ITLS 9TH EDITION. Questions and
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1. 4 components of perfusion?
adequate volume, air, intact/functioning vascular system and working pump
2. Hypovolemic shock?
Inadequate fluid volume in the vascular system
3. High space hypovolemic shock?
Caused by a spinal injury or drug overdose
4. Mechanical shock
Preventing the filling of the heart or obstructing blood flow
5. Cardiogenic shock?
Shock caused by inadequate function of the heart, or pump failure.
6. Neurogenic shock?
Blood flow stopped from a cervical/thoracic spinal injury
7. Septic shock?
Blood flow to organs become impaired from infection
8. Pulmonary contusion?
Hemorrhage into lung parenchyma and is secondary to blunt trauma
9. Cardiac Contusion?
A bruise to the heart wall caused by severe blunt trauma to the chest where the heart is violently
compressed between the sternum and the spinal column
10. Cardiac tamponade
Compression of the heart as the result of buildup of blood or other fluid in the pericardial sac,
leading to decreased cardiac output.
11. Tension pneumothorax
A type of pneumothorax in which air that enters the chest cavity is prevented from escaping
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1. 4 components of perfusion?
adequate volume, air, intact/functioning vascular system and working pump
2. Hypovolemic shock?
Inadequate fluid volume in the vascular system
3. High space hypovolemic shock?
Caused by a spinal injury or drug overdose
4. Mechanical shock
Preventing the filling of the heart or obstructing blood flow
5. Cardiogenic shock?
Shock caused by inadequate function of the heart, or pump failure.
6. Neurogenic shock?
Blood flow stopped from a cervical/thoracic spinal injury
7. Septic shock?
Blood flow to organs become impaired from infection
8. Pulmonary contusion?
Hemorrhage into lung parenchyma and is secondary to blunt trauma
9. Cardiac Contusion?
A bruise to the heart wall caused by severe blunt trauma to the chest where the heart is violently
compressed between the sternum and the spinal column
10. Cardiac tamponade
Compression of the heart as the result of buildup of blood or other fluid in the pericardial sac,
leading to decreased cardiac output.
11. Tension pneumothorax
A type of pneumothorax in which air that enters the chest cavity is prevented from escaping
