Exam 6: Abdominal and Genitourinary Trauma

____ hematomas are hematomas that form between the surface of the organ and the inner face of the capsule surrounding the solid organ.

An injury to the testes is a ____ injury.

The spleen is one of the body's filters.

____ injury is a generic term used to describe any number of injuries that can occur to the hollow abdominal organs.

Hollow viscus injury is most likely to occur in patients sustaining injury due to ____.

Pain from the pancreas will often refer to the ____.

Diaphragmatic rupture is exceedingly rare, occurring in less than five percent of blunt abdominal trauma patients.

When assessing the abdomen, which sequence should the Paramedic follow?

Visible blood in the urine is known as a ____.

The liver is attached to the diaphragm by the coronary ligament and to the anterior body wall by the ____ ligament.

Hypotension in the setting of trauma is three times more likely to require an emergent intervention by the emergency physician or trauma surgeon than trauma without hypotension.

Internal bleeding posterior to the peritoneum is called ____.

A history of hematuria in the setting of trauma indicates an injury somewhere along the pulmonary artery.

Patients who sustain a spinal cord injury have a higher incidence of intra-abdominal injury.

Injuries to the abdominal contents may not be apparent immediately after the injury.