Ssm Tcar Review Exam 2024 With 100% Correct Answers

What is muscle compartment syndrome? {Ans: Elevated fascial compartment pressure, higher than arterial pressure. MOST prominent symptom is unrelieved pain}In the abdominal truama patient, what suggests Abd. compartment syndrome? {Ans: Dropping urine output in a patient who has been aequately fluid resuscitated.}With a splenic injury, what are signs of blood loss? {Ans: Tachycardia, hypotension Decrease H&H Kehrs sign}Blunt trauma Classifications include? {Ans: MVA Auto vs. pedestrian Falls Struck by or against an object}In trauma patients, what is the most common cause and treatment of renal failure? {Ans: Pre-renal failure is the case of "nothing in, nothing out". The problem is hypovolemia, treatment is fluids. Common shortly after injury. Intra-renal is the result of acute or chronic nephron damage-from IV contrast or rhabdo, or toxic drugs}Why is autotransfused blood better than banked blood? {Ans: It is fresher, warmer, releases O2 better, and costs less}