FIELDCRAFT 2 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔normal tidal volume - ✔✔350-500ml
✔✔ventilatory rates - ✔✔adult-10
child-20
infant-25
✔✔hypoxia and hypotension combined = mortality rate of... - ✔✔75%
✔✔Medication NOT reccommended for TBI - ✔✔mornphine, increases ICP and
pupillary response
✔✔Elevating injured head decreases ICP but... - ✔✔jeopardizes cerebral perfusion
when elevated more than 30 degrees
✔✔Passive protection of eyes - ✔✔take cover, wear eye pro
✔✔What to do with foreign bodies in eyes (superficial) - ✔✔irrigate, cover
✔✔What to do with penetrating bodies in eyes - ✔✔stabilize, cover, pills
✔✔Main symptom of orbital fracture - ✔✔double vision
✔✔RUQ - ✔✔liver, gallbladder, head of pancreas, right kidney
✔✔LUQ - ✔✔stomach, spleen, tail of pancreas, left kidney
✔✔LLQ - ✔✔part of colon and small intestine, part of bladder, left fallopian tube and
ovary
✔✔RLQ - ✔✔appendix, part of bladder, right fallopian tube and ovary
✔✔pancreas - ✔✔secretes digestive juice, insulin, glucagon
✔✔spleen - ✔✔largest amount of lymphatic tissue, stores RBCs and platelets
✔✔Liver - ✔✔10% total blood volume, metabolizes protein carb and fat
✔✔Kidney - ✔✔regulates water,electrolytes, ph of blood
✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔systemic infection: hypotension, decreased urine output, AMS
, ✔✔Significant intraabdominal trauma (50% of cases) due to - ✔✔penetrating trauma in
gluteal area
✔✔Blunt trauma - ✔✔greater threat to life than penetrating
✔✔Most frequent cause of penetration injuries in combat - ✔✔fragmentation wounds
✔✔Most reliable indicator of intraabdominal bleeding - ✔✔presence of hypovolemic
shock from unexplained source
✔✔Peritoneal cavity can hold -- blood before showing signs of distension - ✔✔1.5L
✔✔Uterus is protected by pelvis until... - ✔✔12th week
✔✔Mom's blood volume increases by about 50% by - ✔✔end of 36th week
✔✔Pregnant casualty can lose up to -- blood before showing signs of hypovolemia -
✔✔30-35%
✔✔Things to consider regarding circumferential chest burns - ✔✔Urgent status, 02
saturation to 92%
✔✔Burns covering 20% or more - ✔✔IV access, LR, fluid resuscitation with rule of 10s
✔✔Leading cause of death in fires - ✔✔inhalation burns
✔✔Monitor pulse in burn patients because - ✔✔increased chance of compromise to
distal circulation due to swelling
✔✔3 elements of smoke inhalation - ✔✔thermal injury, asphyxiation, toxin-induced lung
injury (delayed)
✔✔1st degree burn - ✔✔Epidermis reddened
✔✔2nd degree - ✔✔epidermis and dermis, mottled, weeping blisters
✔✔3rd degree - ✔✔all layers of epidermis and dermis, charred/transluscent, surgery
needed
✔✔4th degree - ✔✔all layers and subcutaneous layers of muscle, tissue, bone, organs
✔✔Scattered burns- use what form of measurement - ✔✔casualty's palm (1%)
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔normal tidal volume - ✔✔350-500ml
✔✔ventilatory rates - ✔✔adult-10
child-20
infant-25
✔✔hypoxia and hypotension combined = mortality rate of... - ✔✔75%
✔✔Medication NOT reccommended for TBI - ✔✔mornphine, increases ICP and
pupillary response
✔✔Elevating injured head decreases ICP but... - ✔✔jeopardizes cerebral perfusion
when elevated more than 30 degrees
✔✔Passive protection of eyes - ✔✔take cover, wear eye pro
✔✔What to do with foreign bodies in eyes (superficial) - ✔✔irrigate, cover
✔✔What to do with penetrating bodies in eyes - ✔✔stabilize, cover, pills
✔✔Main symptom of orbital fracture - ✔✔double vision
✔✔RUQ - ✔✔liver, gallbladder, head of pancreas, right kidney
✔✔LUQ - ✔✔stomach, spleen, tail of pancreas, left kidney
✔✔LLQ - ✔✔part of colon and small intestine, part of bladder, left fallopian tube and
ovary
✔✔RLQ - ✔✔appendix, part of bladder, right fallopian tube and ovary
✔✔pancreas - ✔✔secretes digestive juice, insulin, glucagon
✔✔spleen - ✔✔largest amount of lymphatic tissue, stores RBCs and platelets
✔✔Liver - ✔✔10% total blood volume, metabolizes protein carb and fat
✔✔Kidney - ✔✔regulates water,electrolytes, ph of blood
✔✔Sepsis - ✔✔systemic infection: hypotension, decreased urine output, AMS
, ✔✔Significant intraabdominal trauma (50% of cases) due to - ✔✔penetrating trauma in
gluteal area
✔✔Blunt trauma - ✔✔greater threat to life than penetrating
✔✔Most frequent cause of penetration injuries in combat - ✔✔fragmentation wounds
✔✔Most reliable indicator of intraabdominal bleeding - ✔✔presence of hypovolemic
shock from unexplained source
✔✔Peritoneal cavity can hold -- blood before showing signs of distension - ✔✔1.5L
✔✔Uterus is protected by pelvis until... - ✔✔12th week
✔✔Mom's blood volume increases by about 50% by - ✔✔end of 36th week
✔✔Pregnant casualty can lose up to -- blood before showing signs of hypovolemia -
✔✔30-35%
✔✔Things to consider regarding circumferential chest burns - ✔✔Urgent status, 02
saturation to 92%
✔✔Burns covering 20% or more - ✔✔IV access, LR, fluid resuscitation with rule of 10s
✔✔Leading cause of death in fires - ✔✔inhalation burns
✔✔Monitor pulse in burn patients because - ✔✔increased chance of compromise to
distal circulation due to swelling
✔✔3 elements of smoke inhalation - ✔✔thermal injury, asphyxiation, toxin-induced lung
injury (delayed)
✔✔1st degree burn - ✔✔Epidermis reddened
✔✔2nd degree - ✔✔epidermis and dermis, mottled, weeping blisters
✔✔3rd degree - ✔✔all layers of epidermis and dermis, charred/transluscent, surgery
needed
✔✔4th degree - ✔✔all layers and subcutaneous layers of muscle, tissue, bone, organs
✔✔Scattered burns- use what form of measurement - ✔✔casualty's palm (1%)
