TCAR POST TEST TEST 4 LATEST VERSIONS REAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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1. Helmets and automobile airbags work because they
prevent blows to the head.
reduce acceleration injuries.
increase deceleration speed.
add deceleration distance. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-reduce acceleration
injuries.
,2. Which of the following statements best describes knife wounds?
Their velocity is _____, the temporary cavity _____, and damage _____.
low; depends on the size of the knife; is usually extensive
low; is insignificant; is limited to structures directly in object's path
high; will be small; affects structures at some distance from the wound
tract
high; may be massive; results in widespread tissue destruction -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-low; is insignificant; is limited to structures
directly in object's path
4. Injury to which body structure is commonly a DELAYED finding in the
blast trauma patient?
Heart
Bladder
Bowel
Spleen - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Bowel
5. Shock occurs when
the sodium-potassium pump fails.
ATP levels are less than lactic acid levels.
cellular oxygen demand is greater than supply.
aerobic metabolism exceeds anaerobic metabolism. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-cellular oxygen demand is greater than supply.
, 6. _____ shock is the most common type of shock immediately after
traumatic injury.
Distributive Septic Cardiogenic Hypovolemic - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Hypovolemic
7. Which findings suggest a trauma patient is experiencing cardiogenic
shock?
Bradycardia, cyanosis, and elevated mean arterial pressure
High shock index, mottling, and hypotension
Tachycardia, flushing, and widened pulse pressure
Pallor, course breath sounds, and hypertension -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-High shock index, mottling, and hypotension
8. A multisystem trauma patient has become progressively tachycardic
and hypotensive one week after hospital admission. Pulse pressure is
wide. The most likely explanation for this finding is
dehydration.
fat embolism syndrome.
surgical site bleeding.
sepsis. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-sepsis.
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