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ATLS questions and certified answers 2023/2024 What is a Primary Survey? - Answers Assess life-threatening injuries with simultaneous resuscitation A: - Answers Airway maintenance with cervical spine protection How do you support Airways (3) - Answers Help with nasal cannula/ mask Chin tilt to stop tongue aspiration Collar, sandbags and tape for a spinal injury (C2-C5), What happens if C3-4-5 are damaged? (2) - Answers Can give permanent quadriplegia Heart and diaphragm stopping ...

ATLS questions and elaborated answers 2023/2024 Names of the Initial assessment - Answers Preparation Traige Primary survey (ABCDEs) resuscitation Adjucts to primary surgey/resusciation Condisderation of transfer Secondary survey Adjucts to secondeary survey Post resuscitation monitoring/re-evaluation Final care parapation - Answers bascially ensuring that call is made to recieve prior to leaving. making sure to maintain airway triage - Answers - helps to minimaze scne time - ...

ATLS questions and tested answers 2023/2024 An isolated penetrating injury from the chest can cause bleeding into the lesser sac, which may not communicate with the rest of the peritoneal cavity. A DPL in this situation would show no evidence of bleeding. SENSITIVE. Not specific Burns fluids calculations Adults Children Parkland and modified When do you adjust fluid? - Answers Children: 3xKgxTBSA parkland adults 4xKgxTBSA Adj Parkland adults 2xKgxTBSA Note. Usually minus...

ATLS questions and certified answers 2023/2024 shoulder abduction - Answers axillary nerve, C5 elbow flexion - Answers musculocutaneous nerve, C5, C6 elbow extension - Answers radial nerve, C6, C7, C8 hand and wrist grip-dorsiflex wrist - Answers radial nerve, C6 hand and wrist grip-flex fingers - Answers median & ulnar nerves, C7, C8 finger add/abduction, - Answers ulnar nerve, C8, T1 dorsiflex great toe and ankle - Answers deep peroneal, L5 nerve plantar dorsiflex - Answe...

ATSL questions and elaborated answers 2023/2024 Initial assessment (ABCD)=> ask what questions - Answers - Identify themselves (Speech - AB) - Ask for names - Ask for what happened (alert - D) what does 2nd assessment include - Answers -head to toe exam = complete H&P How to determine adequacy of respiration - Answers ventilatory rate capnography ABG (low pH + base excess =shock) Measure ventilation - Answers End tidal CO2 - colorimetry - capnometry - Capnography FA...

ATLS questions and revised answers 2023/2024 Which of the following is the recommended Method for treatment frostbite? A. Vasodilators B. Anticigulants C. Warm (40 degrees) water D. Padding and elevation E. Application of heat from a hairdryer - Answers C. Warm (40 degrees) water Which of the following physical findings suggest a cause of hypotension other than spinal cord injury? A. Prispism B. Bradycardia C. Diaphragmatic breathing D. Presence of deep tendon reflexes E. Ability t...

ATLS Questions and complete answers 2023/2024 what happens when a simple pneumothorax is intubated - Answers can be converted to a tension pneumothorax if the simple pneumothorax is not first relieved with a chest tube vascular resuscitation due to hypovolemia should be with what type of fluid - Answers isotonic/crystalloid how does pulse ox work - Answers infrared detects differences in absorption of light between oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin how can ventilation be monitored - An...

ATLS Traumatic Questions and Answers 2023/2024 (Graded A+) most common cause of shock - Answers hemorrhage how far of a fall to require to call a trauma adults and kids - Answers adults: 20 feet, kids: 10 feet MVA intrusion roof and any side in inches to call a trauma - Answers 12 inches occupant side, 18 inches any side age where injury/death increases for trauma - Answers 55 BP representing shock in trauma and what age - Answers <110, 65 how many weeks prego to transfer to tr...

ATLS Breathing Airway .Questions and Answers 2023/2024 A definitive airway is? - Answers A tube placed in the trachea with a cuff inflated below the vocal cords Three types of definitive airway are? - Answers 1. Orotracheal 2. Nasotracheal 3. Surgical Airway (Cricothyroidotomy or tracheostomy) Laryngeal Trauma indicated by? - Answers 1. Hoarseness 2. Subcutaneous emphysema 3. Palpable fracture Noisy breathing indicates? - Answers Partial airway obstruction Hoarseness (dysphonia) indicates? ...