TNCC 20th Edition Questions and Answers 2024/2025 Best
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ACCORDING TO NEWTONS LAW WHICH OF THESE TWO FORCE IS GREATER: SIZE OR
FORCE? - ANSNEITHER. FOR EACH FORCE THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE
REACTION.
DEFINE CUSHING'S TRIAD - ANSBRADYCARDIA, PROGRESSIVE HYPERTENSION
(WIDENING PULSE PRESSURE), AND DECREASED RESPIRATORY EFFORT
DEFINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NEUROGENIC SHOCK - ANSDISTRIBUTIVE
SHOCK WITH A T6 OR HIGHER INJURY RESULTS AND VASODILATION,
BRADYCARDIA, FLUSHED WARM DRY SKIN. RISK FOR TEMPERATURE INSTABILITY.
NURSING INTERVENTIONS INCLUDE MAINTAINING WARMTH AND SPINAL
STABILIZATION.
DEFINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SPINAL SHOCK - ANSTRANSIENT LOSS OF
FUNCTION CAN INCLUDE LOSS OF REFLEXES AND MUSCLE TONE BELOW THE
LEVEL OF INDUSTRY WITH POSSIBLE VASCULAR RESPONSE.
DESCRIBE ONE FAT EMBOLISM SYNDROME IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN ITS
CHARACTERISTICS - ANSWITH LONGFORM FRACTURES. TACHYCARDIA,
THROMBOCYTOPENIA, AND PETECHIAE RASH.
DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK - ANSCARDIOGENIC
SHOCK RESULTS FROM PUMP FAILURE IN THE PRESENCE OF ADEQUATE
INTRAVASCULAR VOLUME. LACK OF CARDIAC OUTPUT AND AN ORGAN PERFUSION
OCCURS SECONDARY TO A DECREASE IN MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTILITY AND OR
VALVULAR INSUFFICIENCY. THIS CAN HAPPEN WITH BLUNT CARDIAC TRAUMA OR
AN MI. SYMPTOMS CAN INCLUDE LOW BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASE HEART RATE
AND RESPIRATORY RATE CHEST PAIN SHORTNESS OF BREATH DYSRHYTHMIAS
INCREASE TROPONIN AND PALE COOL MOIST SKIN
DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DISTRIBUTIVE SHOCK. - ANSDISTRIBUTIVE
SHOCK OCCURS AS A RESULT OF MEL DISTRIBUTION OF AN ADEQUATE
CIRCULATING BLOOD VOLUME WITH THE LOSS OF VASCULAR TONE OR INCREASED
PERMEABILITY. THIS CAN OCCUR WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES, SEPSIS, OR
ANAPHYLAXIS. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE LOW BLOOD PRESSURE HEART RATE
RESPIRATORY RATE PRELOAD AND AFTERLOAD, SPINAL TENDERNESS, DIFFICULTY
BREATHING, WARM PINK AND DRY SKIN WITH A COOL CORE TEMPERATURE.
DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK - ANSHYPOVOLEMIA
IS CAUSED BY A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF CIRCULATING VOLUME USUALLY
CAUSED BY MASSIVE BLEEDING, BUT ALSO CAN BE FROM VOMITING AND
DIARRHEA. CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND PRELOAD,