ITLS Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ITLS 9th Edition | Questions and Verified Solutions Latest update 2024 Upon arrival at a trauma scene, you should complete a(n) - Answer - Scene Size-up pg 2 Prolonged scene times may reflect: - Answer - Ineffective team collaboration pg 34 Which of the following indicates a state of hyperventilation? - Answer - An end tidal CO2 level less than 30 mmHG pg 79 A 23 year old female fell from a 2nd floor balcony. Upon arrival, you find her lying in the grass. She responds to verbal command...

In a rear-impact motor vehicle collision, which area of the spine is most susceptible to injury? - Cervical A 36-year-old male sustains blunt force thoracic trauma and fits the criteria for a load-and-go patient. Which of the following should be performed on the scene? - Assess for other potentially life-threatening conditions The use of external laryngeal manipulation: - Improves glottic visualization A pericardiocentesis is performed to: - To remove fluid from the lining around the h...

Hypoxemia - The most common cause of cardiopulmonary arrest in the trauma patient Cardiac output - Heart rate x stroke volume Shock - Condition that occurs when perfussion of the bodies tissues with oxygen, glucose, electrolytes and fluid becomes inadequate. Compensated shock - Weakness, lightheaded, pallor, tachy, diaphoresis, tachypenia, decreased urine output, weak peripheral pulses Decompinsated shock - Hypotension, altered mental status, cardiac arres

What is the Golden Hour? - First 60 minutes after traumatic injury Describe Platinum 10 minutes: - Time that it should take to load and go Describe the windshield survey: - When arriving on scene, scan through the windshield to look at what is all involved in the scene. This is a crucial part of scene safety.

What makes up the ITLS Primary Survey - Scene size up Initial assessment Rapid trauma survey or Focused exam Critical interventions and transport decisions Contact medical direction What makes up the ITLS Secondary Survey - Repeat initial assessment Repeat vital signs Perform neuro exam Perform head to toe exam What makes up the ITLS Ongoing Exam - Repeat initial assessment Repeat vital signs Reassess abdomen Check injuries and interventions

Normal adult heart rate - 60-100 beats per minute normal adult respiratory rate - 12-20 breaths per minute Normal adult blood pressure - 120/80 mmHg flail chest - A condition in which two or more ribs are fractured in two or more places or in association with a fracture of the sternum so that a segment of the chest wall is effectively detached from the rest of the thoracic cage. Signs and symptoms of flail chest - Paradoxical movement of the chest, decreased lung volumes, decreased lung c...

Normal adult heart rate - 60-100 beats per minute normal adult respiratory rate - 12-20 breaths per minute Normal adult blood pressure - 120/80 mmHg flail chest - A condition in which two or more ribs are fractured in two or more places or in association with a fracture of the sternum so that a segment of the chest wall is effectively detached from the rest of the thoracic cage. Signs and symptoms of flail chest - Paradoxical movement of the chest, decreased lung volumes, decreased lung c...

Q1.What is normal paCO2 - 35-45mmHg When is intercranial pressure considered dangerous - They rise in 15 mmHg and cerebral herniation may occur at pressures above 25 mmHg Q2.How is cerebral perfusion pressure calculated - Subtracting intercranial pressure from mean arterial blood pressure What is map - Mean arterial pressure Q3.If ICP increases then what happens to cerebral perfusion pressure - Cerebral perfusion pressure will decrease Through perfusion pressure must maintain at least wh...

ITLS 9th edition Advanced Pre-test WITH ANSWERS In a rear-impact motor vehicle collision, which area of the spine is most susceptible to injury? A. Cervical B. Thoracic C. Lumbar D. Sacral-coccygeal -A. Cervical A 36-year-old male sustains blunt force thoracic trauma and fits the criteria for a loadand-go patient. Which of the following should be performed on the scene? A. Obtain an ECG B. Establish vascular access C. Obtain a finger-stick serum lactate level D. Assess for other pote...