CAISS EXAM QUESTIONS

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CAISS EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: contain synonyms for a specific type of injury OR provide a definition for the injury description

Answer:

What do brackets mean in AIS Code Book?

Question 2: Body Region

Answer:

What does the second 2 numbers in predot code represent?Question 3: Specific anatomic structure (ex: femur)

Answer:

What does the last 2 numbers of predot code represent?

Question 4: Closed fracture

Answer:

skin overlying fracture is not lacerated

Question 5: Thrombosis

Answer:

any injury to the vessel resulting in its occlusion

Question 6: Maximum

Answer:

AIS Severity Number

Question 7: Nerve paralysis

Answer:

total loss of function (assume to be due to laceration)

Question 8: Chapters included in Chest body region

Answer:

Thorax, Thoracic Spine, Other Truma (drowning)

Question 9: Sprain

Answer:

injury to joints: knee, ankle, shoulder, etc

Question 10: Chapters included in Head/Neck body region

Answer:

Head, Neck, C-spine, other trauma (asphyxia) Question 11: ISS assesses:

Answer:

assesses the severity of multiply injured patients

Question 12: Minor

Answer:

AIS severity code: 2

Question 13: >20% blood loss translates to

Answer:

>1000cc blood

Question 14: Chapters included in Abdomen and Pelvic Contents body region

Answer:

Abdomen, Lumbar Spine

Question 15: Degloving

Answer:

Traumatic removal of skin and subcutaneous tissue separating tissue planes from blood supply, especially from a limb. Can be open or closed (top layer stays in place despite separation from underlying tissue)

Question 16: Caustic agent

Answer:

chemicals that burn or corrode skin, eyes, mucous membranes

Question 17: ISS equation

Answer:

sum of the squares of the highest AIS in each of the three most severely injured body regions

A2 + B2 + C2 = ISS

Question 18: Crush

Answer:

massive destruction of body part with damage to underlying systems (skeletal, organ, and vascular)

Question 19: Open fracture

Answer:

skin overlying fracture is lacerated

Question 20: Aphyxia/suffocation get assigned to what ISS body region

Answer:

Located in external/other chapter but gets assigned to Head/Neck ISS body region

Question 21: Strain

Answer:

injury to muscles, tendons, etc.

Question 22: Chapters included in Extremity and Pelvic Girdle body region

Answer:

Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity, Bones of the Pelvis

Question 23: Communited fracture

Answer:

multiple bone fragments

Question 24: Rupture

Answer:

breaking open or bursting to forcibly resulting in a hole, break, or opening with stellate edges or devitalized tissue

Question 25: Drowning gets assigned to what ISS body region

Answer:

AIS severity code: 1

Question 26: Critical

Answer:

AIS severity code: 6

Question 27: Serious

Answer:

AIS severity code: 4

Question 28: AIS assesses:

Answer:

assesses the severity of single injuries

Question 29: Abrasion

Answer:

rubbed or scraped area on skin or mucous membrane caused by contact with a rough surface or object with sufficient force to remove surface layers