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1 / ITLS Final Exam
1.What is the Golden Hour?
ANS First 60 minutes after traumatic injury
2.Describe Platinum 10 minutes
ANS Time that it should take to load and go
3.Describe the windshield survey
ANS When arriving on scene, scan through the windshield to look at what is all involved in the scene. This is a crucial part of scene safety.
4.Describe the fix it process
ANS If something is injured like a sucking chest wound, fix it and move on to the next injury. Basically, when you see it fix it.
5.What are the signs of a Tension Pneumothorax?
ANS JVD Tachycardia
Abnormal or diminished lung sounds Tachypnea
Hyper-resonance to percussion Tracheal 2 / Deviation
6.What is the number one cause of airway obstruction?
ANS Tongue
7.What is the treatment for an evisceration
ANS Apply wet dressing, then apply dry dressing and secure it.
8.Difference between compensated and decompensated shock
ANS Compensat- ed leads into decompensated. In decompensated you will have hypotension, ALOC and absent or weak peripheral pulses.
9.Name three types of mechanical shock
ANS Obstructive Cardiac Tamponade, Tension Pneumothorax, Massive Pulmonary Embolism
Cardiogenic
Myocardial contusion, Myocardial Infarction
10.What are signs and symptoms of Hemothorax?
ANS Flat neck veins Tachypnea
Tachycardia
Dullness to percussion ALOC
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