TLS - ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Burns - (answer)described as a cutaneous injury resulting from chemical, thermal, electrical, or
environmental causes
Described by the depth of injury
Burns Classifications first degree - (answer)First degree:
involves epidermis and no injury to underlying dermis/sub-q fat
Scar tissue in laid down and remodeled, allowing rehab to bein in this phase of the body's response to a
burn - (answer)resolution phase
A burn involving the head and neck of an adult pt is calculated to be how much total body surface area -
(answer)9%
what is the fluid resuscitation requirement for a 70 kg pt suffering 27% burns? - (answer)7,560 ml
what s/s would indicate an escharotomy or fasciotomy is necessary - (answer)circumferential burns,
deep burns, deep tissue pain, or delay in or absence of pulses, progressive paresthesia
how is the parkland formula calculated - (answer)4 ml x pt weight in kg x TBSA %
Movement of fluid occurring shortly after the burn describes which phase of the bodies response to a
burn - (answer)fluid shift phase
the response phase of burns in which the burn heals - (answer)hypermetabolic phase
what eqpt/interventions should be anticipated for and during transport - (answer)oxygen/ventilator
eqpt, IV fluids, adequate dressings, pain and sedation eqpt
, TLS - ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
what is the opioid of choise for pain mgt in burn pts - (answer)morphine is most common however
fentanyl is often a good choice for its ability to maintain hemodynamic status
which body response phase to burns occurs immediately after a burn - (answer)emergent phase
what are 4 phases of body's response to burns - (answer)emergent phase
fluid shift phase
hypermetabolic phase
resolution phase
why is pule oximitery of little value during the evaluation of a pt exposed to CO - (answer)Co has 200
times more affinity to hemoglobin than oxygen and therefore provides a false positive result
partial thickness (2 degree burns) involve what layers of tissue - (answer)epidermis & dermis
burns greater than 10% TBSA should be covered with what type of dressing - (answer)dry sterile
dressing
what time frame is the fluid amount of parkland formula delivered - (answer)half of the amount is over
the first 8 hours from the time the burn occurs,
the 2nd half is over the remaining 16 hours for a total of 24 hours
burns involving the front of both legs of a child is calculated to be how much of TBSA - (answer)14%
Parkland formula is standard of care for fluid resuscitation for which types of burns - (answer)partial and
full thickness burns of any type
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Burns - (answer)described as a cutaneous injury resulting from chemical, thermal, electrical, or
environmental causes
Described by the depth of injury
Burns Classifications first degree - (answer)First degree:
involves epidermis and no injury to underlying dermis/sub-q fat
Scar tissue in laid down and remodeled, allowing rehab to bein in this phase of the body's response to a
burn - (answer)resolution phase
A burn involving the head and neck of an adult pt is calculated to be how much total body surface area -
(answer)9%
what is the fluid resuscitation requirement for a 70 kg pt suffering 27% burns? - (answer)7,560 ml
what s/s would indicate an escharotomy or fasciotomy is necessary - (answer)circumferential burns,
deep burns, deep tissue pain, or delay in or absence of pulses, progressive paresthesia
how is the parkland formula calculated - (answer)4 ml x pt weight in kg x TBSA %
Movement of fluid occurring shortly after the burn describes which phase of the bodies response to a
burn - (answer)fluid shift phase
the response phase of burns in which the burn heals - (answer)hypermetabolic phase
what eqpt/interventions should be anticipated for and during transport - (answer)oxygen/ventilator
eqpt, IV fluids, adequate dressings, pain and sedation eqpt
, TLS - ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
what is the opioid of choise for pain mgt in burn pts - (answer)morphine is most common however
fentanyl is often a good choice for its ability to maintain hemodynamic status
which body response phase to burns occurs immediately after a burn - (answer)emergent phase
what are 4 phases of body's response to burns - (answer)emergent phase
fluid shift phase
hypermetabolic phase
resolution phase
why is pule oximitery of little value during the evaluation of a pt exposed to CO - (answer)Co has 200
times more affinity to hemoglobin than oxygen and therefore provides a false positive result
partial thickness (2 degree burns) involve what layers of tissue - (answer)epidermis & dermis
burns greater than 10% TBSA should be covered with what type of dressing - (answer)dry sterile
dressing
what time frame is the fluid amount of parkland formula delivered - (answer)half of the amount is over
the first 8 hours from the time the burn occurs,
the 2nd half is over the remaining 16 hours for a total of 24 hours
burns involving the front of both legs of a child is calculated to be how much of TBSA - (answer)14%
Parkland formula is standard of care for fluid resuscitation for which types of burns - (answer)partial and
full thickness burns of any type
