Abdominal /
Trauma ATCN Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Physical //Exam: //Inspection //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //fully //undress //patient
2. //examine //anterior //and //posterior //abdomen
3. //examine //chest //and //flank
4. //inspect //perineum, //scrotum, //and //perianal //area
5. //logroll //patient //to //inspect //ack
AFTER //INSPECTION, //COVER //THE //PATIENT //TO //PREVENT //HYPOTHERMIA
Signs /
/of /
/Pelvic /
/Fracture //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. /
/evidence //of //ruptured //urethra //(scrotal //hematoma //or //blood //at //the //urethral //meatus)
2. //discrepancy //in //limb //length
3. //rotation //deformity //of //a //leg //without //obvious //fracture
IN //PATIENTS //WITH //THESE //SIGNS, //AVOID //MANUALLY //MANIPULATING //THE //PELVIS
Hypotension //and //pelvic //fracture //= //high //mortality
Therefore... //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sound, //rapid //diagnosis //and //treatment //are //critical //to //patient //outcome
, Pelvic /
/assessment /
/key /
/points //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //diagnose //pelvic //hemorrhage //and //treat //without //delay
2. //unexplained //hypotension //may //be //the //only //sign //of //pelvic //disruption
3. /
/place //
a //pelvic //binder //of //pelvic //fractures, //hypotension, //and //no //other //source //of //blood //loss
4. //avoid //pelvic //manipulation //and //distraction
5. //may //gently //palpate //the //bony //pelvis //for //tenderness, //not //stability
Pelvic //Farrctures: //Initial //Management //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //hemorrhage //control
// a. //emergent: //stabilization, //with //sheet, //binder, //internal //rotation //or //lower //extremities
// b. //definitive: //angiographic //embolization, //operative //hemorrhage //control
2. //fluid //resuscitation //(avoid //hypothermia)
3. //early //transfer
Signs /
/of /
/urethral /
/injury //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //blood //at //the //urethral //meatus, //scrotal //and //perineal //ecchymosis
Rectal /
/exam /
/(blunt /
/trauma) //- /
/CORRECT /
Trauma ATCN Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // // //
Physical //Exam: //Inspection //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //fully //undress //patient
2. //examine //anterior //and //posterior //abdomen
3. //examine //chest //and //flank
4. //inspect //perineum, //scrotum, //and //perianal //area
5. //logroll //patient //to //inspect //ack
AFTER //INSPECTION, //COVER //THE //PATIENT //TO //PREVENT //HYPOTHERMIA
Signs /
/of /
/Pelvic /
/Fracture //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. /
/evidence //of //ruptured //urethra //(scrotal //hematoma //or //blood //at //the //urethral //meatus)
2. //discrepancy //in //limb //length
3. //rotation //deformity //of //a //leg //without //obvious //fracture
IN //PATIENTS //WITH //THESE //SIGNS, //AVOID //MANUALLY //MANIPULATING //THE //PELVIS
Hypotension //and //pelvic //fracture //= //high //mortality
Therefore... //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sound, //rapid //diagnosis //and //treatment //are //critical //to //patient //outcome
, Pelvic /
/assessment /
/key /
/points //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //diagnose //pelvic //hemorrhage //and //treat //without //delay
2. //unexplained //hypotension //may //be //the //only //sign //of //pelvic //disruption
3. /
/place //
a //pelvic //binder //of //pelvic //fractures, //hypotension, //and //no //other //source //of //blood //loss
4. //avoid //pelvic //manipulation //and //distraction
5. //may //gently //palpate //the //bony //pelvis //for //tenderness, //not //stability
Pelvic //Farrctures: //Initial //Management //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //hemorrhage //control
// a. //emergent: //stabilization, //with //sheet, //binder, //internal //rotation //or //lower //extremities
// b. //definitive: //angiographic //embolization, //operative //hemorrhage //control
2. //fluid //resuscitation //(avoid //hypothermia)
3. //early //transfer
Signs /
/of /
/urethral /
/injury //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔1. //blood //at //the //urethral //meatus, //scrotal //and //perineal //ecchymosis
Rectal /
/exam /
/(blunt /
/trauma) //- /
/CORRECT /
