Mechanisms of Injury
What is the most common type of impact?
The severity from a fall is determined from what?
What is the distance for the fall?
What is the first method for controlling bleeding?
What is direct pressure?
What is a wound in which there is not break in the continuity of the skin is called what?
What is a closed injury?
What is a superficial burn (first-degree burn) ?
If the patient is unrestrained and is involved in a collision they will mostly travel in what direction?
What is most common type of mechanism injury?
What is bright red, spurting blood from a wound usually indicates blood from what?
What is a damaged artery?
Is a force great enough to cause injury has been applied to the body is called what?
What is a crush injury?
Involves all the layers of the skin is called what?
What is a Full-Thickness burn (third-degree burn)?
Compression of the chest against the steering column is called what?
What is paper bag syndrome?
What is Dissipation of energy?
What is slow oozing blood that is dark or intermediate color of red is from?
What is capillary bleeding?
Similar to a contusion except it usually involves damage to a larger blood vessel and a large amount of tissue is called what?
What is a hematoma?
What burn involves the epidermis and portions of the dermis?
What is a superficial Partial- Thickness burn (second degree burn)?
Motorcycle collisions can result in what?
What is multisystem trauma?
What is trajectory?
Dark red blood that flows steadily from a wound is usually from what?
What is venous bleeding?
Similar to a bruise to the tissue and blood vessels contained within the dermis is called what?
What is a contusion?
What do you use to determine the amount of skin surface of the body area that is burned?
What is the rule of nines?
When children are hit by vehicles they usually turn which way?
What is turning toward the vehicle, occurring in impacts to the front of the body?
What is lumbar spine?
What is a tourniquet?
A hematoma the size of the patients fist can be equal to how much percent of blood loss?
What is 10%?
What is inhalation burns?