Exam 1: Trauma Overview

____ energy is energy stored within a mechanical system.

The density of organs does not fluctuate with bodily functions.

The law of _____ states that all objects remain in their state of rest, or in motion in a straight line, unless acted upon by an outside force.

____ is the study of how specific forms of energy transferred to a patient can create predictable injury patterns.

In ____ trauma, the skin is disrupted with entry of a penetrating object into, or passage through, underlying tissue.

____ blast injuries, or fragmentation injuries, are caused as the patient is struck by debris propelled by the blast wind, causing lacerations, penetrating wounds, and fractures.

Trauma is defined as an injury caused by exposure to excessive physical forces.

____ is defined as the process of sorting patients to prioritize their need for care when resources are limited.

____ results in an overwhelmed trauma system that becomes depleted of trauma resources, contributing to emergency department overcrowding, and resulting in unnecessary delays in patient care, especially for patients with non-life-threatening wounds.

Hip fractures can occur in elderly patients without significant mechanism of injury due to decreased bone density.

The ____ is establishing standards for EMS data collection to maintain a national EMS dataset collected from all states on a limited number of data elements.

What is the first step in the ACS three-step field triage process?

____ energy results from a change in pressure which can cause high altitude sickness and scuba-diving injuries.

During the triage process, patients are treated in the order determined to be most appropriate based on ____.

Mechanism of injury alone can be a determinant in the need to transport a patient to a trauma center.

____ energy refers to movement.

____ trauma is defined as an internal injury caused by any force that does not result in penetration through the skin and into the body.

Gravity is downward acceleration due to the effects of Earth's mass, also referred to as a(n) ____.

_____ is the distance an object travels over time in a specified direction.

The environment in which an activity takes place does not contribute to the risk of injury.