Skull fractures Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Fluid resuscitation is administered to a traumatically injured patient. After resuscitation, the trauma nurse evaluates the patient's response to that resuscitation to determine whether additional fluids should be administered. Which of the following factors is most likely to impact this evaluation? Correct Answer Beta-blockers blunt changes in the pulse and blood pressure. This may both reduce changes associated with recognizing hypovolemia but it can also reduce changes associated with the re...

AHN 572 Neuro 1, Top Questions & Answers, 100% Accurate. Coup - -Bruising at direct impact Countercoup - -Cranial Contents shift, temporal or posterior region Mechanism of Injury : Acceleraiton-Deceleration - -Coup-countercoup, where rapid acceleration of head hits directly, then crainial contents stop and shift then decelerate (diffuse injury) blunt trauma - -Direct impact Penetrating Trauma - -Penetrates into the brain tissue High velocity trauma example - -Gun shot wound ...

Anterograde (Posttraumatic) Amnesia correct answers Inability to remember events after an injury. Basilar Skull Fractures correct answers Usually occur following diffuse impact to the head (such as falls, motor vehicle crashes); generally result from extension of a linear fracture to the base of the skull and can be difficult to diagnose with a radiograph (x-ray). Battle's Sign correct answers Bruising behind an ear over the mastoid process that may indicate a skull fracture. Cerebral ...

JB Learning: EMT Final Exam.A 4-year-old, 15-kg male ingested an unknown quantity of acetaminophen (Tylenol). The child's mother states that she does not know when the ingestion occurred. The child is conscious and alert and in no apparent distress. The EMT should: (Ans - administer 15 g of activated charcoal. A patient who has experienced a back injury, with or without spinal cord damage, would be triaged with a ___________ tag during a mass-casualty incident (Ans - yellow An unconsciou...

NBME CBSE ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Quiz bank with all the correct answers) (usmle step 1) Medical examination new Update 2023/2024 62 year old woman - osteoporosis - a bisphosphonate is prescribed. The expected beneficial effect of the drug is due to which of the following? -Answer= Decreased Osteoclast Activity Cohot Study of elderly women - relative risk ratio for hip fractures among those who exercise regularly is 1.2 (95% confidence interval of 1.1 to 1.8). Which of the fo...

NBME CBSE ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Quiz bank with all the correct answers) (usmle step 1) Medical examination 62 year old woman - osteoporosis - a bisphosphonate is prescribed. The expected beneficial effect of the drug is due to which of the following? -Answer- Decreased Osteoclast Activity Cohot Study of elderly women - relative risk ratio for hip fractures among those who exercise regularly is 1.2 (95% confidence interval of 1.1 to 1.8). Which of the following is the conclus...

ATLS Post Test 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. The primary indication for transferring a patient to a higher level trauma center is: unavailability of a surgeon or operating room staff. multiple system injuries, including severe head injury. resource limitations as determined by the transferring doctor. resource limitations as determined by the hospital administration. widened mediastinum on chest x-ray following blunt thoracic trauma. 2. teen-aged bi...

ATLS Post Test 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ATLS Posttest 2022 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. The primary indication for transferring a patient to a higher level trauma center is: unavailability of a surgeon or operating room staff. multiple system injuries, including severe head injury. resource limitations as determined by the transferring doctor. resource limitations as determined by the hospital administration. widened mediastinum on chest x-r...

CSTR STUDY GUIDE 2023 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.

1. A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate is now 100 beats per minute and his respiratory rate is 28 breaths per minute. A tube thoracostomy is performed for decreased left chest breath sounds with the return of a small amount of blood and no air leak. After chest tube insertion, the most appropriate next...