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When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating mechanism
displaces tissue, this is known as ✔✔CAVITATION
Which of the follow
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When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating mechanism
displaces tissue, this is known as ✔✔CAVITATION
Which of the following is an example of the tertiary phase blast injury? ✔✔CRUSHING INJURY
DUE TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE.
The most common threat to life among trauma patients is? ✔✔INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE
Your patient is an injured construction worker bleeding profusely from a large laceration to the
left thigh. He is confused and has pale, moist skin. Direct pressure applied to the wound by a first
responder has failed to control the bleeding. The next step in controlling bleeding is to apply: ✔✔A
TOURNIQUET TO THE LACERATION.
Hypotension due to spinal cord trauma occurs due to interruption of the _______________nervous
system pathway. ✔✔SYMPATHETIC
The most common fractured ribs are ribs: ✔✔4 THROUGH 8.
A hemothorax is differentiated from a tension pneumothorax by: ✔✔DULL PERCUSSION ON
THE AFFECTED SIDE.
Which of the following mechanisms is most likely to result in cardiac tamponade? ✔✔A
PATIENT IS STRUCK IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR CHEST BY A NAIL EJECTED FROM A
NAIL GUN.
Management of flail chest includes: ✔✔PAIN MANAGEMENT
VENTILATORY SUPPORT
100%O2
Which of the following types of traumatic brain injury is most likely to be associated with
hemorrhage from the middle meningeal artery? ✔✔EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
Which of the following groups of findings represents Cushing's phenomenon?
✔✔BRADYCARDIA
ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY PATTERN
ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE
Your patient is a 32 year old female who was thrown from a horse and struck her head on the
ground. She was not wearing a helmet. She does not respond verbally or open her eyes to painful
stimuli, but responds to painful stimuli with decerebrate posturing. Her right pupil is dilated and
does not react to light. Her respirations are 6 per minute and irregular, pulse 56, blood pressure
188/98. You should ventilate the patient at a rate of? ✔✔20 BPM.
A burn with reddened, glistening base that may have blisters is most characteristic of a
✔✔SECOND degree burn.
A chemical solution with a pH of 4.0 is considered an ACID and causes damage to the tissues via
✔✔COAGULATION NECROSIS.
An electrical burn caused by superheated air near the source of electricity is an ✔✔ARC burn.
Your patient is an 82 year old female who was an unrestrained front seat passenger in a motor
vehicle collision. Which of the following is the most reliable indication of shock in this patient?
✔✔LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
Which of the following findings is not expected in assessment of a pregnant patient? ✔✔A
DECREASED BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER.
Which of the following is contraindicated in the management of a pregnant trauma patient in the
third trimester? ✔✔SUPINE POSITION.
During the assessment of the trauma patient, auscultation of the lung sounds is first performed
during: ✔✔THE PRIMARY SURVEY.
Which of the following is indicated for the prehospital management of a circumferential second
degree burn extending from the wrist to the elbow in a 70 Kg patient? ✔✔A DRY STERILE
DRESSING
ANALGESIA
The preferred fluid for resuscitation of the patient with significant burns is: ✔✔LACTATED
RINGER'S SOLUTION.
Which of the following is the most common cause of spinal injuries? ✔✔MOTOR VEHICLE
COLLISIONS.
Hypotension in hemothorax is associated
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