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ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT EXAM PRE-ASSESSMENT
(ATLS) (ACTUAL / ) QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Management of tension pneumothorax? - --Answers needle decompression in 2nd intercostal space then insertion of chest drain (definitive management)
Management of open pneumothorax - --Answers Three-sided dressing and then insertion of chest drain
What is a flail chest? - --Answers
- or more rib fractures in 2 or more places, thus resulting in
separation of a segment of the thoracic cage
Clinical sign of flail chest - --Answers Paradoxical movement of this part of the chest wall - indrawing on inspiration and outwards movement on expiration
Beck's triad is a constellation of findings indicative of cardiac tamponade. What are they? - --Answers hypotension jugular venous distention muffled heart sounds
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