The types of motor vehicle collisions that present the greatest potential for multiple impacts:
What are rotational and rollover?
100
The second leading cause of trauma death after blunt trauma:
What is penetrating trauma?
100
Blast injuries are most commonly seen in:
What is war?
100
____________ or _________ inside the skull is often life threatening.
What is bleeding or swelling?
200
When the speed of a motor vehicle doubles, the amount of kinetic energy:
What is quadruples?
200
Airbags are designed to:
What is decrease the severity of deceleration injuries?
200
In penetrating trauma ________ will increase damage.
What is fragmentation?
200
During your assessment of a patient who experiened a blast injury, you note that he has a depressed area to the front of his skull. This injury MOST likely occurred during the __________ phase.
What is tertiary?
200
Swelling in the neck and/or throat may prevent blood flow to the __________.
What is brain?
300
Force acting over a distance defines the concept of:
What is work?
300
When caring for an occupant inside a motor vehicle equipped with an air bag that did not deploy upon impact, it is MOST important to:
What is remember that is could still deploy and seriously injure you?
300
A young male sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen during an altercation. As your partner is assessing and managing his airway, you should control the obvious bleeding and then:
What is assess for an exit wound?
300
Coughing up blood is a sign of __________ blast injury.
What is pulmonary?
300
A penetration or perforation of the integrity of the chest is called an:
What is open chest wound?
400
The three concepts of energy that are typically associated with injury:
What are kinectic, potential and work?
400
Evaluation of the interior of a crashed motor vehicle during extrication will allow the EMT to:
What is identify contact points and predict potential injuries?
400
Internal injuries caused by gunshot wounds are difficult to predict because they often:
What is ricochet or tumble?
400
When treating a patient who experienced a pulmonary blast injury, you should avoid:
What is giving oxygen under positive pressure?
400
Solid organs include the liver, spleen, pancreas, and _________.
What are kidneys?
500
By what mechanism is a person injured when he or she falls from a significant height?
What is potential energy being converted to kinetic energy that is then converted into the work of bringing the body to a stop?
500
Approximately 25% of severe injuries to the aorta occur during:
What is lateral collisions?
500
The phenomenon of pressure waves emanating from the bullet, causing damage remote from its path, is known as:
What is cavitation?
500
When assessing a patient who experienced a blast injury, it is important to remember that ________ blast injuries are the most easily overlooked.
What is primary?
500
__________ organs may rupture and leak acidlike digestive chemicals.