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Trauma FISDAP studyguide NCTI 2024 Exam
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Solutions Graded A+
Denning [Date] [Course title]
, Trauma Lethal Triad - Answer: Hypothermia, Coagulopathy(Poor blood clotting), Acidosis
What are some Complications of spinal cord injuries - Answer:
Ecchymosis - Answer: bruising
Indications for spinal immobilization - Answer: injury of the spinal cord, head neck, torso, or pelvis, any
fall, high acceleration impact, ejection from a moving object.
Indications for tourniquet use - Answer: Bleeding is uncontrolled, Direct pressure on wound does not
control the bleed.
Cushing's reflex - Answer:
Sucking Chest Wound - Answer: an open chest wound in which air is "sucked" into the chest cavity
Tension Pneumothorax - Answer: a pneumothorax with rapid accumulation of air in the pleural space
causing severely high intrapleural pressures with resultant tension on the heart and great vessels.
Flail Chest - Answer: fracture of two or more adjacent ribs in two or more places that allows for free
movement of the fractured segment
Simple Pneumothorax - Answer: Any pneumothorax that is free from significant physiologic changes
and does not cause drastic changes in the vital signs of the patient.
Open Pneumothorax - Answer: An open or penetrating chest wall wound through which air passes
during inspiration and expiration, creating a sucking sound; also referred to as a sucking chest wound.
Commotio cortis - Answer: Sudden death that occurs from blunt trauma to the chest precordium
during the peak of the T-Wave. (when the ventricular myocardium is repolarizing)`
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