ITLS 9TH EDITION QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, 4 component of perfusion - Answer: adequate volume, air, intact/functioning vascular system and
working pump
hypovolemic shock - Answer: inadequate fluid volume in the vascular system
high space hypovolemic shock - Answer: caused by a spinal injury or drug overdose
Mechanical shock - Answer: preventing the filling of the heart or obstructing blood flow
cardiogenic shock - Answer: Shock caused by inadequate function of the heart, or pump failure.
neurogenic shock - Answer: blood flow stopped from a cervical/thoracic spinal injury
septic shock - Answer: blood flow to organs become impaired from infection
pulmonary contusion - Answer: hemorrhage into lung parenchyma and is secondary to blunt trauma
Cardiac Contusion - Answer: a bruise to the heart wall caused by severe blunt trauma to the chest where
the heart is violently compressed between the sternum and the spinal column
cardiac tamponade - Answer: Compression of the heart as the result of buildup of blood or other fluid in
the pericardial sac, leading to decreased cardiac output.
tension pneumothorax - Answer: a type of pneumothorax in which air that enters the chest cavity is
prevented from escaping
simple pneumothorax - Answer: a non-expanding collection of air around the lung.
hemothorax - Answer: a collection of blood in the pleural cavity
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, 4 component of perfusion - Answer: adequate volume, air, intact/functioning vascular system and
working pump
hypovolemic shock - Answer: inadequate fluid volume in the vascular system
high space hypovolemic shock - Answer: caused by a spinal injury or drug overdose
Mechanical shock - Answer: preventing the filling of the heart or obstructing blood flow
cardiogenic shock - Answer: Shock caused by inadequate function of the heart, or pump failure.
neurogenic shock - Answer: blood flow stopped from a cervical/thoracic spinal injury
septic shock - Answer: blood flow to organs become impaired from infection
pulmonary contusion - Answer: hemorrhage into lung parenchyma and is secondary to blunt trauma
Cardiac Contusion - Answer: a bruise to the heart wall caused by severe blunt trauma to the chest where
the heart is violently compressed between the sternum and the spinal column
cardiac tamponade - Answer: Compression of the heart as the result of buildup of blood or other fluid in
the pericardial sac, leading to decreased cardiac output.
tension pneumothorax - Answer: a type of pneumothorax in which air that enters the chest cavity is
prevented from escaping
simple pneumothorax - Answer: a non-expanding collection of air around the lung.
hemothorax - Answer: a collection of blood in the pleural cavity
