Some More Stuff

Question 1

Where is a compression fracture usually on the spine

Answer 1

T-L spine

Question 2

What does MVA cause spine to do

Answer 2

Causes it to decelerate ay different rates causing internal force to be acted on spine.

Question 3

What is the cause of spinal injury typically

Answer 3

Hyperflexion or hyperextension

Question 4

What vertebrae is common for dislocation

Answer 4

C6-c7

Question 5

What’s the most common site of fracture

Answer 5

C2 most common site

Question 6

How can you ensure you spinous process for trauma view of c spine

Answer 6

IR has to be below the neck

Question 7

What is a clay shoveler fracture

Answer 7

An avulsion type fracture that affects c6 c7 but also can be t1 t2. It’s a pulling away of the bone from the main body

Question 8

Hangman’s fracture

Answer 8

Fracture of c2 with or without subluxation of c3

Question 9

What is a Jefferson fracture

Answer 9

Fracture of c1 fractured in two-four places

Question 10

What’s the difference between a fracture in two places vs a fracture in 3 places in vertebrae

Answer 10

2 is stable but 3 is unstable

Question 11

What parts of cervicales spine do you look at with a fracture

Answer 11

Anterior, middle and posterior sections

Question 12

What does laceration above c5 do

Answer 12

Leads to flacid paralysis and then spastic paraplegia

Question 13

Burst fracture

Answer 13

Severe compression of vertebral body and spreads in two separate directions

Question 14

What view do you do first for skull trauma

Answer 14

Lateral, need to see build up of fluid in sphenoid sinuses

Question 15

If build up of fluid in sphenoid sinus what is it a sign of

Answer 15

Intracranial trauma

Question 16

What can happen if fracture of temporal bone

Answer 16

Blood from artery can flood the skull

Question 17

What can happen if base of skull fracture

Answer 17

Fluid in sphenoid

Question 18

Open brain injury

Answer 18

Opens up chance for brain infection

Question 19

Closed brain injury

Answer 19

Sudden deceleration of brain to skull can cause sheering

Question 20

What color does active bleeding show up on radiograph

Answer 20

White because of the protein

Question 21

What Can increased pressure in brain cause

Answer 21

Hernia

Question 22

Subdural injury is associated with

Answer 22

Vein bleeding, slow bleeding, result of change in velocity of brain itself

Question 23

What color does active bleeding show up as on radiograph

Answer 23

White because of protein

Question 24

Is a vein bleed slow or fast

Answer 24

Slow

Question 25

What burst fracture

Answer 25

Vertebral body completely crushed

Question 26

What does it mean if fluid is leaking from the ear

Answer 26

Basal skull fracture

Question 27

What is an open skull injury

Answer 27

Opens up chance to having brain infection

Question 28

What is closed skull injury

Answer 28

Deceleration of brain causing concussion or confusion

Question 29

What happens if you have air fluid level in sphenoid

Answer 29

Basal skull fracture

Question 30

What type of fracture is a seat belt fracture

Answer 30

Horizontal fracture

Question 31

What vertebrae does vertebral artery enter the spine

Answer 31

C6

Question 32

What is a Jefferson fracture

Answer 32

Fracture at c1

Question 33

What can happen if you have laceration above c5

Answer 33

Can be fatal and develop flacid paralysis

Question 34

What is a compression fracture

Answer 34

A collapsed vertebrae

Question 35

What’s the first thing that you do if you suspect skull trauma

Answer 35

Maintaining an open airway

Question 36

Most common site of cerebral concussion

Answer 36

Frontal lobe

Question 37

Pressure build up in eye as result of fracture

Answer 37

Blowout fracture

Question 38

Femoral head is most commonly displaced anterior or posterior

Answer 38

Posterior

Question 39

Anterior displacement of hip

Answer 39

Against obturator foramen

Question 40

What do you do with technique with abdominal trauma and why

Answer 40

Decrease MAS by 50% because you want to see air not organs

Question 41

If you have trauma to the spleen what occurs

Answer 41

OPacification of left hypochondriac, stomach displacement, splenic flexure displaced

Question 42

What position(s) do you do if have abdominal trauma

Answer 42

Ap and left lateral decúb

Question 43

What abdominal organ is most effected to blunt trauma

Answer 43

Liver

Question 44

What happens if you have trauma to liver

Answer 44

Elevation of right hemi diaphragm, displacement of transverse colon, hepatic flexure

Question 45

Tetralogy of fallout has what four defects

Answer 45

Pulmonary stenosis, dextraposition of aorta and artery, ventricular hypertrophy, ventricular septum defect

Question 46

Patent ductus arteriosus

Answer 46

Defect where aorta and pulmonary trunk are still connected.

Question 47

Coarctation of aorta

Answer 47

Part of the aorta is narrower than usual after the subclavian artery

Question 48

What is the sequela to rheumatic heart disease

Answer 48

Mitral valve stenosis

Question 49

What is regurgitation as it pertains to mitral valve stenosis

Answer 49

Valves stick together causing blood to go backwards into lung

Question 50

What is the most deadly form of trauma

Answer 50

Chest trauma

Question 51

Cardiac tamponade

Answer 51

Blood getting into pericardium as a result of compression of heart

Question 52

Rib trauma to lower ribs what instructions

Answer 52

Do it on expiration

Question 53

Flail chest

Answer 53

3 or more rib fractures in 2 or more different places