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Exam Sections Covered in BoardCerts TCRN Question Bank
Comprehensive coverage of all exam domains with detailed topic breakdowns to ensure your success.
Clinical Practice: Head and Neck
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Traumatic brain injuries
Spinal cord injuries
Secondary injury prevention
Facial fractures
Ocular trauma
Neck trauma
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
Clinical Practice: Trunk and Pelvis
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Chest wall injuries
Pulmonary injuries
Cardiac injuries
Great vessel injuries
Hollow organ injuries
Solid organ injuries
Diaphragmatic injuries
Retroperitoneal injuries
Pelvic fracture patterns
Pelvic vascular injuries
Bladder and urethral injuries
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
Clinical Practice: Musculoskeletal and Wound
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Vertebral injuries
Compartment syndrome
Amputations
Extremity fractures
Soft-tissue injuries
Dislocations
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
Special Populations
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Geriatric trauma
Pediatric trauma
Pregnant patients
Chemical burns (any body part, including the eye)
Electrical burns
Thermal burns
Inhalation injuries
Bariatric trauma
Intimate partner violence
Child abuse
Elder abuse
Human trafficking
Evidence collection and preservation
Chain of custody
Patients with intentional self-inflicted injuries
Comorbidities and pre-existing conditions
Substance use disorder
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
Continuum of Care for Trauma
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Primary survey
Secondary survey
Blood administration/massive transfusion
Coagulant therapy
Damage control
Trauma diamond of death
Pre-intubation optimization (apneic oxygenation, medications)
Hypovolemic shock
Obstructive shock (tamponade, tension pneumothorax)
Distributive shock (neurogenic, septic)
Cardiogenic shock
Reassessment
Consequences of resuscitation (TRALI, TACO)
Tertiary exam
Disease states (ARDS, AKI, stroke/CVA)
Infections (CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP, surgical site infection, sepsis)
Delirium, falls and withdrawal
Psychosocial issues related to trauma (trauma-informed care)
Rehabilitation and multi-disciplinary care (PT, OT, Speech, Dietary)
Organ/tissue donation
Advanced directives
Family presence
Palliative care
Brain death
Injury prevention
Pre-hospital care
Intrafacility patient transfer (within a facility, across departments)
Interfacility patient transfer (from one facility to another)
Patient/Family education
Discharge complications or barriers
Home readiness (safety concerns, transition of care)
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
Professional Practice
Key topics and concepts covered in this module
Triage (MCI, Disaster Planning/Emergency Preparedness)
Decontamination
Performance improvement (over and under triage, missed injuries/delay in diagnosis, mortality/morbidity reviews)
Trauma registry (data collection)
Outcomes follow-up and feedback (referring facilities, EMS)
Evidence-based practice (best practice guidelines)
Debriefing/team support
Patient handoff (SBAR)
Event reporting
HIPAA/privacy
EMTALA
Workplace violence
Designation/verification (trauma center/trauma systems)
Injury prevention
Community outreach
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
Exam Sections Covered in BoardCerts TCRN Question Bank
Comprehensive coverage of all exam domains with detailed topic breakdowns to ensure your success.
SECTION 1
Clinical Practice: Head and Neck
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Secondary injury prevention
- Facial fractures
- Ocular trauma
- Neck trauma
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
SECTION 2
Clinical Practice: Trunk and Pelvis
- Chest wall injuries
- Pulmonary injuries
- Cardiac injuries
- Great vessel injuries
- Hollow organ injuries
- Solid organ injuries
- Diaphragmatic injuries
- Retroperitoneal injuries
- Pelvic fracture patterns
- Pelvic vascular injuries
- Bladder and urethral injuries
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
SECTION 3
Clinical Practice: Musculoskeletal and Wound
- Vertebral injuries
- Compartment syndrome
- Amputations
- Extremity fractures
- Soft-tissue injuries
- Dislocations
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
SECTION 4
Special Populations
- Geriatric trauma
- Pediatric trauma
- Pregnant patients
- Chemical burns (any body part, including the eye)
- Electrical burns
- Thermal burns
- Inhalation injuries
- Bariatric trauma
- Intimate partner violence
- Child abuse
- Elder abuse
- Human trafficking
- Evidence collection and preservation
- Chain of custody
- Patients with intentional self-inflicted injuries
- Comorbidities and pre-existing conditions
- Substance use disorder
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
SECTION 5
Continuum of Care for Trauma
- Primary survey
- Secondary survey
- Blood administration/massive transfusion
- Coagulant therapy
- Damage control
- Trauma diamond of death
- Pre-intubation optimization (apneic oxygenation, medications)
- Hypovolemic shock
- Obstructive shock (tamponade, tension pneumothorax)
- Distributive shock (neurogenic, septic)
- Cardiogenic shock
- Reassessment
- Consequences of resuscitation (TRALI, TACO)
- Tertiary exam
- Disease states (ARDS, AKI, stroke/CVA)
- Infections (CLABSI, CAUTI, VAP, surgical site infection, sepsis)
- Delirium, falls and withdrawal
- Psychosocial issues related to trauma (trauma-informed care)
- Rehabilitation and multi-disciplinary care (PT, OT, Speech, Dietary)
- Organ/tissue donation
- Advanced directives
- Family presence
- Palliative care
- Brain death
- Injury prevention
- Pre-hospital care
- Intrafacility patient transfer (within a facility, across departments)
- Interfacility patient transfer (from one facility to another)
- Patient/Family education
- Discharge complications or barriers
- Home readiness (safety concerns, transition of care)
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
SECTION 6
Professional Practice
- Triage (MCI, Disaster Planning/Emergency Preparedness)
- Decontamination
- Performance improvement (over and under triage, missed injuries/delay in diagnosis, mortality/morbidity reviews)
- Trauma registry (data collection)
- Outcomes follow-up and feedback (referring facilities, EMS)
- Evidence-based practice (best practice guidelines)
- Debriefing/team support
- Patient handoff (SBAR)
- Event reporting
- HIPAA/privacy
- EMTALA
- Workplace violence
- Designation/verification (trauma center/trauma systems)
- Injury prevention
- Community outreach
Exam blueprint areas coveredTCRN
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