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TNCC study guide REAL EXAM
ACTUAL VERIFIED EXAM TEST BANK
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ANSWERS, Exams of Nursing




What roles are vital to a trauma team - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-The patient

Team leader-organize team/empower members



core team-technical skills- airway/vascular access



contingency and support survices- RT

Describe the activities and associated factors related to low-energy trauma in the older adult. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Falls most comon due to wet suraces, poor lighting, inadequate footwear,a nd
cluttered pathways



List common injuries from falls in the older adult population. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Laceration

TBI

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Fractures (hips)



What condition is associated with a fall from which the older adult cannot rise? What complications
result from this condition? - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Rhabdomyolysis causing:



AKI

hyperkalemia

fluid shifting - hypovolemic shock

fat embolism

coagulopathies

sepsis and MODS



Review the age-related anatomic and physiologic change of the older adult in relation to the
components of the initial assessment. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-pg 262



Describe the fluid resuscitation of an older adult patient related to fluid overload, when to administer
red blood cells, and the use of anticoagulant medication. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔--smaller fluid boluses w.
reassessment

-auscultate lung sounds

-early administartion of RBC to increase O2 carrying capacity

-use pressure dressings and vitamin K to control bleeding



Describe effects of common medications in relation to the older adult trauma patient. -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Beta-blocers can prevent increased herat rate



Anticoagulants = bleeds



Diabetes medss: alter LOC

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Analgesics: can alter balance and judgement



Describe common patterns and severity of injuries in the bariatric trauma patient. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-
Increased risk of complications once injured



Characterisitcs of an effective team - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-dynamic

interdependent

adaptive

common goal



COMMUNICATION

COOPERATION

COORDINATION



Kinematics - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or potential
injuries



Biomechanics - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-general study of forces and their effects



mechanism of injury - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-how external energy forces in the environment are transferred
to the body



Newtons 3 laws - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-1. an object in motion will stay in motion

2. force = mass x acceleration

3. for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

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5 forms of energy that exist - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-1. Mechanical- energy transfer from one object to
another in form of motion



2. thermal-heat transfer from environment to host



3. chemical- heat energy trnsfer from active chemical substances such as chlorine, drain cleaner, acids



4. electrical- energy transfer from light socket



5. radiant- energy transfer from blast sound waves, nuclear, rays from the sn



eternal forces in trauma - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-1. deceleartion- falls and collison = sudden stop



2. acceleration- sudden onset of motion- hit by a car



3. compression- hit stationary objects; bullets; blast forces



internal forces of energy in trauma - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-stress- internal force that resists external force



solid organs good at pressure wave energy

air organs better at shear forces



4 main types of traumatic injury - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-1. blunt trauma- falls; mvc; trauma

2. penetrating- stabing; GSW

3. Thermal

4. Blast Trauma- bomb

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