SEVERELY INJURED PATIENT

In severely injured patients, Tranexamic acid has been adopted as routine standard of care in many countries around the world.

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• TRUE

In the current conflicts, evacuation times have been dramatically shortened, and limb loss due to ischemia is now rare.

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All of these approaches are accepted in the care of Severely Injured Patients. EXCEPT one. Please Mark it:

• Tourniquet

• High-ratio massive transfusion

• Ultrasonography (FAST)

• Liberal use of fluids.

Damage-control surgery is a technical strategy to control massive bleeding. This approach involves all of these steps, EXCEPT one., Please Mark it: surgical maneuvers and reconstructions for subsequent operations.

• Control of hemorrhage and contamination on initial surgical intervention

• Leaving the abdominal cavity with a temporary closure

• Definitive repair of the injuries

• Reconstructions for subsequent operations.

The primary purpose of the golden hour concept is to achieve early respiratory control

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The interval between injury and arrival to emergency room fundamentally determines the outcome.

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• TRUE

Whole blood, or a substitute that approximates whole blood, should be used for resuscitation, with simultaneous initiation of hemorrhage-control maneuvers

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• FALSE

FAST allow detection of all of these findings, EXCEPT one, please Mark it:

• Intraabdominal hemorrhage

• Traumatic hemopericardium

• Hemothorax

• Pulmonary contusion