TNCC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027 (8pages)

Primary concern when a person cannot stop coughing/clearing their throat following house fire/smoke? - answerAirway/Intubate Lab evidence of cellular perfusion - answerBase 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? - answerBiologic Suspected shock type with a spinal cord injury - answerDistributive Shock (Includes neurogenic) Patient has GCS of 3, unequal pupils (one sluggish, one blown), and is posturing. What is the cause? - answerHerniation Middle Meningeal Artery - answerEpidural 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? - answer2nd Impact Syndrome Bowel sounds heard in the L chest. What is this a symptom of? - answerRuptured diaphragm Symptoms of __________________: include muffled heart sounds and hypotension - answerPericardiocentesis How should you dress a severed limb? - answerSterile gauze with normal saline THEN put ice on it Amylase level looks at _____________ - answerPancreas What should you do if your patient has hyphema (collection of blood inside the front part of the eye?) - answerSit HOB up to 30 degrees Principle that people have to take action after suffering a loss in order to decrease severity, seriousness, or painfulness - answerMitigation What organ is most at risk following a gunshot - answerLiver 8 year old child with longitudinal thigh lacerations - answerSign of child abuse Bleeding around belly button - answerCullen's Sign What would cause an inaccurate reading from an 02 saturation probe? - answerCarboxyhemoglobin (increase FiO2 to 100%) General study of forces and their effects on living tissue and the human body - answerBiomechanics Study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or potential injuries - answerKinematics Refers to the separation of tissue resulting from a sound and/or hydraulic wave force- the effect is a crushing pressure wave which creates a temporary cavity, followed by a rapid and violent closing of the cavity. - answerCavitation This rapid motion can lead to crushing, tearing, and shearing forces on tissue - answerCavitation Used in OR; does not provide protection against aspiration and not recommended in patients who have eaten recently. It is a supraglottic airway. - answerLaryngeal Mask Airway