SSM TCAR EXAM 2024
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What is Kinematics? - ....ANSWER...The process of
predicting potential injuries based on analysis of the
forces involved
Dose of energy is? - ....ANSWER...The nature and amount of
force
Characteristic of wounding agent? -
....ANSWER...Type of energy and how it was applied Force -
....ANSWER...The dose of energy involved
Which gender is the majority of trauma? -
....ANSWER...Male
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,Incidence of trauma peaks at what age? -
....ANSWER...Teens and young adult
Blunt trauma Classifications include? -
....ANSWER...MVA
Auto vs. pedestrian Falls
Struck by or against an object
Trauma mortality based on organ system failure? -
....ANSWER...1 organ system failure=4%
2 organ system failures=32%
3 organ system failures=67%
4 organ system failures=90%
What are the four collisions? - ....ANSWER ......1. The
vehicle
2. The occupants
3. The internal organs
4. The secondary impacts
Energy transmission in a rollover depends on? -
....ANSWER...Deceleration distance
2
,Energy is dissipated over the distance of the roll and
whether or not the occupants are restrained
Car vs pedestrian injuries depend on? -
....ANSWER...Point of contact with the care
Height of hood & bumper
Size & weight of vehicle
Height of patient
Direction patient was facing when struck
What is the most common mechanism of injury in all age
groups? - ....ANSWER...Falls
Factors predicting fall injuries are? -
....ANSWER...Fall height (velocity) Landing
surface (deceleration distance) Point of
impact on the body
Wound ballistics- permanent cavity -
....ANSWER...Cavity is the a function of the size, shape,
and characteristic of the missile (mass)
For every second of fall time, speed increases by? -
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, ....ANSWER...Speed increases by approximately 20
MPH
Define Shock? - ....ANSWER...A state in which cellular
oxygen demand exceeds supply
When the cost of tissue oxygen is higher than the body
can pay, an oxygen debt develops.
Types of shock per TCAR? - ....ANSWER...Pumps-Site of
defect heart
Pipes- site of defect is artery, veins or capillaries
Fluid-intravascular, interstitial or intracellular
VS in shock? - ....ANSWER...Narrow pulse pressure
Tachycardia
Low CO
How many ATP molecules are produced with oxygen &
glucose? - ....ANSWER...32 ATP molecules
How many ATP molecules are produced without oxygen? -
....ANSWER...2 ATP molecules
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