PBCFR Trauma Criteria Exam Questions with Correct Answers

PBCFR Trauma Criteria Exam

Adult: Active airway assistance or respiratory rate < 10 or > 29 bpm – answer RED

Adult: Lack of radial pulse with a sustained HR >120 BPM or SBP <90 – answer RED

Adult: Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) ≤ 13 or presence of paralysis, suspicion or spinal
cord injury, or loss of sensation – answer RED

Adult and Pediatric: 2nd or 3rd degree burns to 10% or more to TBSA - answerRED

Adult and Pediatric: Amputation at or above wrist or ankle - answerRED

Adult and Pediatric: Any penetrating injury to the head, neck, or torso - answerRED

Adult and Pediatric: Penetrating injury to the extremity at or above the elbow or knee -
answerRED

Adult and Pediatric: GSW to the extremity at or above the elbow or knee - answerRED

Adult: Chest wall instability or flail chest - answerRED

Adult: Crushed, mangled, degloved or pulseless extremity - answerRED

Adult: Fracture of two or more long bones (shaft of humerus, radius and ulna, femur,
and tib/fib) - answerRED

Adult and Pediatric: Unstable pelvic fractures - answerRED

Adult: Severe facial injury/fractures with potential airway compromise - answerRED

Adult and Pediatric: Blunt abdominal or chest trauma in patient with a history of
paralysis (para/quadriplegia ) - answerRED

Adult: Pregnancy ≥ 20 weeks with abdominal pain after blunt trauma - answerRED

Adult: Electrocution or lightning injury with loss of consciousness or visible signs of
injury - answerRED

Adult: Sustained HR of ≥ 120 beats/min - answerBlue

Adult: Head injury with loss of consciousness, amnesia, or new altered mental status -
answerBlue