CAISS EXAM CERTIFICATION EXAM 2 LATEST VERSIONS ACTUAL EXAM 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

CAISS EXAM CERTIFICATION EXAM 2 LATEST

VERSIONS 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 400 QUESTIONS

AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH

RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY

GRADED A+

VERSION A

Italics in the AIS dictionary indicate what? - ANSWER- proper-named

injuries/structures, OIS grades

Does AIS assess the severity of multiple injuries? - ANSWER- NO

(single injury severity only)

The injury Severity Score (ISS) is defined as what? - ANSWER- Sum of

the squares of highest AIS in each of three most severely injured ISS

body regions.

What are the six body regions used in the ISS? - ANSWER- 1) head &

neck

2) face

3) chest

4) abdomen & pelvic organs

5) extremities & pelvis

6) external

Asphyxia is assigned to which ISS region? - ANSWER- Head and Neck

Drowning is assigned to which ISS region? - ANSWER- Chest

Lumbar spine lesions would be assigned to which ISS region? -

ANSWER- Abdomen & pelvic contents

Are external injuries coded independent of their body region? -

ANSWER- YES

Hypothermia, electrical injuries, and whole body injuries are coded to

which ISS region? - ANSWER- External

The ISS score ranged from _____ to _____ ? - ANSWER- 1 to 75

What are the two ways an ISS of 75 can be achieved? - ANSWER- 1)

AIS of 5 in each of three different body regions

2) AIS of 6 in a single body region

Do patients with an AIS 9 achieve an accurate ISS score? - ANSWERNO

Can less than three regions be used to calculate an ISS? - ANSWERYES

Can more than three regions be used to calculate an ISS? - ANSWERNO

Do all ISS scores have the same mortality rates? - ANSWER- NO

(depends on body regions affected)

Assigning injuries to too few body regions results in what? - ANSWERunderestimation of ISS

Assigning injuries to too many body regions results in what? -

ANSWER- overestimation of ISS

Are complications or sequela included in the definition of an injury? -

ANSWER- NO

Define injury? - ANSWER- Anatomic lesion resulting from transfer of

injury.

List seven (7) examples of sequela that are coded in AIS as injuries? -

ANSWER- 1) HTX/PTX

2) retroperitoneal hemorrhage

3) cerebral edema/swelling

4) ischemic brain damage r/t head trauma

5) blood loss

6) asphyxia

7) compartment syndrome

Are preliminary (suspected, possible, rule out) dx codeable? -

ANSWER- NO

Are all clinical dx alone codeable? - ANSWER- NO (some require

radiologic/autopsy findings)

Cranial nerve contusion is coded when there is what documented? -

ANSWER- weakness/paresthesia subtotal loss of function

Cranial nerve laceration is coded when what is documented? -

ANSWER- paralysis/total loss of function

What five (5) physical signs/manifestations are codeable as basilar skull

fx? - ANSWER- 1) raccoon's eyes (periorbital ecchymosis)

2) Battle's sign (mastoid ecchymosis)

3) CSF rhinorrhea

4) CSF otorrhea

5) hemotympanum

What must also exists to code a basilar skull fx when only physical

manifestations are present? - ANSWER- evidence of head trauma (not

r/t facial fx/injury)