of blood inside the anterior chamber
of the eye
What is distributive shock? - Answer-Maldistribution of blood volume and flow
What does DOPE stand for? - Answer-Displacement of tube
Obstruction
Pneumothroax
Equiptment
What is Newton's second law? - Answer-Force = mass x acceleration
What is flail chest? - Answer-A fracture of two or more sites on two or more adjacent
ribs, or when rib fractures produce a free-floating sternum.
What is kinematics? - Answer-A branch of mechanics (energy transfer) that refers to
motion and does not consider the concepts of force and mass of the object or body.
What medications do we use for RSI? - Answer-LOAD
Lidocaine
Opioids
Atropine
Defasicultating agents
What is Cushing's triad? - Answer-hypertension
