Exam 4: Trauma and Trauma Systems

The three primary factors that determine the severity of radiation are:

Which of the following is best described as the accumulation of a pocket of blood in the tissues?

You are assessing a 37-year-old woman who was rescued from an apartment fire. She has a harsh, stridorous, "brassy"-sounding cough productive of sooty sputum. Her eyebrows and the hair around her face are singed. Respirations = 28, heart rate = 108, and blood pressure = 124/84. You have a 30-minute transport time. Which of the following is the best intervention for this patient?

Which of the following physical findings indicates the need for immediate transport?

As the mass of an object increases, which of the following occurs?

Your patient is a 42-year-old man with multiple lacerations on his arms, head, and torso after falling through a plate-glass window. On your arrival, he appears to be unresponsive, lying prone on the sidewalk. Which of the following is the correct sequence of actions in caring for this patient? 1) Control major hemorrhage. 2) Take Standard Precautions. 3) Check the area for broken glass before kneeling next to the patient. 4) Turn him to a supine position. 5) Open his airway.

The phase of blood clotting in which the smooth muscle of an injured blood vessel contracts is known as the ________ phase.

When assessing a patient with a crush injury, which of the following findings would indicate that toxins have entered the central circulation?

Which of the following may affect the pattern of injury in abdominal trauma?

Which of the following is a special consideration when managing the pregnant trauma patient?

Your patient is an 80-year-old man who was the unrestrained driver of a vehicle without airbags that was involved in a frontal collision with a parked car. Your assessment reveals that he is dyspneic, tachypneic, and tachycardic. He is awake but unable to respond to questions. There are no obvious signs of injury to the head or neck. The patient has paradoxical movement of the sternum with breathing, along with crepitus and subcutaneous air noted on palpation. Chest excursion is limited, and the patient has cyanosis of his lips, ears, and nail beds. Which of the following is most needed in this patient?

A trauma center that has surgical care capability available at all times and can handle all but the most seriously injured specialty and multisystem trauma patients is a Level ________ trauma center.

You are assessing a 17-year-old male patient with a burn on the lateral aspect of his thigh. Which of the following guidelines is most helpful when estimating the percentage of total body surface area involved?

What method of controlling hemmorage should be done as a last resort?

Penetrating trauma to the face can complicate airway management by which of the following mechanisms?

Your patient is the 24-year-old female driver of a vehicle in a motor vehicle collision. She rear-ended a vehicle stopped at a traffic light at about 25 miles per hour. She was restrained, and the front airbags deployed. She is 32 weeks pregnant. She is anxious because she has not felt the baby move since the impact, and she is complaining of constant pain on the left side of her abdomen. Palpation of the abdomen reveals unusual firmness over the left side of the abdomen. The patient has a pulse of 116, a blood pressure of 92/60, and respirations of 28. Her skin is cool but dry, and she has no other complaints. For which of the following should you have the highest index of suspicion?

Which of the following is the only way to determine which patient care procedures benefit trauma patients?

Upon assessing a patient with a hip injury, you find that his right lower extremity is moved away from the midline of the body. You should describe the right lower extremity as being:

A nonpenetrating injury caused by blunt trauma that damages blood vessels, causing pain and discoloration, is a(n):

Your patient is a 45-year-old type 2 diabetic man who has a non-healing wound on his right foot. You note that the right leg is discolored and edematous and has subcutaneous emphysema and a foul odor. Which of the following should you suspect?