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your speculation of potential injuries
What is an index of suspician?
Hypoperfusion is also called or known as this
What is shock?
A closed soft-tissue injury characterized by swelling and ecchymosis is called this
What is a contusion?
This is contained between the visceral and parietal pleurae
What is Pleural fluid?
Bruising to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen following blunt trauma is MOST suggestive of injury to the
What is the liver
Your patient was injured when a bomb exploded. He suffers from a possible depressed skull injury. This injury most likely occured during what phase?
What is the tertiary phase?
This is the approximate blood volume of a 75kg adult
What is 5.25 L
a jagged cut caused by a sharp object or blunt force trauma
What is a laceration?
accumulation of air in the pleural space
What is a pneumothorax?
Accumulation of blood in the abdominal cavity will MOST likely cause:
What is distention?
This is the perfect amount of time on scene for critical patients
What is 10 minutes or less?
Significant vital sign changes will occur if the typical adult acutely loses more than ______ of his or her total blood volume
What is 20%
This open soft-tissue injuries is limited to the superficial layer of the skin and results in the least amount of blood loss
What is an abrasion?
Paralysis of the intercostal muscles would be the result if you suffered a spinal cord injury at this level
What is C7
Difficulty breathing and a sunken appearance of the anterior abdominal wall is MOST indicative of a ruptured _________________
What is the diaphragm?
The phenomenon of pressure waves emanating from the bullet, causing damage remote from its path
What is cavitation?
Systemic veins are known for returning this back to the heart
What is deoxygenated blood
A 38-year-old male was electrocuted while attempting to wire a house. Your assessment reveals that he is unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. A coworker has shut off the power to the house. What should you do?
What is begin CPR and apply the AED?
In order to avoid exacerbating a patient's injury, it is especially important to use extreme caution when providing positive-pressure ventilation to patients with a
What is a pneumothorax?
This is a membranous fold that attaches the intestines to the walls of the body
What is the mesentery?
These are two of the MOST common mechanisms of injury for blunt trauma
What are falls and motor vehicle collisions
Gastrointestinal bleeding should be suspected if a patient presents with this
What is hematemesis?
As you approach a young male who was involved in an industrial accident, you note that his eyes are closed and that he is not moving. You can see several large contusions to his arms, a laceration to his forehead with minimal bleeding, and a closed deformity to his right leg. You should do this
What is open his airway and assess his breathing status
You arrive at the scene of a major motor vehicle crash. The patient, a 50-year-old female, was removed from her vehicle prior to your arrival. Bystanders who removed her state that she was not wearing a seatbelt. The patient is unconscious, tachycardic, and diaphoretic. Your assessment reveals bilaterally clear and equal breath sounds, a midline trachea, and collapsed jugular veins. You should be MOST suspicious that this patient has experienced a
What is a laceration of the aorta?
When hollow abdominal organs are damaged and spill their contents, this intense inflammatory reaction usually will occur.
What is Peritonitis?
The cervical spine is MOST protected from whiplash-type injuries when this happens
What is an appropriately postioned headreast?
During transport of a 40-year-old female with acute abdominal pain, you note that she has stopped talking to you and has become extremely diaphoretic. You should do this
What is repeat the primary assessment?
In addition to severe bleeding, the MOST life-threatening complication associated with an open neck injury is this
What is an air embolism?
If a patient with a chest injury is only able to inhale small amounts of air per breath, he or she must do this
What is increase his or her respiratory rate to maintain adequate minute volume?
The presence of tachycardia following a significant abdominal injury should highten your index of suspician to be this.
What is a sign shock?