Exam 26: Soft-Tissue Trauma

You are assessing a 30-year-old male patient that had his arm caught in a piece of machinery.By the time you arrive he has been freed.The patient tells you that he does not understand why you were called,but as you inspect the injured limb you notice a small puncture wound.You should have a high index of suspicion of which of the following injuries?

You assess a 35-year-old female patient with a chemical burn to her right forearm and hand.As you assess the burn,you notice a white powder on the burn.What should be your next step?

A wound in which the epidermis is scraped away with minimal bleeding,such as commonly occurs when a child falls on his knees on a sidewalk,is called a(n):

Which of the following is a consideration in determining a burn's severity?

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding an electrical injury?

Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning the proper transport of an avulsed ear?

You are treating a 5-year-old for extensive burns.You know that burns pose a greater risk to infants and children.The reason for this is:

Which of the following is required in the management of all open soft-tissue injuries?

Your patient is a 14-year-old male who crashed his bicycle,landing prone and sliding along a gravel trail.He has deep abrasions to his hands,arms,chest,and knees.The patient has small pieces of gravel,twigs,and dirt embedded in the abrasions.Which of the following is the best way to manage this situation after taking cervical spine immobilization?

Which of the following is NOT a major function of the skin?

Your patient is a 35-year-old female who spilled a cup of hot coffee on herself.She has an area about twice the size of the palm of her hand on her right thigh that is red and painful,but without blisters.When caring for this injury in the prehospital setting,which of the following is appropriate?

For which of the following patients should the EMT carefully continue to monitor the patient's ventilatory status throughout treatment and transport due to the greatest risk of respiratory failure?

Which of the following is NOT considered soft tissue?

You are caring for a 23-year-old female who fell off of a bicycle and sustained a severe laceration on the inside of her upper thigh.Her slacks are torn,and you can see most of the wound.What is the next step?

Your patient is a 40-year-old man who was burned when he spilled gasoline on his pants as he was standing near the pilot light of his hot water heater.He has partial thickness burns from his feet to just above his knees,and circumferentially around both legs.Using the rule of nines,which of the following most accurately represents the extent of body surface area burned?

Which of the following is NOT an open tissue injury?

When managing an electrical burn,the EMT should:

The meatus is:

A burn extending into the subcutaneous fat would be classified as which type of burn?

You are treating the amputation of three fingers on a 40-year-old male.The fingers were torn off while he was cleaning his snow blower.You have stopped the bleeding.What should you do with the amputated fingers?