CH. 24 Flashcards
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Answers to Assessment in Action Questions
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Answers to Assessment in Action Questions
- Answer: C Scene size-up
- Answer: A Blunt
- Answer: C 13
- Answer: B Head
- Answer: D Call for an ALS unit to respond to the scene or intercept the BLS transport.
- Answer: C Awareness that due to the mechanism of injury, unseen injuries may be present
- Answer: You might suspect head injury, neck injury, pulmonary contusions, myocardial contusions, abdominal injury, internal bleeding, and pelvic injuries.
- Answer: Yes, the patient meets the criteria for rapid transport because he has sustained multisystem trauma.
- Answer: A coup-contrecoup injury is a brain injury that occurs when force is applied to the head and energy transmission through the brain tissue causes injury on the opposite side of the original impact.
- Answer: The collision of the car against some type of object. The collision of the passenger against the interior of the car. The collision of the passenger’s internal organs against the solid structures of the body.