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MRCS REVISION - TAN NOTES Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2024)
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MRCS REVISION - TAN NOTES Questionsand Answers (Latest Update 2024)
List 3 types of definitive airway - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. ET tube
2. cricothyroidotomy
3. tracheostomy
How to manage a tension pneumothorax? - CORRECT ANSWERS First
needle thoracotomy, then chest drain
How to treat an open pneumothorax? - CORRECT ANSWERS occlusive
dressing
Describe the classes of shock - CORRECT ANSWERS 1 - around 750ml,
normal HR/BP/cap refill/RR, UO >30ml/h
2 - 750-1500, HR >100, normal BP, prolonged cap refill, RR 20-30, 20-30ml/h UO
3 - 1500-2000 ml, HR >120, decreased BP, prolonged cap refill, RR 30-40,
anxious/confused, 5-15 ml/h UO, may need blood
4 - >2000ml, HR >140, decreased BP, RR >35, oliguric, cofused, needs blood
Management of bleeding in a trauma situation? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. if
can identify source of bleeding apply direct pressure on proximal pressure point
2. Be suspicious about occult bleeding
3. Venous access
4. Hartmanns solution
5. Blood transfusion
6. Reassess frequently
Describe the GCS - CORRECT ANSWERS Eye - 1-4, spontaneous, voice,
pain, no response
Verbal - 1-5, oriented, confused, inappropriate, incomprehensible, none
Motor - 1-6 obeys, purposeful, withdraws, flexion, extension, nothing
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