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EMS brings a patient who fell while riding his bicycle. Using the American College of Surgeons
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screening guidelines, which assessment finding would prompt the nurse to prepare the patient
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for radiologic spine clearance? - Correct Answers Alert with no neurological deficits
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II! The trauma nurse knows that placing a bariatric patient in a "ramped position" provides better
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II! visualization during the insertion of which device? - Correct Answers Endotracheal tube II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! A 35-year-old male presents with facial trauma after being struck in the face with a baseball. A
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Globe rupture
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II! Caregivers carry a 2-year-old into the emergency department who fell out of a second-story
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II! the following interventions has the highest priority? - Correct Answers Padding the upper back
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II! Which of the following injuries is LEAST likely to be promptly identified? - Correct Answers
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II! A 49-year-old restrained driver involved in a motor vehicle collision presents to the trauma center
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II! nurse can anticipate all of these after a negative FAST exam EXCEPT which of the following? -
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II! Correct Answers Diagnostic peritoneal lavage II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! Why is a measure of serum lactate obtained in the initial assessment of a trauma patient? -
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II! Correct Answers To gauge end-organ perfusion and tissue hypoxia
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, II! During the primary survey of an unconscious patient with multi-system trauma, the nurse notes
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II! Answers Insert an oropharyngeal airway if there is no gag reflex
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II! Which of the following assessment findings differentiates a tension pneumothorax from a simple
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II! pneumothorax? - Correct Answers Hypotension that worsens with inspiration (pulsus II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
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II! What is the effect of hypothermia on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve? - Correct Answers
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II! A trauma patient is en route to a rural emergency department. Radiology notifies the charge
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II! nurse that the computed tomography (CT) scanner will be out of service for several hours. The
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II! team gathers to plan accordingly. Which of the following terms best describes this trauma team's
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II! communication? - Correct Answers Huddle II! II! II! II! II! II! II! II!
II! What finding raises suspicion of a complete spinal cord injury? - Correct Answers Priapism
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II! A patient is thrown against a car during a tornado and presents with obvious bilateral femoral
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II! following interventions would be most appropriate for this patient based on the disaster triage
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II! principles? - Correct Answers Initiate two large-caliber intravenous lines for Ringer's lactate
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II! A 36-year-old female has a deformity of the left wrist after a fall. She is reluctant to move her
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Apply a splint and elevate the extremity above the level of the heart
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II! Which of the following is a late sign of increased intracranial pressure? - Correct Answers
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