Question 1

Proper medical management of a traumatic brain injury patient includes all except:

Options :

A : Maintaining cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) greater than 60

B : Administering steroids

C : Administering analgesics

D : Administering 3% saline infusion

Answer: B

Question 2

There are different levels of responders to disaster situations. At what level are hospitals and receiving facilities categorized?

Options :

A : Level 4

B : Level 1

C : Level 3

D : Level 2

Answer: D

Question 3

Common organs injured in blunt mechanism abdominal trauma include all of the following except:

Options :

A : Large bowel

B : Small bowel

C : Liver

D : Spleen

Answer: A

Question 4

Documentation of events with trauma patients is crucial. All of the following are examples of improper forensic documentation techniques except:

Options :

A : None of the above

B : The exit-wound bullet has been recovered and secured in a plastic bag.

C : Sheila Cohen, the patient’s spouse, is at bedside and tells the patient that she is so “sorry that things got out of control.”

D : The spouse is at bedside and seems to be feeling very guilty and remorseful by the way she is grieving over the patient.

Answer: C

Question 5

A patient comes into the emergency department after gunshot wounds to the lower left lateral chest. A chest tube has been placed and the patient is transferred to the intensive care unit. While a handoff report is being conducted, the patient’s heart rate increases to 134 beats per minute and the patient begins breathing at 43 breaths per minute. The nurse notes that the chest tube drainage system is beginning to rapidly fill with blood. The team begins to prepare for autotransfusion. Which of the following would be a contraindication to autotranfusion?

Options :

A : Chest tube output greater than 500 mL

B : Suspected tracheobronchial injury

C : Bright-red chest tube drainage

D : Suspected bowel injury

Answer: D

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