TNCC 9th exam with verified answers
An Adult Patient with Severe Head Trauma - correct answer-Decrease the rate of manual ventilation
An Older Adult with Head Injury Symptoms - correct answer-Post-concussive syndrome
Patient with Lower Extremity Fracture - correct answer-Elevating the leg to the level of the heart
Patient with Penetrating Chest Wound - correct answer-Bowel sounds heard in the left lower chest
Patient with Rib and Femur Fractures - correct answer-Fat embolism
Patients with Fever and Rash - correct answer-Immediately initiate isolation precautions
Patient with Teardrop-Shaped Pupil - correct answer-Globe rupture
Patient with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury - correct answer-Voluntary anal sphincter tone
Finding in Complete Spinal Cord Injury - correct answer-Urinary incontinence
Blood Pressure Finding in Hypovolemic Shock - correct answer-Rising diastolic
Which of the Following Is True About the Log-Roll Maneuver? - correct answer-It should be avoided with
a suspected spine injury prior to imaging
A Patient Has Uncontrolled Bleeding from a Wound to His Right Upper Extremity. What Is the Priority
Intervention? - correct answer-Apply direct pressure to the wound
, Which of the Following Situations Could Cause Functional Grief? - correct answer-Amputation of a limb
Using the American College of Surgeons Screening Guidelines, What Assessment Finding Would Prompt
the Nurse to Prepare a Patient for Cervical Spine Imaging? - correct answer-Alert with no neurologic
deficits
An Adult Was Thrown Against a Concrete Wall During a Factory Explosion and Sustained a Femur
Fracture, Liver Laceration, and a Small Subdural Hematoma. These Injuries Most Likely Occurred During
What Level of Blast Trauma? - correct answer-Tertiary
An Adult Patient Was Brought to the Emergency Department Following a Motorcycle Crash. On Arrival,
the Patient Is Only Responsive to Pain, Has Bleeding from the Nose, and Multiple Abrasions and
Contusions to the Face. What Is the Priority Intervention? - correct answer-Use a jaw thrust to open the
airway and look for signs of obstruction
An Adult Pedestrian Was Struck on the Right Side by a Sport Utility Vehicle Traveling at 40 mph. The
Patient Is Awake and Alert and the Right Leg Is Shortened. Following Initial Resuscitation with Fluids, the
Patient Remains Hypotensive. What Would Be the Priority Intervention? - correct answer-Apply a pelvic
binder
A Severely Injured Patient Has Been Intubated and Is Being Mechanically Ventilated. The Patient Has
Received a Balanced Resuscitation Including Multiple Blood Products. Under Which Circumstance Will It
Be Harder for the Hemoglobin to Release Oxygen to the Tissues? - correct answer-Decreased body
temperature
A Patient Is Thrown Against a Car During a Tornado and Presents with Obvious Bilateral Femur Fractures.
The Patient Is Pale, Alert, Disoriented, and Has Delayed Capillary Refill. Which of the Following
Interventions Would Be Most Appropriate for This Patient Based on the Disaster Triage Principles? -
correct answer-Initiate two large-caliber intravenous lines for isotonic crystalloid administration
A Patient Arrives with a Large Open Chest Wound After Being Assaulted with a Machete. Prehospital
Providers Placed a Nonporous Dressing Over the Chest Wound and Taped It on Three Sides. The Patient
Is Now Showing Signs of Anxiety, Restlessness, Severe Respiratory Distress, Cyanosis, and Decreasing
Blood Pressure. Which of the Following Is the Most Appropriate Immediate Intervention? - correct
answer-Dressing removal
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