TCAR Prep Exam Questions and Answers

TCAR Prep Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers)

• The nurse is caring for a patient who was thrown from a

horse and has a decreased level of consciousness, decorticate posturing and hyperthermia. These findings are consistent with

• diffuse axonal injury
• subdural hematoma.
• Epidural hematoma.
• Intracerebral hematoma. - Correct Answers ✅A. diffuse

axonal injury

• A patient who has a chest tube continues to have

decreased breath sounds on the affected side and asymmetrical chest wall movement with each breath. The nurse notes a large amount of bubbling in the water seal chamber and subcutaneous air from the neck to the abdomen. The nurse should suspect A. pneumothorax progressing to a tension pneumothorax.

• multiple rib fractures and a flail chest.
• hollow organ injury.
• tracheobronchial tree injury. - Correct Answers ✅
• A patient who is 36 weeks pregnant was a restrained driver

in a high-speed motor vehicle crash on the driver's side.Assessment reveals abdominal pain, uterine tenderness on

palpation, and rising fundal height. Vital signs are: BP 84/40

mmHg HR 136 beats/min The nurse should be concerned about

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