International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
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What makes up the ITLS Primary Survey - ✔✔Scene size up
Initial assessment
Rapid trauma survey or Focused exam
Critical interventions and transport decisions
Contact medical direction
What makes up the ITLS Secondary Survey - ✔✔Repeat initial assessment
Repeat vital signs
Perform neuro exam
Perform head to toe exam
What makes up the ITLS Ongoing Exam - ✔✔Repeat initial assessment
Repeat vital signs
Reassess abdomen
Check injuries and interventions
What are the steps of the Scene Size Up - ✔✔Standard precautions
Scene safety
Initial triage
Assess need for help / equipment
Mechanism of injury
What is the purpose of the Primary Survey - ✔✔To determine if immediately life threatening conditions
exist and to identify those patients who should have immediate transport to the hospital
, What is the purpose of the Ongoing Exam - ✔✔It is meant to identify changes in the patient's condition
When do you perform a Rapid Trauma Survey - ✔✔For generalized mechanisms of injury
When do you perform a Focused Exam - ✔✔For injuries that are localized to a discrete area
What are the 3 types of collisions that occur during an MVC - ✔✔Machine
Body
Organ
What is a secondary collision that occurs during an MVC - ✔✔Objects that are in the vehecile that hit the
occupents
What is machine collision - ✔✔Damage to the vehicle
What is body collision - ✔✔Damage to a person in the vehicle
What is organ collision - ✔✔Internal organs that are damaged from the sudden decelearation
What is Primary Blast - ✔✔The initial air blast from an explosion. Usually affects air-filled organs
What is Secondary Blast - ✔✔The patient being struck by material propelled by the blast force
What is Tertiary Blast - ✔✔The body being thrown and impacting on ground or other objects
What is Quanternary Blast - ✔✔Thermal burns from the explosion or respiratory injuries from inhalation
of toxic dust or fumes
Questions with 100% Correct Answers |
Latest Version 2024 | Verified
What makes up the ITLS Primary Survey - ✔✔Scene size up
Initial assessment
Rapid trauma survey or Focused exam
Critical interventions and transport decisions
Contact medical direction
What makes up the ITLS Secondary Survey - ✔✔Repeat initial assessment
Repeat vital signs
Perform neuro exam
Perform head to toe exam
What makes up the ITLS Ongoing Exam - ✔✔Repeat initial assessment
Repeat vital signs
Reassess abdomen
Check injuries and interventions
What are the steps of the Scene Size Up - ✔✔Standard precautions
Scene safety
Initial triage
Assess need for help / equipment
Mechanism of injury
What is the purpose of the Primary Survey - ✔✔To determine if immediately life threatening conditions
exist and to identify those patients who should have immediate transport to the hospital
, What is the purpose of the Ongoing Exam - ✔✔It is meant to identify changes in the patient's condition
When do you perform a Rapid Trauma Survey - ✔✔For generalized mechanisms of injury
When do you perform a Focused Exam - ✔✔For injuries that are localized to a discrete area
What are the 3 types of collisions that occur during an MVC - ✔✔Machine
Body
Organ
What is a secondary collision that occurs during an MVC - ✔✔Objects that are in the vehecile that hit the
occupents
What is machine collision - ✔✔Damage to the vehicle
What is body collision - ✔✔Damage to a person in the vehicle
What is organ collision - ✔✔Internal organs that are damaged from the sudden decelearation
What is Primary Blast - ✔✔The initial air blast from an explosion. Usually affects air-filled organs
What is Secondary Blast - ✔✔The patient being struck by material propelled by the blast force
What is Tertiary Blast - ✔✔The body being thrown and impacting on ground or other objects
What is Quanternary Blast - ✔✔Thermal burns from the explosion or respiratory injuries from inhalation
of toxic dust or fumes
