ITLS Final Exam 2022(Answered) What is the Golden Hour?Answer- First 60 minutes after traumatic injury
Describe Platinum 10 minutes:
Answer- Time that it should take to load and go
Describe the windshield survey:
Answer- When arriving on scene, scan through the windshield to look at what is all involved in the scene. This is a crucial part of scene safety.
Describe the fix it process:
Answer- If something is injured like a sucking chest wound, fix it and move on to the next injury. Basically, when you see it fix it.What are the signs of a Tension Pneumothorax?Answer- JVD Tachycardia Abnormal or diminished lung sounds Tachypnea Hyper-resonance to percussion Tracheal Deviation What is the number one cause of airway obstruction?Answer- Tongue
What is the treatment for an evisceration:
Answer- Apply wet dressing, then apply dry dressing and secure it.
Difference between compensated and decompensated shock:
Answer- Compensated leads into decompensated. In decompensated you will have hypotension, ALOC and absent or weak peripheral pulses.
Name three types of mechanical shock:
Answer- Obstructive: Cardiac Tamponade, Tension Pneumothorax, Massive Pulmonary
Embolism
Cardiogenic: Myocardial contusion, Myocardial Infarction
What are signs and symptoms of Hemothorax?Answer- Flat neck veins
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