Methoxyflurane for Traumatic Pain
For acute traumatic pain management in the Emergency Department, methoxyflurane can significantly reduce pain scores with pain relief occurring within 10-30 minutes.
- True
- False
Trauma
Risk of Dementia Diagnosis After Injurious Falls in Older Adults
New dementia diagnoses are more likely to occur in older adults who sustain falls versus those who sustain other mechanisms of injury.
- True
- False
Volume 40.3 - Question 27
CT Scanning for Head Injury
Which one of the following statements about CT scanning for head injury is false?
- Patients who have sustained falls associated with loss of consciousness were found to have increased risk of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage.
- They are mandatory for older patients on antiplatelet medications who sustained ground-level fall-related head trauma.
- The cutaneous impact location may help clinicians identify patients at risk of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage.
- Older patients on anticoagulants or antiplatelets who sustain ground-level fall-related Traumatic Brain Injury and are at their baseline neurological status do not require a follow-up scan if the first head CT scan is normal.
Volume 40.1 - Question 17
Volume 36.4 - Question 45
Subclavian Vein Catheterization
The supraclavicular approach to subclavian vein catheterization is advantageous relative to the infraclavicular approach in terms of operation duration and success rate.
- True
- False
Volume 36.2 - Question 19
Concussion
Advising patients under 25 years of age diagnosed with a concussion to abstain from screen time for 48 hours after injury may shorten the duration of concussion symptoms.
- True
- False
Volume 37.4 - Question 38
Preservation of Amputated Parts
Proper preservation of amputated parts consists of wrapping the part in saline soaked gauze inside a watertight bag and placing it on ice.
- True
- False