Verified Answers with rationale 2023-2024
Update.
What is the key to a high-performance trauma team?
a. Individual goals
b. Use of Team STEPPS
c. Identification of a single decision maker
d. Effective communication
- Answer- d. Effective communication.
-Rationale: Skilled communication, cooperation, and coordination are the
cornerstones of high-performance teams and high-quality trauma care
(p. 5).
When obtaining a history for an injured patient, understanding the
kinematic concepts associated with the mechanism of injury and energy
transfer can initially assist the trauma provider in:
a. Evaluating and anticipating the types of injury that may be present
b. Deciding whether law enforcement should be notified
c. Determining needed laboratory tests
d. Predicting the need for a surgical procedure
- Answer- a. Evaluating and anticipating the types of injury that may be
present -Rationale: Mechanism of injury and energy transfer can assist the
provider in evaluating and anticipating damage (p. 23).
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Verified Answers with rationale 2023-2024
Update.
The major preventable cause of death in the trauma patient is:
a. Airway compromise
b. Ineffective ventilation
c. Secondary head injury
d. Uncontrolled hemorrhage
- Answer- d. Uncontrolled hemorrhage
-Rationale: Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the major cause of preventable
death after injury, so assessment to identify uncontrolled hemorrhage is
key to the initial assessment process (p. 29).
The across-the-room observation step in the initial assessment provides
the opportunity to:
a. Assess for uncontrolled internal hemorrhage
b. Accurately triage the patient
c. Reprioritize circulation before airway or breathing
d. Activate the trauma team
- Answer- c. Reprioritize circulation before airway or breathing.
-Rationale: The across-the-room observation is done at the beginning of
the primary survey to rapidly assess the need to reprioritize circulation
before airway or breathing. This is done if uncontrolled external
hemorrhage is identified (p. 28).