SSM TCAR REVIEW QUESTIONS
2025 |GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
What are the definitive options for pelvic fracture stabilization and
hemorrhage control? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ External Fixation
Interventional Radiology
Open reduction & Internal fixation
How are closed mid-shaft femur fractures managed? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Intramedullary nail fixation
What makes a fracture comminuted? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The
bone is in multiple pieces
Physiologic criteria for trauma center care? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ SBP<90
Resp rate <10 or >29
GCS <14
What is Kinematics? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The process of
predicting potential injuries based on analysis of the forces involved
,Dose of energy is? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The nature and
amount of force
Characteristic of wounding agent? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Type
of energy and how it was applied
Force - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The dose of energy involved
Which gender is the majority of trauma? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Male
Incidence of trauma peaks at what age? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Teens and young adult
Blunt trauma Classifications include? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
MVA
Auto vs. pedestrian
Falls
Struck by or against an object
Trauma mortality based on organ system failure? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1 organ system failure=4%
2 organ system failures=32%
3 organ system failures=67%
,4 organ system failures=90%
What are the four collisions? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. The
vehicle
2. The occupants
3. The internal organs
4. The secondary impacts
Energy transmission in a rollover depends on? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Deceleration distance
Energy is dissipated over the distance of the roll and whether or not the
occupants are restrained
Car vs pedestrian injuries depend on? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Point of contact with the care
Height of hood & bumper
Size & weight of vehicle
Height of patient
Direction patient was facing when struck
What is the most common mechanism of injury in all age groups? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Falls
, Factors predicting fall injuries are? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Fall
height (velocity)
Landing surface (deceleration distance)
Point of impact on the body
Wound ballistics- permanent cavity - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Cavity is the a function of the size, shape, and characteristic of the
missile (mass)
For every second of fall time, speed increases by? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Speed increases by approximately 20 MPH
Define Shock? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A state in which cellular
oxygen demand exceeds supply
When the cost of tissue oxygen is higher than the body can pay, an
oxygen debt develops.
Types of shock per TCAR? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Pumps-Site
of defect heart
Pipes- site of defect is artery, veins or capillaries
Fluid-intravascular, interstitial or intracellular
VS in shock? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Narrow pulse pressure
Tachycardia
2025 |GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
What are the definitive options for pelvic fracture stabilization and
hemorrhage control? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ External Fixation
Interventional Radiology
Open reduction & Internal fixation
How are closed mid-shaft femur fractures managed? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Intramedullary nail fixation
What makes a fracture comminuted? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The
bone is in multiple pieces
Physiologic criteria for trauma center care? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ SBP<90
Resp rate <10 or >29
GCS <14
What is Kinematics? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The process of
predicting potential injuries based on analysis of the forces involved
,Dose of energy is? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The nature and
amount of force
Characteristic of wounding agent? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Type
of energy and how it was applied
Force - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The dose of energy involved
Which gender is the majority of trauma? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Male
Incidence of trauma peaks at what age? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Teens and young adult
Blunt trauma Classifications include? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
MVA
Auto vs. pedestrian
Falls
Struck by or against an object
Trauma mortality based on organ system failure? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1 organ system failure=4%
2 organ system failures=32%
3 organ system failures=67%
,4 organ system failures=90%
What are the four collisions? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1. The
vehicle
2. The occupants
3. The internal organs
4. The secondary impacts
Energy transmission in a rollover depends on? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Deceleration distance
Energy is dissipated over the distance of the roll and whether or not the
occupants are restrained
Car vs pedestrian injuries depend on? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Point of contact with the care
Height of hood & bumper
Size & weight of vehicle
Height of patient
Direction patient was facing when struck
What is the most common mechanism of injury in all age groups? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Falls
, Factors predicting fall injuries are? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Fall
height (velocity)
Landing surface (deceleration distance)
Point of impact on the body
Wound ballistics- permanent cavity - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Cavity is the a function of the size, shape, and characteristic of the
missile (mass)
For every second of fall time, speed increases by? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Speed increases by approximately 20 MPH
Define Shock? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A state in which cellular
oxygen demand exceeds supply
When the cost of tissue oxygen is higher than the body can pay, an
oxygen debt develops.
Types of shock per TCAR? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Pumps-Site
of defect heart
Pipes- site of defect is artery, veins or capillaries
Fluid-intravascular, interstitial or intracellular
VS in shock? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Narrow pulse pressure
Tachycardia
