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TCAR FINAL EXAM-TRAUMA CARE
EXAM Questions & Answers, Well
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Final Exam-Trauma Care Questions and
Correct Answers
Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Ans: — a method of classifying
patients into five categories based on the severity of their
conditions and resource needs.
1—Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
2—Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
3—urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
4—non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
5—minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-1 Ans: — Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-2 Ans: — Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-3 Ans: — urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2
resources
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-4 Ans: — non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-5 Ans: — minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
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Initial management Ans: — Airway
Ventilation
Control bleeding
Prevent shock
Maintain spinal immobilization
Transport to closest facility
Triage: Immediate (Red) Ans: — stabilization and evaluation/
airway management, breathing, and circulation
Triage: Next Ans: — history of drug or toxins, time and duration of
exposure, first aid treatment received prior to hospitalization
Triage Ans: — the medical screening of patients to determine their
relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment
Obtain allergies, underlying disease, processes or related injury
Safety for injuries
-Contusion Ans: — major bruising due to blunt trauma
Safety for injuries
-Flail chest Ans: — segment of the rib cage breaks off due to
trauma and becomes detached from the chest wall
Safety for injuries
-Hemothorax Ans: — collapsed lung where pleural cavity fills with
blood,prepare for chest tube insertion on affected side, administer
blood or blood products as ordered, anticipate and prepare for
emergency open thoracotomy
Safety for injuries
-Spinal Cord Injury Ans: — avoid hyperextension or rotation of
patient's neck, observe ventilatory effort and use of accessory
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TCAR FINAL EXAM-TRAUMA CARE
EXAM Questions & Answers, Well
Elaborated | | 2025\2026 Latest!! |TCAR
Final Exam-Trauma Care Questions and
Correct Answers
Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Ans: — a method of classifying
patients into five categories based on the severity of their
conditions and resource needs.
1—Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
2—Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
3—urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
4—non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
5—minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-1 Ans: — Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-2 Ans: — Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-3 Ans: — urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2
resources
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-4 Ans: — non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-5 Ans: — minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
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Initial management Ans: — Airway
Ventilation
Control bleeding
Prevent shock
Maintain spinal immobilization
Transport to closest facility
Triage: Immediate (Red) Ans: — stabilization and evaluation/
airway management, breathing, and circulation
Triage: Next Ans: — history of drug or toxins, time and duration of
exposure, first aid treatment received prior to hospitalization
Triage Ans: — the medical screening of patients to determine their
relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment
Obtain allergies, underlying disease, processes or related injury
Safety for injuries
-Contusion Ans: — major bruising due to blunt trauma
Safety for injuries
-Flail chest Ans: — segment of the rib cage breaks off due to
trauma and becomes detached from the chest wall
Safety for injuries
-Hemothorax Ans: — collapsed lung where pleural cavity fills with
blood,prepare for chest tube insertion on affected side, administer
blood or blood products as ordered, anticipate and prepare for
emergency open thoracotomy
Safety for injuries
-Spinal Cord Injury Ans: — avoid hyperextension or rotation of
patient's neck, observe ventilatory effort and use of accessory
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