Final Exam-Trauma Care Questions And Answers Guaranteed Pass.
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TCAR
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TCAR
Emergency Severity Index (ESI) - Answer a method of classifying patients into five categories based on the severity of their conditions and resource needs.
1—Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
2—Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
3—urgent---non-life-threa...
Final Exam-Trauma Care Questions And
Answers Guaranteed Pass.
Emergency Severity Index (ESI) - Answer a method of classifying patients into five categories based on
the severity of their conditions and resource needs.
1—Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
2—Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
3—urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
4—non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
5—minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-1 - Answer Resuscitation—immediate treatment is necessary
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-2 - Answer Emergent—may deteriorate rapidly, time sensitive
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-3 - Answer urgent---non-life-threatening, needs more than 2 resources
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-4 - Answer non-urgent—non-life-threatening, one resource required
Emergency Severity Index (ESI)
-5 - Answer minor—non-life-threatening, no resources required
Initial management - Answer Airway
Ventilation
, Control bleeding
Prevent shock
Maintain spinal immobilization
Transport to closest facility
Triage: Immediate (Red) - Answer stabilization and evaluation/ airway management, breathing, and
circulation
Triage: Next - Answer history of drug or toxins, time and duration of exposure, first aid treatment
received prior to hospitalization
Triage - Answer the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the
proper place of treatment
Obtain allergies, underlying disease, processes or related injury
Safety for injuries
-Contusion - Answer major bruising due to blunt trauma
Safety for injuries
-Flail chest - Answer segment of the rib cage breaks off due to trauma and becomes detached from the
chest wall
Safety for injuries
-Hemothorax - Answer collapsed lung where pleural cavity fills with blood,prepare for chest tube
insertion on affected side, administer blood or blood products as ordered, anticipate and prepare for
emergency open thoracotomy
Safety for injuries
-Spinal Cord Injury - Answer avoid hyperextension or rotation of patient's neck, observe ventilatory
effort and use of accessory muscles, maintain complex spinal immobilization, monitor for signs of
disruptive (neurogenic) shock
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