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Which phase of a blast results from flying debris, projectiles, and bomb
fragments causing lacerations or penetrating injuries? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Secondary Phase
What phase of a blast results from any explosion-related illness or
injury including hyperglycemia, hypertension, angina, asthma, COPD,
or sepsis? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Quaternary Phase
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,What phase of a blast results from individuals being thrown by the blast
and impacting walls, ground, or any hard object? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Tertiary Phase
What phase of a blast results from impact of the over and under
pressurization wave with body surfaces. Injuries include blast lung,
tympanic membrane rupture, abdominal hemorrhage, globe rupture, and
mild traumatic brain injury? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Primary Phase
Signs of what include muscle pain or weakness, dark red or brown urine,
general weakness or malaise, and elevated creatinine kinase levels? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Rhabdomyolosis
Signsof what include anxiety, pleuritic chestpain, dyspnea,
hypoxemia, hemoptysis, cough, orthopnea, adventitious lung
sounds, decreased lung sounds, jugular vein distention, or
hypotension? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Pulmonary Embolus
Signs of what include headache, nausea and vomiting, amnesia,
behavioral changes, altered level of consciousness? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Increased intracranial pressure
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, Signs of what include asymmetric pupillary reactivity, unilateral dilation,
widening pulse pressure, abnormal motor posturing, bradycardia, and
decreased respiratory effort? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Late signs of increased
ICP with Herniation Syndrome
What is the best measure of the adequacy of cellular perfusion and helps
predict the outcome of resuscitation? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Base deficit
used in conjunction with serum lactate
Will hypocapnia cause vasoconstriction or vasodilation, especially in the
cerebral vasculature? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Vasoconstriction Whatresults
from tissue hypo perfusion and oxygen deficit? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Metabolic acidosis
What type of shock results in generalized vasodilation? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Neurogenic shock
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