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Question 0

What is a late sign of shock?

Answer 0

Hypotension

Question 1

Conduction is what?

Answer 1

The transfer of heat to objects with the body.

Question 2

What is the correct order of the following actions for controlling bleeding?

Answer 2

Direct pressure, pressure point, tourniquet

Question 3

What is a sign of local cold injury?

Answer 3

Skin possibly firm or frozen to the touch.

Question 4

Define a strain?

Answer 4

Tear to the muscle and or tendon.

Question 5

What should be done routinely before and after applying any splint?

Answer 5

Assess pulse motor and sensory function.

Question 6

A 23 yr old male with altered LOC, cyanosis and evidence of respiratory distress. What O2 delivery do you use?

Answer 6

NRB mask or BVM

Question 7

Evaporation?

Answer 7

Loss of heat when moisture vaporizes on the body surface.

Question 8

Short spine board is used for whom?

Answer 8

Non critically injured driver of a vehicle.

Question 9

Earliest sign of inadequate o2 to the brain is?

Answer 9

Alteration of mental status.

Question 10

What fracture is associated with 40%or greater blood loss in a man with an estimated total of?

Answer 10

Pelvis.

Question 11

GCS score:
No response to vocal
No eye opening to command
Incomprehendable

Answer 11

Eye opening = 2
Verbal response = 2
Motor response = 2
Total = 6

Question 12

An injury to bony structures that does not cause a related break in the skin is called a ?

Answer 12

Closed injury.

Question 13

What is the management of the submersion pt ?

Answer 13

Placing the patient on their left side to facilitate drainage.

Question 14

When immobilizing a spinal injury pt, you should not return the neck to the neutral position if?

Answer 14

Resistance is encountered

Question 15

Pt with a slow pulse and with a head injury. What part of the central nervous system mediates this finding?

Answer 15

Autonomic

Question 16

What is the most important reason for splinting?

Answer 16

Minimizes damage to the muscles, nerves or blood vessels by broken bone ends.

Question 17

What is the general rule of splinting?

Answer 17

Immobilize the joint above and below the injury.

Question 18

Convection

Answer 18

Heat carried away by air currents.

Question 19

Pt struck by car. Contusions to the head, abdomen, arm, and leg. Which injury would you expect to cause severe internal bleeding?

Answer 19

Abdomen

Question 20

Does shivering stop at a low body temp?

Answer 20

Yes!

Question 21

You respond to a patient with difficulty breathing who lives in a fourth floor wall up. What transport device is most appropriate for removing the pt to the ambu?

Answer 21

Stair chair

Question 22

A pt with csf leaking from the ear. What approach would you use to manage this finding?

Answer 22

Attach a loose dressing over the ear.