Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)-
9th Edition 2025/2026 Exam Questions
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Why is alertness included in the airway assessment? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Including this helps evaluate the patient's ability to protect their own
airway
What pneumonic is used to assess a patient level of alertness? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔A: Alert
V: Responds to verbal stimuli
P: Responds to pain
U: Unresponsive
Why is AVPU beneficial to use at the beginning of the initial patient
assessment? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Will help determine appropriate airway
intervention
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, In a patient who is unable to open their mouth or unresponsive, how do we
assess the airway? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Jaw- thrust maneuver is performed to
open airway and mouth to assess for obstruction
What inspecting the airway, what are we inspecting for? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Vocalization
Tongue Obstruction
Loose or missing teeth
Foreign objects
Fluids (blood, vomit, secretions)
Edema
Burns/ evidence of inhalation injury
If an airway is patent, what is the goal? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Focusing efforts at
maintaining and supporting a patent airway
(Pt may be allowed to assume position that facilitates better air exchange
so long as no CSI is suspected)
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9th Edition 2025/2026 Exam Questions
with 100% Correct Answers | Latest
Update
Why is alertness included in the airway assessment? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Including this helps evaluate the patient's ability to protect their own
airway
What pneumonic is used to assess a patient level of alertness? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔A: Alert
V: Responds to verbal stimuli
P: Responds to pain
U: Unresponsive
Why is AVPU beneficial to use at the beginning of the initial patient
assessment? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Will help determine appropriate airway
intervention
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, In a patient who is unable to open their mouth or unresponsive, how do we
assess the airway? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Jaw- thrust maneuver is performed to
open airway and mouth to assess for obstruction
What inspecting the airway, what are we inspecting for? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Vocalization
Tongue Obstruction
Loose or missing teeth
Foreign objects
Fluids (blood, vomit, secretions)
Edema
Burns/ evidence of inhalation injury
If an airway is patent, what is the goal? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Focusing efforts at
maintaining and supporting a patent airway
(Pt may be allowed to assume position that facilitates better air exchange
so long as no CSI is suspected)
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