TNCC Written Exam Correct Questions & Answers!!

Primary concern when a person cannot stop coughing/clearing their throat following house fire/smoke? - ANSWER Airway/Intubate Lab evidence of cellular perfusion - ANSWER Base Excess (Less than -6 is BAD) Multiple people are in the ER of different ages who all go to the same church. They all have the same symptoms. What is the most likely cause? - ANSWER Biologic Suspected shock type with a spinal cord injury - ANSWER Distributive Shock (Includes neurogenic) Patient has GCS of 3, unequal pupils (one sluggish, one blown), and is posturing. What is the cause? - ANSWER Herniation Middle Meningeal Artery - ANSWER Epidural Hematoma (results from collection of blood that forms between dura mater and skull) Prior to having a concussion (TBI), the patient had a brain injury that was not fully healed. What is the cause? - ANSWER 2nd Impact Syndrome Bowel sounds heard in the L chest. What is this a symptom of? - ANSWER Ruptured diaphragm Symptoms of __________________: include muffled heart sounds and hypotension - ANSWER Pericardiocentesis How should you dress a severed limb? - ANSWER Sterile gauze with normal saline THEN put ice on it Amylase level looks at _____________ - ANSWER Pancreas What should you do if your patient has hyphema (collection of blood inside the front part of the eye?) - ANSWER Sit HOB up to 30 degrees Principle that people have to take action after suffering a loss in order to decrease severity, seriousness, or painfulness - ANSWER Mitigation What organ is most at risk following a gunshot - ANSWER Liver 8 year old child with longitudinal thigh lacerations - ANSWER Sign of child abuse Bleeding around belly button - ANSWER Cullen's Sign