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Navigating Trauma Care: Post-Test ATLS Questions and Answers, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive set of post-test atls (advanced trauma life support) questions and verified answers, designed to boost and ease your study. It covers a wide range of topics related to trauma care, including secondary survey, shock classification, gcs assessment, airway management, organ injuries, and more. The detailed explanations and step-by-step guidance make this an invaluable resource for healthcare professionals and students preparing for atls certification or seeking to enhance their knowledge in trauma management. With a focus on practical application and real-world scenarios, this document offers a structured approach to navigating the complexities of trauma care, ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

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2023/2024

Available from 10/24/2024

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Download Navigating Trauma Care: Post-Test ATLS Questions and Answers and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! Post Test Atls Navigating Trauma Care/ questions with correct verified answers / all bundled to boost and ease your study/ ALREADY GRADED A+ When something crashes in secondary survey, you... - ANSWER GO BACK TO PRIAMRY SURVEY If the question says you do not have capabilities, you will most likely - ANSWER PREPARE FOR AND DO NOT DELAY TRANSPORT How much blood can femur lose - ANSWER 2L What is always going to be the shock type to pick - ANSWER Hemorrhagic What are the classes of hemorrhagic shock - ANSWER 0-15% is class 1 15-30 is class 2 30-40% is class 3 >40% is class 4 What is the EARLIEST predictor of shock at what class - ANSWER Narrowed pulse pressure in class 2 What will be base deficit for class 2 shock? - ANSWER -2 to -6 meQ What will be the deficit for class 4? - ANSWER -10 or less When will urine output start to decrease in shock? - ANSWER Class 3 and 4 When does BP start to fall in shock - ANSWER Class 3 What is GCS? - ANSWER E-4 V-5 M-6 Eye spont 4 To command 3 To pain 2 None 1 Verbal spont is 5 Verbal confused is 4 Inappropriate 3 Garbling is 2 None is 1 Motor spont is 6 Localize pain is 5 Withdrawal pain is 4 Decorticating (flexion) is 3 Decebrate (extension) is 2 None is 1 Two main reasons to think about why GCS goes down? - ANSWER TBI Hemorrhagic shock Initial management of TBI? - ANSWER elevate head NS (3%) Indications of transport to higher Level of care with TBI? - ANSWER Worsening GCS, GCS <8. Lesions on CT Above what level can you get neurogenic shock - ANSWER T6 Description of neurogenic shock patient? - ANSWER What is bulbovesicular reflex indicative of? - ANSWER NOT qualify as sacral sparing. If there is ANY motor or sensory function below level of injury, constitutes as incomplete injury and should be documented appropriately T/F: Stridor is LATE finding of airway damage in burn pt? - ANSWER TRUE Initial management of burn? - ANSWER DRY dressing. NOT moist! Transfer indications for burn? - ANSWER Partial thickness >40% BSA What is dark urine reflective of in burn pt? - ANSWER RHABDO What do you constantly need to replenish burn pt? - ANSWER Cellular losses 2/2 inflammation What is GOAL urine output in burn? - ANSWER 3-50mL per hour, BEST assessment of hydration What do you need to monitor for with rewarming in hypothermia - ANSWER ARRYTHMIA MCC of cardiac arrest in kids? - ANSWER HYPOXIA If you fail an IV in a kid what is next step? - ANSWER IO What is crystalloid infusion unit for kids - ANSWER 20/kg Two MCC of geriatric injuries? - ANSWER FALL, MVC