PHTLS BLOCK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS 2024
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Course
PHTLS
Institution
PHTLS
Level 1 Trauma Center - ACCURATE ANSWERS Regional Trauma Center, All types of specialty surgical care 24/7, (Surgical suites, Surgeons, Blood, CT, X-Ray ... all in house), Tertiary - all levels of care
Ex... County USC, Cedars, UCLA- Ronald Regan, UCLA- Harbor General
Level 2 Trauma Center - ...
PHTLS BLOCK EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS 2024
Level 1 Trauma Center - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Regional Trauma
Center, All types of specialty surgical care 24/7, (Surgical suites,
Surgeons, Blood, CT, X-Ray ... all in house), Tertiary - all levels of care
Ex... County USC, Cedars, UCLA- Ronald Regan, UCLA- Harbor
General
Level 2 Trauma Center - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Area Trauma
Center,
Most common trauma emergencies with surgical capabilities 24/7, (can
handle most common types of trauma)
Ex.... St. Francis
Level 3 Trauma Center - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Community
Trauma Center,
Specialized ED and some surgical capability
(the speciality staff is on call and has 30 mins to get to hospital)
,Level 4 Trauma Center - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ small community
hospitals, (they have to stabilize and transfer)
Have ER DR but no surgeon
What are run sheets used for? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ QI,
Research, Trauma Registry,
What are the 4 E's? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Engineering -(roads,
airbags, pool alarms)
Enforcement -(laws)
Education -(safety classes)
Economics -(government grants)
What is an injury? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ being hurt or killed
What is trauma? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ inflicted wounds or
injury
What is an accident? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ an event that is
unforeseen or without apparent cause
What is a disease? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ an unhealthy
condition, illness, or disorder
, Why is the Highway Safety Act of 1966 important? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ lead to development of EMS
"White Paper" - Accidental Death & Disability, The Neglected Disease
of a Modern Society
Why is the American College of Surgeons important? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1990: trauma care systems planning and development
act
(established guidelines, funding and state-level leadership for the
development of trauma systems)
What are the leading causes of death in adults & children? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Adults - MVC
Children - Falls
In trauma how many die in 1st hr? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 50%
Fix = Injury Prevention
In trauma how many die in 4 hrs? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 30%
Fix = good prehospital and hospital care
In trauma how many die days or weeks later? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 20% (due to hypoxia, hypotension, end organ failure)
Fix = aggressive shock management
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