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International Trauma Life Support ITLS ExamWith Verified Solutions
What constitutes the ITLS Primary Survey -Answer Scene size up
Initial assessment
Rapid trauma survey or Focused exam
Critical interventions and transport decisions
Contact medical direction
What constitutes the ITLS Secondary Survey -Answer Repeat initial assessment
Repeat vital signs
Perform neuro exam
Perform head to toe exam
What constitutes the ITLS Ongoing Exam-Answer Repeat initial assessment
Repeat vital signs
Reassess abdomen
Check injuries and interventions
Scene Size Up - What are the steps - Answer Standard precautions
Scene safety
Initial triage
Assess need for help / equipment
Mechanism of injury
, Primary Survey - What is the purpose of - Answer To determine if immediately life
threatening conditions exist and to identify those patients who should have immediate
transport to the hospital
For what does the Ongoing Exam - Answer It is to discover changes in the patient's
condition
For what generalized mechanisms of injury do you perform a Rapid Trauma Survey -
Answer
For an injury that is localized to a discrete area, what type of exam do you perform -
Answer Focused Exam
Name 3 types of collisions that take place during an MVC - Answer Machine
Body
Organ
What is a secondary collision that occurs during an MVC -Answer Objects that are in the
vehecile that hit the occupents
What is machine collision -Answer Damage to the vehicle
What is body collision -Answer Damage to a person in the vehicle
What is organ collision -Answer Internal organs that are damaged from the sudden
decelearation
What is Primary Blast - Answer The initial air blast from an explosion. Usually affects
air-filled organs
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