Sensation Absentism
What type of shock is characterized by trauma to the spinal cord, hypotension, and bradycardia?
Neurogenic Shock
The death of an occupant in a vehicle collision would warrant a trauma alert and/or immediate transport to a trauma facility for other passengers in the same vehicle.
True
What drug classification makes all trauma much, MUCH worse?
Blood Thinners
Which organ(s) are at the greatest risk of damage from a chemical exposure?
Getting hit in the abdomen with a baseball bat can do a lot of damage, however, what type of abdominal injury (Think TERD) is extremely unlikely to happen as a result of blunt trauma?
An Evisceration
The Frontal Lobe
What disease requires immediate and aggressive active cooling?
Heat Stroke
The best way to open the airway of a patient with a suspected spine injury is what?
Jaw-thrust while holding the head. (Jaw Thrust alone works)
What classification of patients typically react more profoundly to fluid loss and hemorrhage due to limited fluid reserves?
Pediatrics
Assessment of electrical shock patients is different from other trauma patients in that a cardiac monitor is required. Why?
Heart dont like shock. (dysrhythmias)
What is the least likely type of burn injury to encounter in the field?
Radiological Burns
A decreasing pulse pressure is a sign that a patient is in what phase of shock?
Bonus: A decreasing level of consciousness is a sign that a patient is in what phase of shock? (200 points)
Compensated
Decompensated
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What is the formula for calculating MAP?
Double bonus points if you write out the calculation of MAP for a blood pressure of 170/80 on the board, and then forget to erase it before tomorrow.
(Diastolic+Diastolic+Systolic)/3
80+80+170=330
330/3=110
Your patient has a head injury and a core temp of 104 degrees farenheit. What treatment will provide the biggest benefit to this patient?
Cooling the patient
In general, which of these 2 injury types, dislocation and fracture, should the paramedic be more comfortable reducing, given that pulses distal to the injury are absent?
Fractures, especially mid-shaft long bone fractures.
Soft tissue injuries that are bleeding are usually controlled with what?
Direct Pressure (Compression)
A fall in what vital sign generally equates to a patient moving from compensated shock to decompensated shock?
Blood Pressure
Patients who are exposed to super-heated gases and are exhibiting dyspnea and/or difficulty speaking require aggressive what?
Airway Management
A patient with an abdominal evisceration, an open femur fracture, and closed bilateral tib-fib fractures requires what type of definitive care?
Surgery
When assessing an unconscious trauma patient, which site should you use to assess the patients pulse?
Carotid
What type of dive emergency is most likely to present with joint pain as a chief complaint?
Decompression Illness/Sickness
What type of injury has the propensity to throw a victim a distance from the source of the event, and is quite shocking!
Lightning Strike
Uremia after trauma suggests which organ(s) might be damaged?
The Kidney(s).
A fall in what vital sign generally signifies that a patient is moving from decompensated shock into irreversible shock?
Heart Rate
Based on the rule of 9's, a pediatric patient with second degree burn to their entire anterior chest, and no other burns, would be considered to have what % burns?
9%
Pregnant trauma patients can hide symptoms of bloodloss better than most people. Why?
Bleeding in the uterus and uterine area hides signs and symptoms of blood loss.
What is 1 of the 3 sides of the pediatric assessment triangle?
Name all 3 for 400 bonus points.
Appearance, Work of Breathing, Skin Signs
What nerve is contained within the sacral plexus (L4 to S3)?
The Sciatic Nerve
An unconscious trauma patient has started to vomit, and your EMT partner, Will Boodburn, didn't bring the suction to the patient. After directing Will to go get the suction, what should you do for the patient?
Log-roll the patient and allow the vomit to exit the patients mouth
A patient with a closed fracture of the largest bone in the body would be generally be expected to lose how much blood from that fracture?
1 liter
Why does the pulse pressure decrease (narrow) in hemorrhagic shock?
Arteriole constriction raises the diastolic blood pressure in an effort to increase blood return to the heart.
What type of injury is most likely present when your burn patient has stridor?
Glottic Injury
One of the dangers present in closed femur fractures after the injury has reached a tamponade is what?
Compartment Syndrome
The most commons cause of MODS is what type of shock?
Septic Shock
Daily Double!!
What gas law indicates that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal tohe sum of the partial pressures of the individual gases?
Dalton's Law