Exam 27: Emergency or Life-Threatening Situations

In life-threatening emergencies, consent for treatment:

If trauma above the clavicle is suspected, it is important to:

The ABCs of a primary survey would be interrupted to:

During initial ABCDE assessments of life-threatening conditions, D (disability) in neurologic status is assessed by the patient's:

The term status epilepticus is defined as:

During injury assessment, one of the most crucial historical components is:

The Cushing triad includes:

Delayed capillary refill may alert you to:

Respiratory distress may be evidenced by:

Adults and children display different physiologic responses to injury and acute illness. An important concept to remember when assessing infants and children is that they:

A life-threatening condition is recognized with the assessment of:

The secondary survey of a patient with hypotension would begin with the assessment of:

The application of blunt sternal pressure is used to detect:

The approximate expected systolic blood pressure for a child older than 1 year is:

You have gone by ambulance to a construction site where an adult male is lying on the street. The only information you have is that he fell three stories. His neck is immobilized with sacks of concrete mix on either side. Your first action should be to determine:

Clear or amber drainage from the nose or ears of a blunt trauma patient may indicate:

You would complete a Glasgow Coma Scale rating during the:

Capillary refill can be assessed by applying pressure over a nail bed or a(n):

On palpating the chest wall of a trauma patient, you feel subcutaneous crepitus (emphysema), which is a sign that:

Until they are stabilized, trauma patients require reevaluation: