SSM TCAR REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% VERIFIED.
1. What are the definitive options for pelvic fracture stabilization and hemor-
rhage control? ANS >>> External Fixation
Interventional Radiology
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, Open reduction & Internal fixation
2. How are closed mid-shaft femur fractures managed? ANS >>>
Intramedullary nail fixation
3. What makes a fracture comminuted? ANS >>> The bone is in multiple pieces
4. Physiologic criteria for trauma center care? ANS >>>
SBP<90 Resp rate <10 or >29
GCS <14
5. What is Kinematics? ANS >>> The process of predicting potential injuries
based on analysis of the forces involved
6. Dose of energy is? ANS >>> The nature and amount of force
7. Characteristic of wounding agent? ANS >>> Type of energy and how it was
applied
8. Force ANS >>> The dose of energy involved
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, 9. Which gender is the majority of trauma? ANS >>> Male
10. Incidence of trauma peaks at what age? ANS >>> Teens and young adult
11. Blunt trauma Classifications include? ANS
>>> MVA Auto vs. pedestrian
Falls
Struck by or against an object
12. Trauma mortality based on organ system failure? ANS >>> 1 organ
system fail- ure=4%
2 organ system failures=32%
3 organ system failures=67%
4 organ system failures=90%
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, 13. What are the four collisions? ANS >>> 1. The vehicle
2. The occupants
3. The internal organs
4. The secondary impacts
14. Energy transmission in a rollover depends on? ANS >>> Deceleration
distance Energy is dissipated over the distance of the roll and whether or not the
occupants are restrained
15. Car vs pedestrian injuries depend on? ANS >>> Point of contact with
the care Height of hood & bumper
Size & weight of vehicle
Height of patient
Direction patient was facing when struck
16. What is the most common mechanism of injury in all age groups? ANS >>>
Falls
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% VERIFIED.
1. What are the definitive options for pelvic fracture stabilization and hemor-
rhage control? ANS >>> External Fixation
Interventional Radiology
mailto:https://www.stuvia.com/user/techgrades
, Open reduction & Internal fixation
2. How are closed mid-shaft femur fractures managed? ANS >>>
Intramedullary nail fixation
3. What makes a fracture comminuted? ANS >>> The bone is in multiple pieces
4. Physiologic criteria for trauma center care? ANS >>>
SBP<90 Resp rate <10 or >29
GCS <14
5. What is Kinematics? ANS >>> The process of predicting potential injuries
based on analysis of the forces involved
6. Dose of energy is? ANS >>> The nature and amount of force
7. Characteristic of wounding agent? ANS >>> Type of energy and how it was
applied
8. Force ANS >>> The dose of energy involved
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, 9. Which gender is the majority of trauma? ANS >>> Male
10. Incidence of trauma peaks at what age? ANS >>> Teens and young adult
11. Blunt trauma Classifications include? ANS
>>> MVA Auto vs. pedestrian
Falls
Struck by or against an object
12. Trauma mortality based on organ system failure? ANS >>> 1 organ
system fail- ure=4%
2 organ system failures=32%
3 organ system failures=67%
4 organ system failures=90%
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, 13. What are the four collisions? ANS >>> 1. The vehicle
2. The occupants
3. The internal organs
4. The secondary impacts
14. Energy transmission in a rollover depends on? ANS >>> Deceleration
distance Energy is dissipated over the distance of the roll and whether or not the
occupants are restrained
15. Car vs pedestrian injuries depend on? ANS >>> Point of contact with
the care Height of hood & bumper
Size & weight of vehicle
Height of patient
Direction patient was facing when struck
16. What is the most common mechanism of injury in all age groups? ANS >>>
Falls
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