TNCC trauma assessment EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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TNCC Trauma Nursing Core Course 7th Edition ENA 20
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26 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VE
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QUESTION 1 ms




Components of SBAR and its purpose ms ms ms ms ms




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S: Situation B: Background A: Assessment R: Recommendation Purpose-
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to provide framework for communication amount members of the healthcare team p. 7
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QUESTION 2 ms




Components of DESC and its purpose ms ms ms ms ms




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D: Describe the specific situation or behavior E: Express your concerns or how the situation makes
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you feel S: Suggest alternatives and seek agreement C: State consequences in terms of impact on per
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formance goals Purpose- ms ms



used in conflict management; paraphrasing the other person's comments is an important technique
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that should be done throughout the DESC script. Following discussion of consequences, team membe
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rs should work towards consensus. p. 7
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QUESTION 3 ms




Components of CUS and its purpose ms ms ms ms ms




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C: I am Concerned U: I am Uncomfortable S: This is a Safety issue/ I am Stressed Purpose-
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used to "stop the line" if a team member senses or discovers an essential safety breach p. 7
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QUESTION 4 ms

,Define trauma ms




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- Trauma is injury to living tissue caused by extrinsic agent -
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Regardless of MOI, trauma creates stressors that exceed the tissue's or organ's ability to compensat
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e p. 9
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QUESTION 5 ms




Leading cause of death for ages 1. over 65 2. 5 to 24 3. 25 to 64
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1. Falls 2. MVCs 3. poisoning p. 9
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QUESTION 6 ms




Explain 3 phases of injury prevention
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Primary: prevention of the occurrence of the injury Secondary: Reduction in the severity of the injur
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y that has occurred Tertiary: Improvement of outcomes related to the traumatic injury p. 10
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QUESTION 7 ms




How can the trauma nurse have an impact when it comes to the legislative process?
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By advocating for stronger laws and more consistent enforcement p. 11
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QUESTION 8 ms




Define kinematics ms




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The study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or intentional injuries p. 25
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QUESTION 9 ms




Define biomechanics ms




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The general study of forces and their effects p. 25
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,QUESTION 10 ms




Define mechanism of injury (MOI)
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How external energy forces in the environment are transferred to the body p. 25
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QUESTION 11 ms




Newton's First Law of Motion ms ms ms ms




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A body at rest will remain at rest, and a body in motion will stay in motion p. 26
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QUESTION 12 ms




Newton's Second Law of Motion ms ms ms ms




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Force = Mass X Acceleration p. 26
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QUESTION 13 ms




Newton's Third Law of Motion ms ms ms ms




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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction p. 26
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QUESTION 14 ms




Law of Conservation of Energy
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Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can change form p. 26
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QUESTION 15 ms




Describe energy forms ms ms




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- Mechanical (energy transfer from one object to another in the form of motion) -
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Thermal (energy transfer of heat in environment to the host) -
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, Chemical (heat energy transfer from active chemical substances such as chlorine, drain cleaner, acid
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s, or plants) - Electrical (energy transfer from light socket, power lines, or lightning) -
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Radiant (energy transfer from blast sound waves, radioactivity such as a nuclear facility, or rays of
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the sun) p. 26ms ms ms




QUESTION 16 ms




External energy forces can be exerted on the body by the following forces
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Deceleration forces: include those applied in falls and collisions where injuries are caused by sudde
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n stop of the body's motion -
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Acceleration forces: not as common as deceleration forces and result from a sudden and rapid onse
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t of motion (parked car being hit by a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed) -
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Compression force is an external force applied at times of impact, explains include: + Stationary obj
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ects such as dashboards or steering wheels, that collide with or push up into a person + Objects in
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motion such as bullets and stabbing instruments, bats and balls, fists and feet, or heavy falling objec
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ts + Blast forces p. 27
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QUESTION 17 ms




The degree to which tissues resist destruction under circumstances of energy transfer
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depends on...
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Their proximity to the impact and their structural characteristics p. 27
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QUESTION 18 ms




Structural strengths of tissue are described in what three ways?
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-Compression -Tensile -Shear p. 27 ms ms ms ms




QUESTION 19 ms




Compression strength refers to the tissue's ability to: ms ms ms ms ms ms ms




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Resist crush force - ms ms ms



Compression injuries to organs occur when the organs are crushed from surrounding internal organ
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s or structures such as a seatbelt worn up across the abdomen causing compression of the small bo
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wel or a fracture to the lumbar spine p. 27
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