State the need to activate the trauma team - Correct Answers trauma alert active
State the need to prepare the room - Correct Answers ensure all needed supplies are in the room; ex:
rapid infuser, chest trauma equipment
State the need to don personal protective equipment - Correct Answers PPE
Assess for obvious uncontrolled external hemorrhage - Correct Answers intervention: re-prioritize to
<C> ABC, if needed.
Assess level of consciousness using AVPU - Correct Answers Alert, Verbal Stimuli, Pain, Unresponsive
State the need for a second person to provide cervical spinal stabilization AND demonstrate manual
opening of the airway using the jaw-thrust maneuver - Correct Answers Maintain spinal immobilization;
Proper jaw-thrust maneuver:
Demonstrate and describe techniques for determining the patency and protection of the airway, using
inspection, auscultation and palpation. - Correct Answers -Is the tongue obstructing?
-Are there any loose or missing teeth?
-Are there any foreign objects?
-Is there any blood, vomitus, or other secretions?
-Is there edema?
-Is there any snoring, gurgling, or stidor?
(state at least FOUR)
States the need for oropharyngral airway (OPA) - Correct Answers
States the need for a definitive airway - Correct Answers gather equipment to begin intubation
Reassess the airway after the insertion of the OPA - Correct Answers airway patent?
, TNCC Assessment Questions and
Correct Answers
Demonstrate and describe techniques for determining breathing effectiveness, using components of
inspection, auscultation, and palpation - Correct Answers -Is there spontaneous breathing?
-Is there symmetrical chest rise?
-What are the depth, pattern, and rate of respirations?
-Is there increased work of breathing?
-What is the skin color?
-Are there open wounds or deformities? Is there subcutaneous emphysema?
-Is there any tracheal deviation or Jugular venous distention?
-Are the breath sounds present and equal?
(state at least FOUR)
State the need for assisted ventilation with bag-valve mask device - Correct Answers
Once patient is intubated what is the next step? - Correct Answers Assess ET tube placement:
-Attach CO2 detector
-Observe for chest rise and fall
-Auscultate over the epigastrium AND then bilateral breath sounds
-After 5 to 6 breaths, observe the CO2 detector for evidence of CO2 in exhaled air
-Assesses for improvement of skin color
Assess ET tube position - Correct Answers Noting the number at the teeth AND secure the ET Tube;
identifying the method used.
State the need to prepare the room - Correct Answers ensure all needed supplies are in the room; ex:
rapid infuser, chest trauma equipment
State the need to don personal protective equipment - Correct Answers PPE
Assess for obvious uncontrolled external hemorrhage - Correct Answers intervention: re-prioritize to
<C> ABC, if needed.
Assess level of consciousness using AVPU - Correct Answers Alert, Verbal Stimuli, Pain, Unresponsive
State the need for a second person to provide cervical spinal stabilization AND demonstrate manual
opening of the airway using the jaw-thrust maneuver - Correct Answers Maintain spinal immobilization;
Proper jaw-thrust maneuver:
Demonstrate and describe techniques for determining the patency and protection of the airway, using
inspection, auscultation and palpation. - Correct Answers -Is the tongue obstructing?
-Are there any loose or missing teeth?
-Are there any foreign objects?
-Is there any blood, vomitus, or other secretions?
-Is there edema?
-Is there any snoring, gurgling, or stidor?
(state at least FOUR)
States the need for oropharyngral airway (OPA) - Correct Answers
States the need for a definitive airway - Correct Answers gather equipment to begin intubation
Reassess the airway after the insertion of the OPA - Correct Answers airway patent?
, TNCC Assessment Questions and
Correct Answers
Demonstrate and describe techniques for determining breathing effectiveness, using components of
inspection, auscultation, and palpation - Correct Answers -Is there spontaneous breathing?
-Is there symmetrical chest rise?
-What are the depth, pattern, and rate of respirations?
-Is there increased work of breathing?
-What is the skin color?
-Are there open wounds or deformities? Is there subcutaneous emphysema?
-Is there any tracheal deviation or Jugular venous distention?
-Are the breath sounds present and equal?
(state at least FOUR)
State the need for assisted ventilation with bag-valve mask device - Correct Answers
Once patient is intubated what is the next step? - Correct Answers Assess ET tube placement:
-Attach CO2 detector
-Observe for chest rise and fall
-Auscultate over the epigastrium AND then bilateral breath sounds
-After 5 to 6 breaths, observe the CO2 detector for evidence of CO2 in exhaled air
-Assesses for improvement of skin color
Assess ET tube position - Correct Answers Noting the number at the teeth AND secure the ET Tube;
identifying the method used.
