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EMS brings a patient who fell while riding his bicycle. Using the American College of Surgeons screening guidelines, which assessment finding would prompt the nurse to prepare the patient for radiologic spine clearance? ☑: Alert with no neurological deficits The trauma nurse knows that placin...

What is the key to a high performing trauma team? ☑: effective communication rationale: skilled communication, cooperation, and coordination are the cornerstones of high-performance teams and high-quality trauma care When obtaining a history for an injured patient, understanding the kinematic ...

1. Preparation and Triage 2. Primary Survery (ABCDE) with resuscitation adjuncts (F,G) 3. Reevaluation (consideration of transfer) 4. Secondary Survey (HI) with reevaluation adjuncts 5. Reevaluation and post resuscitation care 6. Definitive care of transfer to an appropriate trauma nurse ☑: I...

What roles are vital to a trauma team ☑: The patient Team leader-organize team/empower members core team-technical skills- airway/vascular access contingency and support survices- RT Characterisitcs of an effective team ☑: dynamic interdependent adaptive common goal COMMUNICATION COOPER...

The trauma nurse knows that placing a bariatric patient in a "ramped position" provides better visualization during the insertion of which device? ☑: endotracheal tube Tearing of the bridging veins is most frequently associated with which brain injury? ☑: subdural hematoma A patient is fou...

What is the best measure of the adequacy of cellular perfusion and helps predict the outcome of resuscitation? ☑: Base deficit used in conjunction with serum lactate Will hypocapnia cause vasoconstriction or vasodilation, especially in the cerebral vasculature? ☑: Vasoconstriction What res...

You are caring for a patient who was thrown from a bike and was not wearing a helmet. While performing the head-to-toe assessment, you note clear drainage from the right ear. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step? A. Clean the ear with a cotton-tipped applicator. B. Pack the...

Primary concern when a person cannot stop coughing/clearing their throat following house fire/smoke? ☑: Airway/Intubate Lab evidence of cellular perfusion ☑: Base Excess (Less than -6 is BAD) Multiple people are in the ER of different ages who all go to the same church. They all have the s...