ABFAS COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER
WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ What are the three main arteries to the Talus?
Answer: PT, DP and peroneal artery/ perforating peroneal
◉ What artery supplies the head and neck of the talus?
Answer: DP --> Artery of the sinus tarsi
◉ What artery supplies the body of the talus?
Answer: PT --> Artery of the tarsal canal
◉ What is the fracture of the talus posterior process named?
What is the most common mechanism of injury?
Answer: Shepherds fx
-Hyperflexion- forced PF- wedged between calc and tibia
◉ What is the fracture of the lateral process called? What is the
most common mechanism of injury?
Answer: Snowboarders
-DF inversion/ External Rotation - pull of the talocalcaneal
ligament
, ◉ What is the fracture of the posterior medial tubercle of the talus
called?
Answer: Cedell
◉ What is the difference between 1st and 2nd degree partial
thickness burns?
Answer: 1 st degree involves only the epidermis - superficial
-Erythematous and painfu
2 nd Degree involves the dermis but not extend past the dermis
◉ What are the characterization for full thickness burns?
Answer: o Full thickness to the level of the sub Q tissue
o Eschar- painless due to total nerve destruction
o Anesthesia and charred discoloration
◉ Why are burns treated with fluids?
Answer: Maintain organ perfusion and prevent hypovolemic
shock
◉ Most common complication due to frostbite?
Answer: Cold sensitivity
◉ Treatment of abnormal PASA?
Answer: Reeverdin
WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ What are the three main arteries to the Talus?
Answer: PT, DP and peroneal artery/ perforating peroneal
◉ What artery supplies the head and neck of the talus?
Answer: DP --> Artery of the sinus tarsi
◉ What artery supplies the body of the talus?
Answer: PT --> Artery of the tarsal canal
◉ What is the fracture of the talus posterior process named?
What is the most common mechanism of injury?
Answer: Shepherds fx
-Hyperflexion- forced PF- wedged between calc and tibia
◉ What is the fracture of the lateral process called? What is the
most common mechanism of injury?
Answer: Snowboarders
-DF inversion/ External Rotation - pull of the talocalcaneal
ligament
, ◉ What is the fracture of the posterior medial tubercle of the talus
called?
Answer: Cedell
◉ What is the difference between 1st and 2nd degree partial
thickness burns?
Answer: 1 st degree involves only the epidermis - superficial
-Erythematous and painfu
2 nd Degree involves the dermis but not extend past the dermis
◉ What are the characterization for full thickness burns?
Answer: o Full thickness to the level of the sub Q tissue
o Eschar- painless due to total nerve destruction
o Anesthesia and charred discoloration
◉ Why are burns treated with fluids?
Answer: Maintain organ perfusion and prevent hypovolemic
shock
◉ Most common complication due to frostbite?
Answer: Cold sensitivity
◉ Treatment of abnormal PASA?
Answer: Reeverdin