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TNCC Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions Primary concern when a person cannot stop coughing/clearing their throat following house fire/smoke? ✔✔Airway/Intubate Lab evidence of cellul ... ar perfusion ✔✔Base Excess (Less than -6 is BAD) Multiple people are in the ER of different ages who all go to the same church. They all have the same symptoms. What is the most likely cause? ✔✔Biologic Suspected shock type with a spinal cord injury ✔✔Distributive Shock (Includes neurogenic) Patient has GCS of 3, unequal pupils (one sluggish, one blown), and is posturing. What is the cause? ✔✔Herniation Middle Meningeal Artery ✔✔Epidural Hematoma (results from collection of blood that forms between dura mater and skull) Prior to having a concussion (TBI), the patient had a brain injury that was not fully healed. What is the cause? ✔✔2nd Impact Syndrome Bowel sounds heard in the L chest. What is this a symptom of? ✔✔Ruptured diaphragm Symptoms of __________________: include muffled heart sounds and hypotension ✔✔Pericardiocentesis How should you dress a severed limb? ✔✔Sterile gauze with normal saline THEN put ice on it Amylase level looks at _____________ ✔✔Pancreas What should you do if your patient has hyphema (collection of blood inside the front part of the eye?) ✔✔Sit HOB up to 30 degrees Principle that people have to take action after suffering a loss in order to decrease severity, seriousness, or painfulness ✔✔Mitigation What organ is most at risk following a gunshot ✔✔Liver 8 year old child with longitudinal thigh lacerati [Show More]

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