TNCC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2022
Primary concern when a person cannot stop coughing/clearing their throat following house
fire/smoke? - answerAirway/Intubate
Lab evidence of cellular perfusion - answerBase Excess (Less than -6 is BAD)
Multiple people are in the ER of different ages who all go to the same church. They all have the
same symptoms. What is the most likely cause? - answerBiologic
Suspected shock type with a spinal cord injury - answerDistributive Shock (Includes neurogenic)
Patient has GCS of 3, unequal pupils (one sluggish, one blown), and is posturing. What is the
cause? - answerHerniation
Middle Meningeal Artery - answerEpidural Hematoma (results from collection of blood that forms
between dura mater and skull)
Prior to having a concussion (TBI), the patient had a brain injury that was not fully healed. What
is the cause? - answer2nd Impact Syndrome
Bowel sounds heard in the L chest. What is this a symptom of? - answerRuptured diaphragm
Symptoms of __________________: include muffled heart sounds and hypotension -
answerPericardiocentesis
How should you dress a severed limb? - answerSterile gauze with normal saline THEN put ice on
it
, Amylase level looks at _____________ - answerPancreas
What should you do if your patient has hyphema (collection of blood inside the front part of the
eye?) - answerSit HOB up to 30 degrees
Principle that people have to take action after suffering a loss in order to decrease severity,
seriousness, or painfulness - answerMitigation
What organ is most at risk following a gunshot - answerLiver
8 year old child with longitudinal thigh lacerations - answerSign of child abuse
Bleeding around belly button - answerCullen's Sign
What would cause an inaccurate reading from an 02 saturation probe? -
answerCarboxyhemoglobin (increase FiO2 to 100%)
General study of forces and their effects on living tissue and the human body -
answerBiomechanics
Study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or potential injuries - answerKinematics
Refers to the separation of tissue resulting from a sound and/or hydraulic wave force- the effect is
a crushing pressure wave which creates a temporary cavity, followed by a rapid and violent closing
of the cavity. - answerCavitation
This rapid motion can lead to crushing, tearing, and shearing forces on tissue - answerCavitation
Primary concern when a person cannot stop coughing/clearing their throat following house
fire/smoke? - answerAirway/Intubate
Lab evidence of cellular perfusion - answerBase Excess (Less than -6 is BAD)
Multiple people are in the ER of different ages who all go to the same church. They all have the
same symptoms. What is the most likely cause? - answerBiologic
Suspected shock type with a spinal cord injury - answerDistributive Shock (Includes neurogenic)
Patient has GCS of 3, unequal pupils (one sluggish, one blown), and is posturing. What is the
cause? - answerHerniation
Middle Meningeal Artery - answerEpidural Hematoma (results from collection of blood that forms
between dura mater and skull)
Prior to having a concussion (TBI), the patient had a brain injury that was not fully healed. What
is the cause? - answer2nd Impact Syndrome
Bowel sounds heard in the L chest. What is this a symptom of? - answerRuptured diaphragm
Symptoms of __________________: include muffled heart sounds and hypotension -
answerPericardiocentesis
How should you dress a severed limb? - answerSterile gauze with normal saline THEN put ice on
it
, Amylase level looks at _____________ - answerPancreas
What should you do if your patient has hyphema (collection of blood inside the front part of the
eye?) - answerSit HOB up to 30 degrees
Principle that people have to take action after suffering a loss in order to decrease severity,
seriousness, or painfulness - answerMitigation
What organ is most at risk following a gunshot - answerLiver
8 year old child with longitudinal thigh lacerations - answerSign of child abuse
Bleeding around belly button - answerCullen's Sign
What would cause an inaccurate reading from an 02 saturation probe? -
answerCarboxyhemoglobin (increase FiO2 to 100%)
General study of forces and their effects on living tissue and the human body -
answerBiomechanics
Study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or potential injuries - answerKinematics
Refers to the separation of tissue resulting from a sound and/or hydraulic wave force- the effect is
a crushing pressure wave which creates a temporary cavity, followed by a rapid and violent closing
of the cavity. - answerCavitation
This rapid motion can lead to crushing, tearing, and shearing forces on tissue - answerCavitation
