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CSTR EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 80 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS )
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Your TPM informs you that the TQIP benchmark report showed 45% of midshaft femur FX patients did not undergo fixation within 24 hrs. of arrival. Extra time slots were awarded by the OR for femur FX patients. To monitor the percentage of time patients w/ midshaft femur FXs underwent fixation within 24
hrs, what data points would you need: Arrival time; DX;
Procedures performed; Activation level; Time procedures performed; Trauma surgeon ID#, Ortho surgeon ID#; Age; Sex; Shift - ANSWER- Arrival time, Diagnosis, Procedure performed, Time procedure performed
What is the best graph for representing femur fixation within 24
hrs. of arrival: bar, line, pie chart, histogram - ANSWER- Line
graph shows data over time
After 2 months the rate of mid-shaft femur FXs undergoing fixation w/in 24 hrs improved from 45% noncompliance to 32% noncompliance. Your manager wants you to provide a list of who performed the surgery and whether they were within 24 hours of arrival. Arrival time; DX; Procedures performed; Activation level; Time procedures performed; Trauma surgeon 1 / 2
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ID#, Ortho surgeon ID#; Age; Sex; Shift - ANSWER- Ortho Sx ID#, cases performed, and ED to OR time for each case
What is the best graph to show data for the past 12 months with average time to admit order for your Level 1, Level 2 and
Trauma Consult patients: bar, line, pie chart, histogram -
ANSWER- Line graph would show 3 different levels of data over the same time allowing a comparison of data
You need to show the number of patients who have had a DVT over the past year by month in percentage. What information
would you need: Admission date; DX; DVTs; Activation level;
VTE prophylaxis; Trauma surgeon ID#; Age; Sex; Shift - ANSWER- Total number of patients by month and number of positive DVTs by month
What's the best way to show data reflecting months with the
highest ISS and number of patients: Pie chart; histogram; line
chart, scatter plot - ANSWER- Scatter plots display values for 2 variables showing a comparison
To run a report tracking patient arrival time to time of antibiotics administered for all open fractures. What information would you
need: Date and time of arrival; diagnosis codes for open
fractures; Activation level; Trauma surgeon ID#; Age; Sex; Shift; date and time of first antibiotic - ANSWER- Time and
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