Exam 4: Trauma and Trauma Systems

Your patient has an abrasion on the bony prominence on the inside of her right ankle. This abrasion should be described as being over which of the following structures?

Which of the following "paper bag syndrome" injuries may occur due to sudden compression of the thorax or abdomen?

A patient unable to extend the leg or flex the hip is MOST likely to have incurred an injury in which nerve plexus?

What is TRUE regarding preventing a heat-related illness?

Which of the following occurs during the onset of inspiration?

Which of the following should the paramedic assess when performing palpation during examination of a trauma patient?

Which of the following trauma patients is MOST likely to have SCIWORA when examined in the hospital?

Which of the cervical vertebrae is quite pronounced and can be felt as the first bony prominence along the spine and just above the shoulders?

Pyrexia is another term for:

Patients are classified as hypothermic when their core temperature drops below:

Which of the following findings is NOT likely with a patient in cardiogenic shock?

An area of burned tissue that is not painful is MOST likely a ________ burn injury.

Most inhalation injuries in burn patients are due to which of the following?

Which of the following contributes to a greater degree of injury than anticipated from vehicle damage alone in a lateral-impact motor vehicle collision?

Your patient is a 21-year-old football player who was struck in the lateral aspect of the left knee by another player's shoulder. The patient is in extreme pain, and the knee is significantly deformed and swollen. The pedal pulse is weak, but present, and capillary refill is less than 2 seconds. The patient is screaming at you to "fix" his knee. You are 10 minutes from the emergency department. You should:

Your patient has received blunt facial trauma due to an assault. For which of the following injuries should you maintain a high index of suspicion?

Which of the following best describes the incidence of pericardial tamponade?

Which of the following is TRUE of the heat generated when electricity flows through the body?

Your patient is a football player who had his right foot planted and was tackled from the left rear, causing his body to rotate around the axis of his right lower extremity. This mechanism is most consistent with which of the following types of fractures?

One of the earliest indications that compartment syndrome is developing in an injured extremity is: