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Section 1 - Radiology: Imaging Trauma Patients in a Deployed
Setting
The initial radiographic evaluation of a trauma patient begins
with supine Anterior-Posterior (AP) chest and pelvis radiographs
taken in the trauma bay usually with a(n) __________. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > portable x-ray machine
T/F: Computed Tomography scanning has been largely replaced
by Cervical Spine Radiographic Evaluation (CSRE) and should
only be performed when CSRE is unavailable. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
FALSE. Cervical Spine Radiographic Evaluation (CSRE) has been
largely replaced by Computed Tomography (CT) and should only
be performed when a CT is unavailable.
What is the lowest level of care equipped with a Computed
Tomography (CT) Scanner? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Role 3
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What is the lowest level of care equipped with a portable x-ray
machine? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Role 2
Members of the trauma team should have __________ aprons and
thyroid shields available near the trauma bay for radiation safety.
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > lead
Distance is also protective from radiation exposure. If feasible
based on the patient's condition, any personnel without lead
shielding should move a short distance away from the x-ray unit.
The recommended minimal distance is __________ feet. - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Six (6)
While the FAST scan has been validated only in hemodynamically
unstable blunt trauma patients, it has become a standard tool in
the trauma bay and Emergency Department (ED) in most trauma
patients. FAST stands for __________. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Focused
Abdominal Sonographic Assessment for Trauma
FAST in combat trauma has a sensitivity of only 56% and and
specificity of __________. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 98%
T/F: The FAST exam remains the most sensitive test for hollow
viscus injury and mesenteric injury. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > FALSE.
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Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) remains the most sensitive
test for hollow viscus injury and mesenteric injury.
T/F: At the Role 3, properly trained providers including
radiologists, surgeons, and emergency physicians, can perform
and interpret FAST scans in the emergency department on a
hand held portable US device. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > TRUE
A FAST examination is performed with a portable hand-held
machine most commonly using a standard 3-7 MHz curved array
__________ probe. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Ultra Sound (US)
The standard FAST examination is focused on evaluating for the
presence of __________ in certain areas of the body. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Free Intraperitoneal Fluid
When performing a FAST examination on a patient, you inspect
the right upper quadrant. You are inspecting between which two
(2) organs? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Liver & Kidney
When performing a FAST examination on a patient, you inspect
the left upper quadrant. You are inspecting between which two
(2) organs? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Spleen & Kidney
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An 18g __________ IV is typically desired for Computed
Tomography IV access. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > antecubital
T/F: The goal of Computed Tomography (CT) contrast injection is
to provide concurrent solid organ enhancement, arterial
enhancement, and pulmonary arterial. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > TRUE
T/F: When performing Computed Tomography (CT) scan on a
Military Working Dog, utilize a scanning protocol based on the
adult settings to include the doses of and rates of contrast
administration. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > FALSE. Utilize a scanning
protocol based on the pediatric settings to include the doses of
and rates of contrast administration.
T/F: All patients evacuated through casualty evacuation should
have images sent electronically ahead of time as well as have a
CD created to send with the patient as a backup. - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > TRUE
T/F: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is widely used in theater,
as its utility in the acute management of combat trauma was
extensively established during Operation Enduring Freedom. -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > FALSE. While Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI) has been deployed to theater in the past, its utility in the
acute management of combat trauma has not been established.