Field Craft 2 exam questions and complete correct answers

Casualty will commonly report their teeth no longer fit together - correct answer Mandible Fracture Both ____ and _____ will make moderate to severe TBI worse but can be used with mild TBI - correct answer Ketamine; Fentanyl Although elevating the head (reverse Trendelenburg) decrease ICP, cerebral profusion is jeapordized when the head us elevated greater than _____ - correct answer 30 degrees Increased BP (hypertension), decrease in PR (bradycardia) - correct answer Increasing ICP causes Cushings Triad (Cushings Phenomenon) TBI was present in at least _____ of surviving combat casualties - correct answer 14-20% Mechanism of injury - correct answer Blasts, projectiles, falls, direct impacts, motor vehicle accidents _____ or _____ is required to make a definitive diagnosis of a TBI - correct answer Computerized Tomography scan; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Confused or disoriented last less than 24 hrs, loss of consciousness up to 30 minutes, memory loss lasting less than 24 hrs - correct answer Mild TBI Confused or disoriented last more than 24 hrs, loss of consciousness more than 30 mins but less than 24 hrs, memory loss more than 24 hrs but less than 7 days - correct answer Moderate TBI Confused or disoriented more than 24 hrs, loss of consciousness more than 24 hrs, memory loss more than 7 days, 8% of head injuries, mortality 40% with deaths - correct answer Severe TBI