Energy
A person not wearing their seatbelt in a car that strikes a wall will stay in motion until?
Acted upon by an external force
The back of an adult is equal to what BSA%
18%
What nerve or system of nerves carries information and sensations from the body to the brain via the spinal cord?
CNS
Following an injury, platelets?
Collect at the injury site
The eyeball itself is referred to as the?
The globe
A properly worn seatbelt should be ________ the anterior superior iliac spines of the relics and _______ the hip joints?
A. Above, against
B. Below, above
C. Below, against
D. Above, below
C. Below and against
Why is it important to remain alert for severe underlying injuries with a closed soft-tissue injury?
What you see on the surface might not tell the whole story? I.E. might not look as bad as it is on the surface as it is on the inside
After you manually stabilize the head you should?
A. Assess the head
B. Place them on a backboard
C. Assess PMSC's
D. Put them in a C-Collar
C. Assess PMSC's
What contributes most to the speed of shock onset while bleeding?
A. Blood Pressure
B. Area of injury
C. Heart rate
D. How fast they are bleeding
D. How fast they are bleeding
A patient complaining of flashing lights, specks, or "floaters' is MOST likely experiencing?
A detached retina
What blast injury type is from the body hitting an object?
Tertiary
The presence of tachycardia following a sever abdominal injury is an early sign of?
Shock
When the intercostal muscles contract the rib cage goes?
(Up or down)
Up
What hemo/hema word (sign) is most indicative of a GI bleed?
Hematemesis
An unconscious patient with their eyes slightly open and dilated pupils requires you to do what for the eyes?
Close their eyes and cover with a moist dressing
Rapid deceleration of the head cause __________ to the anterior portion of the brain and the posterior portion to ____________?
Compression injuries or bruising and stretching or tearing
You should DEFINITELY perform a detailed head to toe assessment on a patient that?
A. Fainted and fell in her driveway
B. Was restrained during a MVA
C. Has blood slowly dribbling out of their ear following a punch to the head
D. A patient with nausea/vomitting
A. Fainted and fell in her driveway
A medical patient (not a trauma) will have what early on if they have internal bleeding?
A. Tachy pulse
B. Shallow, Tachypnea
C. Near-syncope when standing
D. Hypotension
C. Near-syncope on standing
Femur fracture can result is up to ________ mL of internal bleeding?
A. 1,000
B. 1,500
C. 2,000
D. 2,500
A. 1,000 mL's
The white portion of the eye is called the?
Sclera
When someones falls from 25ft what is the energy mechanism that causes the injury?
(Energy converted to? Then converted again to?
Potential energy is converted to kinetic energy; the kinetic energy is then converted into the work of bringing the body to a stop
To assess the patients general body temperature following a trauma you should assess the temperature of the?
A. Neck
B. Chest
C. Abdomen
D. Forehear
C. Abdomen
What is the only circular cartilage of the trachea?
The cricoid cartilage
If the total volume of a baby is 800 mL's, signs of shock would begin after bleeding out how many mL's?
a. 25
b. 50
c. 100
d.200
C. 100 mLs
The inner surface of the eyelids and the exposed surface of the eye itself are covered by a delicate membrane is called what?
Conjuctiva