TNCC 8th Edition Provider Exam with Questions and
Verified Answers | 100% Correct |2024/2025 Grade A+
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Alert with no neurological deficits
The trauma nurse knows that placing a bariatric patient in a "ramped position"
provides better visualization during the insertion of which device? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Endotracheal tube
A 35-year-old male presents with facial trauma after being struck in the face with a
baseball. A teardrop-shaped left pupil is noted on exam. What type of injury is
suspected? - CORRECT ANSWERS Globe rupture
Caregivers carry a 2-year-old into the emergency department who fell out of a
second-story window. The patient is awake and crying with increased work of
breathing and pale skin. Which of the following interventions has the highest
priority? - CORRECT ANSWERS Padding the upper back while stabilizing the
cervical spine
Which of the following injuries is LEAST likely to be promptly identified? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Bowel
A 49-year-old restrained driver involved in a motor vehicle collision presents to the
trauma center complaining of abdominal, pelvic, and bilateral lower extremity pain.
Vital signs are stable. The nurse can anticipate all of these after a negative FAST
exam EXCEPT which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWERS Diagnostic
peritoneal lavage
Why is a measure of serum lactate obtained in the initial assessment of a trauma
patient? - CORRECT ANSWERS To gauge end-organ perfusion and tissue
hypoxia
During the primary survey of an unconscious patient with multi-system trauma, the
nurse notes snoring respirations. Which priority nursing intervention should be
performed next? - CORRECT ANSWERS Insert an oropharyngeal airway if
there is no gag reflex
, TNCC 8th Edition Provider Exam with Questions and
Verified Answers | 100% Correct |2024/2025 Grade A+
Which of the following assessment findings differentiates a tension pneumothorax
from a simple pneumothorax? - CORRECT ANSWERS Hypotension that
worsens with inspiration (pulsus paradoxus)
What is the effect of hypothermia on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Hemoglobin does not readily release oxygen for use by
the tissues (Left shift)
A trauma patient is en route to a rural emergency department. Radiology notifies
the charge nurse that the computed tomography (CT) scanner will be out of service
for several hours. The team gathers to plan accordingly. Which of the following
terms best describes this trauma team's communication? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Huddle
What finding raises suspicion of a complete spinal cord injury? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Priapism
A patient is thrown against a car during a tornado and presents with obvious
bilateral femoral fractures. The patient is pale, alert, disoriented, and has delayed
capillary refill. Which of the following interventions would be most appropriate for
this patient based on the disaster triage principles? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Initiate two large-caliber intravenous lines for Ringer's lactate solution
administration.
A 36-year-old female has a deformity of the left wrist after a fall. She is reluctant to
move her hand due to pain. Which of the following is the most appropriate
intervention? - CORRECT ANSWERS Apply a splint and elevate the extremity
above the level of the heart
Which of the following is a late sign of increased intracranial pressure? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Decreased respiratory effort
Tearing of the bridging veins is most frequently associated with which brain injury? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Subdural hematoma
You are caring for a patient who was involved in a motor vehicle crash and is 32
weeks pregnant. Findings of your secondary survey include abdominal pain on
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