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TRAUMATIC DISEASE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CONTUSION FORMED ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD WHERE TRAUMA OCCURS? | COUP LESION |
| A FRACTURE OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM IN WHICH THE BONE HAS PENETRATED THE SKIN | OPEN |
| FRACTURES THAT OCCUR AT SITES OF MAXIMAL STRAIN ON A BONE USUALLY IN CONECTION WITH UNACCUSTOMED ACTIVITY ARE CLASSIFIED AS? | FATIGUE |
| A FRACTURE THAT HEALS IN A FAULTY POSITION? | MALUNION |
| SHOULDER DISLOCATIONS ARE MOST COMMONLY DISPLACED? | ANTERIORLY |
| AVASCULAR NECROSIS COMMONLY AFFECTS THE? | SHOULDER AND HIPS |
| INCOMPLETE EXPANSION OF A LUNG AS A RESULT OF PARTIAL OR TOTAL COLLASPE | ATELECTASIS |
| PENETRATING CHEST TRAUMA COULD LEAD TO A? | PNEUMOTHORAX |
| DEMONSTRATION OF A PNEUMOTHORAX IS BEST ACCOMPLISHED BY MAKING THE EXPOSURE IN AN | ERECT PA POSITION ON EXPIRATION |
| WHICH PORTION OF THE GI SYSTEM IS MOST FREQUENTLY DAMAGED BY BLUNT TRAUMA OF THE ABDOMEN? | DOUDENUM |
| SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME | SEVERE INJURY TO CHILD BY SHAKING WHICH CAUSES A SUBDURAL OR SUBARACHNOID HEMATOMA WITH NO EVIDENCE OF TRAUMA TO EXTERNAL CRANIUM. WHIPLASH CAN ALSO OCCUR |
| WHAT ARE THE MECHANISM FOR TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT NEUROLOGIC DISFUNCTION OF THE SPINAL CORD? | COMPRESSION BY CONTUSION OR HEMORRAGE LEADS TO RAPID SWELLING OF THE SPINAL CORD THIS CAUSES A RISE IN INTRADURAL PRESSURE AND CAUSES TEMP. LOSS OF NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION. LACERATIONS USUALLY RESULT IN PERMANENT DAMAGE BECAUSE NERVES DON'T REGENERATE |
| FOUR TYPES OF HEMATOMAS TO THE BRAIN ARE? | EPIDURAL HEMATOMA (HIGHEST MORTALITY RATE), SUBDURAL HEMATOMA, SUBARACHNOID HEMATOMA, INTRACEREBRAL HEMATOMA. |
| WHAT IMAGING MODALITY OR MODALITIES BEST DEMONSTRATE STRESS OR FATIGUE FRACTURES? | MR OR NUCLEAR MEDICINE BONE SCANS |
| WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMINUTED AND NONCOMMINUTED FRACTURES? | COMMINUTED-DONT REPRESENT A COMPLETE THICKNESS OF THE BONE. NONCOMMINUTED-BONE HAS SEPERATED INTO TWO FRAGMENTS. (SPIRAL AND OBLIQUE ARE EXAMPLES) |