Minor
The most common injured joint.
What is the ankle?
The major nerve in the lower extremities.
What is the sciatic nerve?
The most commonly fractured bone in the body.
What is the clavicle?
The extremity is completely severed from the body.
What is an amputation?
Striated muscle is also called this.
What is skeletal muscle?
The joint twisted or stretched beyond its normal range.
What is a sprain?
Disruption of a joint in which ligaments are damaged and the bone ends are no longer in contact.
What is a dislocation?
A grating or grinding sensation is most commonly felt with a fracture.
What is crepitus?
A common injury in elderly people with osteoporosis.
What is a pelvic fracture? AKA busted hip
During scene size up in trauma assessment, you should have your partner do what?
Need the full phrase.
What is holding manual inline stabilization of the spine?
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A build-up of blood beneath the skin that produces a coloration of blue/black skin.
What is ecchymosis?
A bandage that passes around the chest to secure an injured arm to the chest.
What is a swathe?
The proper term for two femur breaks.
What is a bilateral femoral fracture?
The most common splint for femoral fracture.
What is a traction splint?
How do you do know when the reattachment of an amputated limb is successful?
What are blood flow and nerve response?
General treatment of sprains and strains includes this, name them all.
What is RICE? (rest, ice, compress, elevate)
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When a person is exposed to cold temperature and wind for a long time, they will lose heat mostly through this.
What is convection?
This typically develops between 6 to 12 hours after the injury. Commonly occurs with a tibia fracture.
What is compartment syndrome?
What should you do when the patient has a fracture to the scapula?
What is checking the respiratory system?
Who had 12-13 tourniquets on in class?
Who is Telayah?
The number of bones in the adult human body.
What is 206?
Name the four types of splints used by EMTs.
What are rigid, traction, formable splints, and pelvic binders?
The signs of fractures and dislocations
Need at least 4 for points.
What are pain, deformities, point tenderness, false motion, crepitus, swelling and brusing
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The most common life-threatening skeletomuscular injuries are...
What are limb amputations, bilateral femoral fractures, pelvic factors, and open factors with arterial bleeding?
What nerve is severed or nonfunctional when the patient shows claw hand?
What is the ulnar nerve?