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Name the bones of the skull - ✔✔Parietal x 2, Frontal, Sphenoid, ethmoid, Occipital, temporal x 2
What injury would cause Racoon eyes? - ✔✔Basal skull fx, Frontal fx
What are signs of a basal skull fx? - ✔✔Frontal - racoon eyes, Middle Fossa - CSF leak, Posterior - battle
signs
What are diffuse intracranial Injuries? - ✔✔Concussion, shear injury, DAI, Anoxic brain injury
What are focal intracranial Injuries - ✔✔Contusion, Epidural, Subdural, Intraparenchymal - Focal
meaning in one place.
What symptoms should you look for in head injuries? - ✔✔Confusion, combative, altered cons,
obtunded, posturing
Define decoritate - ✔✔Posturing arms folded into chest
Define decerebrate - ✔✔Posturing with limbs extended
Where can definition of trauma patient be found? - ✔✔The Orange Book or American College of
Surgeons: "Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient"
ACS inclusion criteria begins with injury codes and these three criteria? - ✔✔1. Hospital admission;
2. Patient transfer via emergency medical services transport from one hospital to another hospital; or,
3. Death resulting from the traumatic injury
, What is the trauma registry log? - ✔✔The Registry Log contains a listing of each change, or update to the
Registry software. It is to include the specific changes, software upgrades, and any changes that are
made to the user defined fields, additions and deletions, along with the date of each event.
What is data presentation format? - ✔✔The way that the viewer wishes to view the result of the data
compiled. The format identifies how the data is to be displayed such as paper, website, dashboard,
PowerPoint presentation, etc.
What are types of presentation formats? - ✔✔Tables and graphics
What are types of graphic presentation? - ✔✔Bar graphs, pie charts, line graphs, control charts,
dashboards, spreadsheets, scatter grams, pareto chart, radar chart, tree chart
What does a bar graph show? - ✔✔Horizontal or vertical bars proportional to the values of the data.
These are used for quick comparison of information.
What does a pie chart show? - ✔✔Show proportions of a whole or percentage of a whole.
What does a line graph show? - ✔✔Line connecting data points in a sequential order to show a trend
over time.
What does a control chart show? - ✔✔Used to observe performance by studying variation over time and
monitors if a process is within control or out of control limits using upper and lower control lines
calculated using standard deviation or sigma values with the center line representing the overall average.
What does a dashboard show? - ✔✔A compact visual presentation of critical data, usually at a higher
level, to be easily understood at a glance.
What do spreadsheets show? - ✔✔A collection of data in columns and rows that hold the data detail --
usually produced in an "Excel" type of document.12
What does a scatter gram show? - ✔✔Displays values for two variables showing the distribution of the
values. 12