TNCC Exam Questions with Correct Answers
1. What roles are vital to a trauma team? correct answer: The patient; the nurses
highest priority.
The team leader
---> 1. designated by title and role
---> 2. situational
Core team; works interdependently to manage a trauma patient from assessment to disposition.
Contingency and support services; provide support to core team. They come together to solve a specific
problem.
2. What are the characteristics of an effective team? correct answer: Ettective teams
are group-driven.
They hold shared mental models, optimize resources, strong team leadership, constant feedback, strong
sense of trust and confidence, create mechanisms to cooperate and coordinate, and manage and
optimize performance outcomes.
They are dynamic, interdependent, and adaptive.
3. What are the key foundations to successful teamwork in the care of a
trauma patient? correct answer: Communication, cooperation, and coordination.
4. Communication tools within a team structure correct answer: correct answer:
SBAR- provides framework for communication
among team members.
DESC- used in conflict management
CUS- used to "stop the line" if a team member senses or discovers an essential safety
breach Callout and Check Back- used to ensure closed-loop communication
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, Brief- forms teams, designates roles and responsibilities, establishes goals, and creates short-term
planning. Huddle- done prior to trauma arrival to solve a problem and regain situational
awareness.
Debrief-where learning occurs; process improvement.
5. Kinematics correct answer: The study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or
potential injuries.
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1. What roles are vital to a trauma team? correct answer: The patient; the nurses
highest priority.
The team leader
---> 1. designated by title and role
---> 2. situational
Core team; works interdependently to manage a trauma patient from assessment to disposition.
Contingency and support services; provide support to core team. They come together to solve a specific
problem.
2. What are the characteristics of an effective team? correct answer: Ettective teams
are group-driven.
They hold shared mental models, optimize resources, strong team leadership, constant feedback, strong
sense of trust and confidence, create mechanisms to cooperate and coordinate, and manage and
optimize performance outcomes.
They are dynamic, interdependent, and adaptive.
3. What are the key foundations to successful teamwork in the care of a
trauma patient? correct answer: Communication, cooperation, and coordination.
4. Communication tools within a team structure correct answer: correct answer:
SBAR- provides framework for communication
among team members.
DESC- used in conflict management
CUS- used to "stop the line" if a team member senses or discovers an essential safety
breach Callout and Check Back- used to ensure closed-loop communication
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, Brief- forms teams, designates roles and responsibilities, establishes goals, and creates short-term
planning. Huddle- done prior to trauma arrival to solve a problem and regain situational
awareness.
Debrief-where learning occurs; process improvement.
5. Kinematics correct answer: The study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or
potential injuries.
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