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Trauma Nursing Core Course COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICES |VERIFIED
& REVISED ANSWERS (NEW) 2025
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Terms in this set (180)
Primary:
A- Airway w/ simultaneous cervical spine protection
B- Breathing
C- Circulation
D- Disability (neurologic status)
E- Expose/environmental (Remove clothing and keep
Describe components of pt. warm)
both Primary & Secondary
Assessment (Pneumonic) Secondary:
F- Full set VS/ focused adjuncts (cardiac monitor,
urinary catheter, gastric tube) family presence
G- Give comfort measures (verbal reassurance, touch,
pain management)
H- History and Head to Toe Assessment
I- Inspect posterior surfaces
If situation is critical, what Brief statement composed of patient's Major Injuries
history information is most or Chief Complaints and the Mechanism of Injury.
important?
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Vocalization- Is pt able to talk? Cry/Moan?
Tongue obstructing airway
What to look for when
Loose teeth or foreign objects
assessing airway...
Blood, vomit, or other secretions
Edema
Maintain _______ ______ ________ Maintain CERVICAL SPINE PROTECTION for any
for any patient whose patient whose mechanism of injury, symptoms, or
mechanism of injury, physical findings suggest a spinal injury
symptoms, or physical
findings suggest a spinal
injury
Before proceeding with breathing
cervical spine protection,
ensure that interventions
do not compromise the
patient's _______ status.
If the airway is totally or If the airway is totally or partially obstructed, place
partially obstructed, place the patient in SUPINE position. While maintaining
the patient in ______ CERVICAL spine protection, LOGROLL the patient
position. While maintaining onto his or BACK. Carefully and gently remove any
______ spine protection, ______ HEADGEAR if necessary to allow access to the airway
the patient onto his or _____. and cervical spine. PENETRATING wounds may cause
Carefully and gently disruption of the integrity of the airway, and BLUNT
remove any ______ if trauma may lead to injury of the larynx or other upper
necessary to allow access structures, causing partial or complete
to the airway and cervical OBSTRUCTION.
spine. _________ing wounds
may cause disruption of
the integrity of the airway,
and ______ trauma may lead
to injury of the larynx or
other upper structures,
causing partial or
complete _______.
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Complete spinal immobilization includes...
Complete spinal application of a rigid cervical collar
immobilization includes... placing patient on a backboard and
appropriately strapping patient to backboard
When should complete at the completion of the secondary assessment,
spinal immobilization be depending on the degree of resuscitation required
done? and availability of team members
jaw thrust
4 Techniques to open or
chin lift
clear an obstructed airway
removal of loose teeth or foreign objects
during primary assessment
suctioning
When attempting to clear When attempting to clear the airway, maintain cervical
the airway, maintain spine in a NEUTRAL position. Do not hyperextend,
cervical spine in a _____ flex, or rotate the neck during these maneuvers.
position. Do not
hyperextend, flex, or
rotate the neck during
these maneuvers.
Suction gently to prevent gag
stimulation of the ___ reflex.
Prepare for endotracheal Prepare for endotracheal intubation:
intubation: VENTILATE the patient with a BAG-MASK device
_____ the patient with a before ET intubation.
_______ device before ET ADMINSITER MEDICATIONS to facilitate ET
intubation. intubation.
A_________ m______ to facilitate Use an ALTERNATIVE AIRWAY if the patient's airway
ET intubation. can't be managed with ET intubation.
Use an _____ ______ if the
patient's airway can't be
managed with ET
intubation.
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If there are any life- LOBE
threatening compromises loose teeth or foreign objects
in airway status, stop and obstruction by tongue (partial or complete)
intervene to correct the blood, vomit, or other secretions
problem. What are 4 edema
examples of life-
threatening airway
conditions?
Life-threatening Life-threatening compromises in BREATHING may
compromises in _______ may occur with a history of:
occur with a history of: -blunt or penetrating injuries of the THORAX
-blunt or penetrating -acceleration, deceleration, or a combination of both
injuries of the _____ types of forces, such as MVC'S, FALLS, or CRUSH
-acceleration, injuries.
deceleration, or a
combination of both types
of forces, such as ______
________ ________, f______, or ____
injuries.
Once the patency of the spontaneous breathing
airway is ensured, what are rise and fall of chest
some ways to assess the rate and pattern of breathing
quality of breathing? use of accessory muscles
______ _____ and _____ _______ diaphragmatic vs. abdominal breathing
_______ are considered late color
signs of considered late integrity of soft tissues & bony structures of chest wall
signs of breathing bilateral breath sounds
compromise. TRACHEAL
DEVIATION and JUGULAR
VEIN DISTENTION are
considered late signs of
considered late signs of
breathing compromise.
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Trauma Nursing Core Course COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICES |VERIFIED
& REVISED ANSWERS (NEW) 2025
Save
Terms in this set (180)
Primary:
A- Airway w/ simultaneous cervical spine protection
B- Breathing
C- Circulation
D- Disability (neurologic status)
E- Expose/environmental (Remove clothing and keep
Describe components of pt. warm)
both Primary & Secondary
Assessment (Pneumonic) Secondary:
F- Full set VS/ focused adjuncts (cardiac monitor,
urinary catheter, gastric tube) family presence
G- Give comfort measures (verbal reassurance, touch,
pain management)
H- History and Head to Toe Assessment
I- Inspect posterior surfaces
If situation is critical, what Brief statement composed of patient's Major Injuries
history information is most or Chief Complaints and the Mechanism of Injury.
important?
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Vocalization- Is pt able to talk? Cry/Moan?
Tongue obstructing airway
What to look for when
Loose teeth or foreign objects
assessing airway...
Blood, vomit, or other secretions
Edema
Maintain _______ ______ ________ Maintain CERVICAL SPINE PROTECTION for any
for any patient whose patient whose mechanism of injury, symptoms, or
mechanism of injury, physical findings suggest a spinal injury
symptoms, or physical
findings suggest a spinal
injury
Before proceeding with breathing
cervical spine protection,
ensure that interventions
do not compromise the
patient's _______ status.
If the airway is totally or If the airway is totally or partially obstructed, place
partially obstructed, place the patient in SUPINE position. While maintaining
the patient in ______ CERVICAL spine protection, LOGROLL the patient
position. While maintaining onto his or BACK. Carefully and gently remove any
______ spine protection, ______ HEADGEAR if necessary to allow access to the airway
the patient onto his or _____. and cervical spine. PENETRATING wounds may cause
Carefully and gently disruption of the integrity of the airway, and BLUNT
remove any ______ if trauma may lead to injury of the larynx or other upper
necessary to allow access structures, causing partial or complete
to the airway and cervical OBSTRUCTION.
spine. _________ing wounds
may cause disruption of
the integrity of the airway,
and ______ trauma may lead
to injury of the larynx or
other upper structures,
causing partial or
complete _______.
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Complete spinal immobilization includes...
Complete spinal application of a rigid cervical collar
immobilization includes... placing patient on a backboard and
appropriately strapping patient to backboard
When should complete at the completion of the secondary assessment,
spinal immobilization be depending on the degree of resuscitation required
done? and availability of team members
jaw thrust
4 Techniques to open or
chin lift
clear an obstructed airway
removal of loose teeth or foreign objects
during primary assessment
suctioning
When attempting to clear When attempting to clear the airway, maintain cervical
the airway, maintain spine in a NEUTRAL position. Do not hyperextend,
cervical spine in a _____ flex, or rotate the neck during these maneuvers.
position. Do not
hyperextend, flex, or
rotate the neck during
these maneuvers.
Suction gently to prevent gag
stimulation of the ___ reflex.
Prepare for endotracheal Prepare for endotracheal intubation:
intubation: VENTILATE the patient with a BAG-MASK device
_____ the patient with a before ET intubation.
_______ device before ET ADMINSITER MEDICATIONS to facilitate ET
intubation. intubation.
A_________ m______ to facilitate Use an ALTERNATIVE AIRWAY if the patient's airway
ET intubation. can't be managed with ET intubation.
Use an _____ ______ if the
patient's airway can't be
managed with ET
intubation.
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If there are any life- LOBE
threatening compromises loose teeth or foreign objects
in airway status, stop and obstruction by tongue (partial or complete)
intervene to correct the blood, vomit, or other secretions
problem. What are 4 edema
examples of life-
threatening airway
conditions?
Life-threatening Life-threatening compromises in BREATHING may
compromises in _______ may occur with a history of:
occur with a history of: -blunt or penetrating injuries of the THORAX
-blunt or penetrating -acceleration, deceleration, or a combination of both
injuries of the _____ types of forces, such as MVC'S, FALLS, or CRUSH
-acceleration, injuries.
deceleration, or a
combination of both types
of forces, such as ______
________ ________, f______, or ____
injuries.
Once the patency of the spontaneous breathing
airway is ensured, what are rise and fall of chest
some ways to assess the rate and pattern of breathing
quality of breathing? use of accessory muscles
______ _____ and _____ _______ diaphragmatic vs. abdominal breathing
_______ are considered late color
signs of considered late integrity of soft tissues & bony structures of chest wall
signs of breathing bilateral breath sounds
compromise. TRACHEAL
DEVIATION and JUGULAR
VEIN DISTENTION are
considered late signs of
considered late signs of
breathing compromise.
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