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  • September 29, 2024
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Nait ITLS: Questions With Accurate Solutions

Scene size up Right Ans - Observations made and actions taken at a trauma
scene before actually approaching the Pt

ITLS Primary Survey Right Ans - A brief exam to find immediate life
threatening conditions. It is made up of the scene size up, initial assessment
and either the rapid trauma survey or the focused exam

Standard precautions Right Ans - Procedure used to prevent contamination
by a patient’s body fluids this always entails wearing gloves and other PPE



ITLS Primary Survey Right Ans - Scene size up

Initial assessment

Rapid trauma survey or focused exam

Critical interventions and transport decision

Contact medical directions



ITLS Secondary survey Right Ans - Repeat initial assessment

Vital signs and monitors

Neurological exam

Detailed head to toe



ITLS Ongoing Exam Right Ans - Repeat initial assessment

Repeat vital signs and check monitors

Reassess the abdomen

,Check injuries and interventions



Steps of the scene size up Right Ans - 1) PPE

2) Scene safety

3) Triage

4) Back up

5) MOI



Kinetic energy equation Right Ans - Kinetic energy is equal to the mass of
the object in motion multiplied by the square of the velocity divided by two



MOI- Frontal Impact

Deformed steering wheel

Dashboard knee imprints

Spiderweb deformity of windshield Right Ans - Cervical spine fracture

Flail chest

Myocardial Contusion

Pneumothorax

Aortic disruption

Spleen or liver laceration

Posterior hip dislocation

Knee dislocation

, Lateral Impact (T-Bone) Right Ans - Contralateral neck sprain

Cervical spine fracture

Lateral flail chest

Pneumothorax

Aortic disruption

Diaphragmatic rupture

Laceration of spleen, kidney, liver

Pelvic fracture



Rear impact Right Ans - Cervical spine injury



Ejection Right Ans - Exposure to all mechanisms and mortality increased



Pedestrian vs. Car Right Ans - Head injury

Aortic disruption

Abdominal visceral injuries

Fracture lower extremities and pelvis



Generalized mechanisms require a... Right Ans - Rapid trauma survey



Focused mechanisms require a... Right Ans - Focused exam

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