PHTLS Essential Test Toolkit Exam Questions and Approved with Distinction Marking Scheme Latest 2024/2025
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PHTLS Essential Test Toolkit Exam Questions and Approved with Distinction Marking Scheme Latest 2024/2025
Spinal cord anatomy - correct answer bundle of nerve fibers; encased by backbone; emerges from base of brain
Dermatomes - correct answer Areas of the skin supplied by nerves from a single...
PHTLS Essential Test Toolkit Exam
Questions and Approved with
Distinction Marking Scheme Latest
2024/2025
Spinal cord anatomy - correct answer bundle of nerve fibers;
encased by backbone; emerges from base of brain
Dermatomes - correct answer Areas of the skin supplied by
nerves from a single spinal root
Myotomes - correct answer Muscle or groups of muscles
innervated by a specific motor nerve
Axial loading - correct answer Application of the forces of
trauma along the axis of the spine; this often results in
compression fractures of the spine.
Distraction injury (Over elongation of the spine) - correct
answer The pulling apart of the spine that usually occurs with
hangings or playgrounds
Degenerative Disk Disease - correct answer
degeneration/deterioration of an intervertebral disk may result in
pain; radiating pain & some loss of motor function,
numbness/tingling; analgesics & NSAIDs, surgical intervention.
Spondylolysis - correct answer The breaking down of the
vertebral structure
,-Common in rotational issues
Osteoporosis - correct answer A condition in which the body's
bones become weak and break easily.
Spinal Cord Injuries - correct answer - Cord Concussion:
"Temporary functional disruption distal to the injury"
- Cord Contusion: Bleeding or bruising in the area that involves a
longer disruption
- Compression: The cord is squished by an out of place structure
that causes ischemia
- Hemorrhage, laceration, or transection: All bad!
Spinal Shock - correct answer Stops brain function below the
injury site:
- Flaccid limbs
- Loss of sympathetic response
- BP drop
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