Say it isn't Trauma
The most common form of a hemostatic agent is hemostatic
What is dressings
Which of the following is a characteristic of venous bleeding?
It often requires the use of a tourniquet.
It cannot lead to life-threatening amounts of blood loss.
It can be profuse, but is generally easily controlled.
It commonly requires the use of pressure point compression.
What is It can be profuse, but is generally easily controlled.
Your patient is a 6-year-old child who has fallen down while running on a sidewalk. She has abrasions on both knees and the palms of both hands, which are oozing blood. This is an exampleof bleeding from which of types of vessels?
What is Capillaries
Which of the following statements is true when talking about neurogenic shock?
Neurogenic shock is very common in the field.
Neurogenic shock is caused by the blood vessels overfilling with blood, causing leaking into
the nerves.
Neurogenic shock is the result of the blood vessels decreasing in size.
Neurogenic shock is sometimes caused by spinal injuries.
What is Neurogenic shock is sometimes caused by spinal injuries
A painter falls from his ladder and tells you he has dislocated his shoulder again. When you attempt to splint the shoulder, it "pops back into place." What should your next step be?
What is Check distal CSM, apply a sling and swathe, and transport the patient.
A teenage male has fallen onto a railing while skateboarding. He complains of right-sided chest pain and moderate dyspnea. Exposure of the chest reveals a section of his ribs that is moving opposite of the rest of the ribs. You should:
What is apply a bulky dressing over the section.
What blood vessels CANNOT stop bleeding by constricting
What is Capillaries
Your patient is a 32-year-old man with a fish hook that has perforated his hand between the thumb and index finger. Which of the following is the best way to manage the situation in the prehospital setting?
What is Leave the hook in place and try not to disturb it
You have covered an open chest wound with your gloved hand and the patient's breathing has improved. In order to free your hand to provide further care, you should:
What is cover the wound with an occlusive dressing.
Your patient is an 11-year-old male who has a swollen, painful, and angulated right lower arm after falling from his bicycle onto his hands. Which of the following should be considered in the immobilization of his injured extremity?
What is Check pulse, movement, and sensation distal to the injury before and after splinting.
A patient with jugular vein distention (JVD) is most likely suffering from which of the following injuries?
What is Tension pneumothorax
What BEST describes the benefit of a three-sided occlusive dressing over a four-sided occlusive dressing for an open chest wound?
It reduces the chances of developing a tension pneumothorax.
Hyperventilation of a patient with a severe brain injury due to an impaled object means that bag-valve-mask ventilations are provided at a rate of ________ per minute.
What is 20
Which of the following systems includes the pairs of nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord between each pair of vertebrae?
What is Peripheral nervous system
Your patient is a 3-year-old girl who is unable to move her elbow after her mother picked her up by the forearm. Proper splinting of this injury would be to from the ________ to the ________.
What is forearm; humerus
Your patient is a 27-year-old male who has been involved in a motorcycle collision in which he was not wearing a helmet. He does not respond when you speak to him, but he makes incomprehensible sounds when you press your knuckles on his sternum. What BEST describes his level of consciousness?
what is Painful
You find a middle-aged male is sitting against a wall in obvious distress. The patient appears to be extremely short of breath and has an open wound to his chest that is making a sucking sound. You should:
cover the wound with an occlusive dressing
When log-rolling a patient with a suspected spinal injury, which of the following EMTs directs the move?
EMT at the head of the patient
Most radiant heat is lost through which part of the body
What is the head
What allows for smooth movement of bone surfaces against one another at joints?
What is Cartilage
Which of the following choices is NOT a justifiable reason for delaying transport of a critical trauma patient?
Immobilizing the patient to a long spine board
Awaiting arrival of the patient's parents on-scene
Ventilating a patient in respiratory distress
Suctioning the airway
What is Awaiting arrival of the patient's parents on-scene
What is is a characteristic of arterial bleeding?
What is Spurting under pressure
What are the three elements of the Revised Trauma Score?
What is GCS, systolic blood pressure, and respiratory rate
what BEST describes a partial thickness burn?
What is The skin is red and moist with blister formation.
Your patient was ejected from his motorcycle when he struck a deer late at night on a deserted highway. He is drowsy and unable to communicate clearly. As you immobilize him on the long spine board, you find that you are unable to obtain neutral alignment of his spine due to the large helmet he has on. You should:
What is remove the helmet to better manage proper alignment.