TNCC 8th Edition Questions and Answers (2022 edition)
1. What are the greatest risks for transport?: Loss of airway patency, displaced obstructive tubes
lines or catheters, dislodge splinting devices, need to replace or reinforce dressings, deterioration
in patient status change in vital signs or level of consciousness, injury to the patient and/or team
members
2. According to newtons law which of these two force is greater: size or force?: Neither. For
each force there is an equal and opposite reaction.
3. What is the relationship between mass and velocity to kinetic energy?: Ki- netic energy is
equal to 1/2 the mass multiplied the square of its velocity therefore when mass is doubled so is the
net energy, however, when velocity is doubled energy is quadrupled.
4. What is tension?: stretching force by pulling at opposite ends
5. What is compression?: Crushing by squeezing together
6. What is bending?: Loading about an axis. Bending causes compression on the side the person is
bending toward intention to the opposite side
7. What is shearing?: Damage by tearing or bending by exerting faucet different parts in
opposite directions at the same time.
8. What is torsion?: Torsion forces twist ends in opposite directions.
9. What is combined loading?: Any combination of tension compression torsion bending and/or
shear.
10. What are the four types of trauma related injuries?: Blunt, penetrating, thermal, or blast.