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TNS quizes/pretests Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) which of the following best represents the law requiring that a person seeking medical care be provided a medical screening by a qualified medical professional?

• HIPPA
• COBRA/EMTALA
• START
• Illinois EMS act and trauma system code 515.210 - Correct

Answers ✅b. COBRA/EMTALA which of the following is the most accurate statement regarding the transfer of a trauma patient from a non-trauma hospital to a trauma center?

• the transferring hospital should have all radiographic

workups completed on the patient before transfer

• the receiving trauma center must have an accepting

physician

• the receiving trauma center is responsible for determining

the type and level of transportation

• the receiving trauma center is responsible for

complications of the patient during the transfer - Correct Answers ✅b. the receiving trauma center must have an accepting physician 1 / 4

TNS quizes/pretests Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) A trauma patient with a face mask for supplemental oxygen is brought into the ER with a GCS of 6. The pt continues to deteriorate and goes into respiratory arrest. The physician is unable to obtain an airway and the patient expires. How would this death be classified?

• nonpreventable death
• potentially preventable death
• preventable death
• adverse event - Correct Answers ✅c. preventable death

A patient in the ER following a MVC is refusing care and wants to leave the hospital without care. What does EMTALA require the hospital to document?

• medicare is revoked because patient left without treatment
• the physician discussed the risks of leaving and the

benefits of the treatment

• family notified to give patient a ride home
• security notified to hold patient until medical imaging is

completed to clear C-Spine - Correct Answers ✅b. the physician discussed the risks of leaving and the benefits of the treatment which of the following would not be indicated before transfer from the initial hospital to a trauma center? 2 / 4

TNS quizes/pretests Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)

• chest tube placed for pneumothorax
• IV fluid resuscitation
• intubation to secure airway
• full set of radiographs - Correct Answers ✅d. full set of

radiographs if a spontaneously ventilating patient has no detectable breath sounds over one side following chest trauma, what should the TNS suspect?

• consolidation of lung tissue due to aspiration
• bronchodilation and air trapping from hx of COPD
• air or blood in the pleural cavity
• fluid in alveoli and terminal bronchioles - Correct

Answers ✅c. air or blood in the pleural cavity Bob was injured in a collision with another person while playing football. He is drooling, lethargic, and noted to have stridor. His face appears elongated. Which of the following is the priority for this patient with obvious facial trauma?

• obtain a CT scan for suspected brain injury
• obtain an airway
• assess for a CSF leak 3 / 4

TNS quizes/pretests Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)

• assess pupil size and reaction to light (PERLA) - Correct

Answers ✅b. obtain an airway A 16 year old girl was struck in the mouth with a softball. The patient is experiencing epistaxis, facial swelling and missing teeth. How would the nurse assess the patient for a possible LeFort I type fracture?

• rock the maxilla back and forth and watch for movement of

the midface

• face separation from the cranium is noted on the rocking

the maxilla

• rock the maxilla to assess whether the maxilla is

independent from the remainder of the face

• place 2 fingers on the lower jaw and assess whether it

moves freely. - Correct Answers ✅c. rock the maxilla to assess whether the maxilla is independent from the remainder of the face A patient with a pulmonary contusion after MVC is intubated on a ventilator with PEEP. What is the patient at risk of developing?

• airway obstruction
• pneumothorax
• fever
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