Are oranges names oranges because oranges are orange or is orange called orange because oranges are orange?
You arrive on scene to a Pt holding his arm. There is obvious anterior bulge to the area of the injury. What should you assess first?
PMSC
Most common bone fractured in the human body
Clavicle
Bones connected to other bones by bands of tough fibrous tissues are called?
Ligaments
Where is pleural fluid contained?
Visceral and parietal pleura
This hormone is responsible for the actions of the sympathetic nervous system?
Epinephrine
What happens when the parasympathetic nervous system is activated?
Heart rate decreases and blood vessels dilate
What is intracerebral hematoma?
Bleeding within the brain tissue
Where are the optic nerve endings located?
Retina
Presence of tachycardia following a serious abdominal injury should be assumed to be a sign of?
Shock
What is guarding?
Contraction or tensing of the abdominal muscles in an effort to ease pain.
This happens when abdominal organs are damaged and spill their contents into the peritoneal cavity?
Peritonitis
Bruising to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen following trauma is MOST suggestive of injury to the?
Liver
Early bruising following abdominal trauma often manifest as?
Red areas on the skin
What will an accumulation of blood in the abdominal cavity most likely cause?
Distention
What nerve controls the diaphragm and exit the spinal cord at C3, C4, and C5?
Phrenic nerve
What produces blood cells?
Bone marrow
What type of muscle contracts and relaxes to control the movement of the contents within its structure?
Smooth
Look up Cardiac, skeletal, striated muscles
Which muscle is under direct voluntary control of the brain?
Skeletal
What forms the major muscle mass of the body and usually crosses at least one joint?
Striated muscle
Bruising around the umbilicus is a sign of?
intra-abdominal bleeding
What are the signs and symptoms of a sprain?
Swelling, ecchymosis (discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath, typically caused by bruising), point tenderness
After you splint a fracture with compartment syndrome and you recheck PMSC, what else should you do with the arm?
Keep it at the level of the heart
A fracture cause by minimal force that is associated with diseases such as cancer and osteoporosis is called?
Pathologic
What covers the end of moving joints?
Articular cartilage
This can occur as a result of the knee hitting the dashboard in an automobile crash. The impact drives the femur posteriorly dislocating the joint?
Posterior dislocation of the hip