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What is the name of the fluid that bathes and protects the brain and spinal​ cord?
What is Cerebral spinal fluid
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The first seven vertebrae are referred to as the
What is cervical spine.
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Diplopia​ means:
What is double vision.
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Which term is used for bleeding that occurs in and around the​ alveoli, reducing oxygen​ exchange?
What is Pulmonary contusion
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An abdominal evisceration occurs when
What is a wound through the abdominal wall allows abdominal contents to protrude.
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You are caring for a trauma patient who was ejected from a car after it hit a tree. The EMT who is performing the physical examination states that he has found Battle signs. You know this to mean that the patient​ has:
What is bruising behind the ear
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injuries has a high probability for associative spinal​ injury?
What is A gunshot wound to the pelvis
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What is TRUE about dealing with a tooth that has been knocked​ out?
What isNever handle the tooth by the root.
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What type of injury would be created as the result of a penetrating chest​ wound?
What is Open
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You are caring for a patient who sustained a GSW injury to the abdomen. Injury to which of the following structures from this mechanism would MOST likely result in acute deterioration and​ death?
What is Vascular
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You are managing a patient with a suspected brain injury and a pulse ox reading of 86 percent. What is the MOST detrimental effect of this​ finding?
What is Worsened neurological outcome
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During your initial​ assessment, it is important to​ remember:
What is to initiate immediate manual​ in-line spinal stabilization based on patient need
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If you need to remove a foreign particle from an​ eye, the technique​ includes
What is flushing the eye with clean water while holding the eyelids apart.
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Air entering the chest cavity from an open chest wound is dangerous​ because:
What is air entering the chest cavity can increase pressure in the chest and collapse a lung.
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A weak or absent radial​ pulse, pale,​ moist, cool​ skin, and an increased heart rate in a patient with an abdominal injury are signs​ of:
What is shock
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During your trauma assessment of a patient with head​ trauma, why should you assess the​ pupils?
What is Unequal pupils could indicate brain injury
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Shock, or​ hypoperfusion, caused by a spinal cord injury is classified​ as
What is neurogenic.
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What is likely the MOST critical associated injury of serious blunt or penetrating trauma to the​ face?
What is The threat to airway patency
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You are treating a patient who was stabbed in the right side of the anterior chest wall. He has shortness of​ breath, weakness, and rapid breathing. Aside from administering​ oxygen, what is the MOST appropriate treatment for this​ patient?
What is Apply an occlusive dressing on the chest​ wall, and tape the dressing on three sides
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If a male patient is kicked in the testicles during a​ fight, after determining there is NO bleeding the EMT should​ consider:
What is ice and position of comfort
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You are transporting a patient who was struck in the side of the head with a baseball bat while playing with his friends. He is alert and denies any problems except soreness to the left side of his​ head, where a small hematoma is forming. The patient requests transport to the local​ ED, which is a level 3 trauma center down the street. The patient is alert and on O2 via nasal cannula at 4 lpm. During the reassessment​ phase, the​ patient's speech begins to slur and he becomes unconscious. The MOST appropriate action you can take now​ is
What is assure a patent airway and divert to a level 1 trauma center
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How is the​ patient's torso immobilized during the rapid extrication​ process?
What is There is no torso immobilization​ performed, it is supported during the extrication
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Your patient has a pencil impaled through his left cheek and into the back of the throat after falling onto it while running. On​ assessment, you see about half the pencil outside the cheek and the tip of the pencil penetrating the back of the throat. You note a fair amount of bleeding into the airway. What is the best way to manage this​ injury?
What is Have suctioning ready so that the patient does not aspirate on the object.
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When caring for a​ 26-year-old female patient with an impaled object in the side of the​ chest, you​ should
What is leave the impaled object in place and stabilize it with bulky dressings.
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Your patient has an abdominal wound that resulted in an evisceration of bowel. How should this be​ managed?
What is Cover the exposed bowel with a​ saline-soaked trauma pad.