Exam 4: Trauma and Trauma Systems

Which of the following is an acceptable way of reducing prehospital time to maximize the use of the "Golden Period" for trauma patients?

You have been dispatched to a call for a burn patient. Upon arriving, you find a 23-year-old woman who was sunbathing and fell asleep. She is alert and oriented and in moderate pain. She has blisters covering her extremities, abdomen, face, and chest. This patient's burns fall into which one of the following categories?

Which of the following is best described as "the area of contused tissue resulting from penetrating trauma that may be slow to heal due to disrupted blood flow and tissue damage"?

A fracture of the femur may result in a hematoma that contains enough blood to make it a class ________ hemorrhage.

Which of the following are the most commonly fractured ribs?

Which of the following best describes definitive care for the trauma patient with ongoing, significant hemorrhage?

Your patient is a 15-year-old soccer player who was kicked in the calf by another player. She has a contusion on her calf, but the amount of pain she is experiencing seems out of proportion to the apparent injury. You note that although you can palpate a pedal pulse, there is swelling in the foot and ankle, and the skin is cool to the touch. You should suspect which of the following at this time?

Which of the following is the largest element of the nervous system?

Your patient is a four-year-old child. He has received an accidental gunshot wound to the groin and has lost a significant amount of blood. He responds to painful stimuli and has a heart rate of 150 with no radial pulse. Respirations are 32 and shallow. What is the total amount of intravenous fluid you should administer to this patient, assuming that his condition does NOT improve with intervention?

Which type of wound facilitates the effectiveness of normal blood clotting mechanisms?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of arterial bleeding?

Your patient is a 7-year-old male pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle. Your assessment reveals bleeding from the right auditory canal. Which of the following describes the most appropriate way to manage this?

Your patient is a seven-year-old boy with a fracture of the proximal tibia. Which of the following is the MOST likely and serious complication of this injury?

Individuals working in hot environments will lose 1 to 2 liters of water an hour. Each liter of water lost will result in how much sodium loss?

Thoracic trauma accounts for approximately ________ percent of mortality from trauma.

Which of the following is NOT part of the key elements for the patient care report?

Which of the following statements about lateral impact collisions is TRUE?

You and your partner are treating a 35-year-old woman who is complaining of severe pain in her joints and abdomen. The patient tells you that she went diving approximately 12 hours prior to the onset of complaint. Which of the following would be part of a correct course of treatment for this patient?

Contact with strong alkalis results in burns involving ________ necrosis of the tissue.

You and your partner respond to an emergency call related to a diver who ascended rapidly because he was running out of air in his tank. When he reached the top, he complained of sharp pain in his abdomen. You suspect the diver has an arterial gas embolism, but you've never had to treat one before. What should you do?