MSC – Trauma UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

MSC – Trauma UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
2 Most common causes of fractures - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Falls from standing
(Geriatrics)
2. Motor Vehicle Accidents


4 Most Commonly Fx bones - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Vertebral body
2. Distal radius
3. proximal femur
4. tib/fib


3 main reasons why old people fall - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Chronic health diseases
2. Dementia
3. Hypotension


Acute Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - Direct violence, Indirect violence (Twist/ bend),
Muscular contraction


Repetitive stress - CORRECT ANSWER - AKA stress fx
-Bone reacts to repeated loading


insufficiency fx - CORRECT ANSWER - Fx occurs due to decreased bone density
(osteoporosis)


Pathological Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - caused by underlying disease weakening the
bone


How to describe a Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Bone location

, 2. Joint involvement
3. Fx fragments
4. Displacement
5. Angulation
6. Open V. Closed
7. Other qualities


Transverse Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - straight across fracture



Linear Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - parallel to long axis of the bone



Oblique Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - bone breaks diagonally



Spiral Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - twisted fracture



Greenstick Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - bone partially bent- often children



Comminuted Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - bone is splintered or crushed



Avulsion Fx - CORRECT ANSWER - a chunk of bone attached to a tendon or ligament
gets pulled away from the main part of the bone.


AO/ASIF - CORRECT ANSWER - For all Fractures



NEER - CORRECT ANSWER - Proximal humerus Fx
-4 possible parts (Head, GT, LT, Shaft)


Monteggia - CORRECT ANSWER - Radius and ulna (4 TYPES)