CH 31 pretest Flashcards
An injury to the hollow organs in the abdomen typically leads to:
inflammation and infection.
Cardiac tamponade occurs when:
blood enters the pericardial sac surrounding the heart.
A movement of ribs in a flail segment that is opposite to the direction of movement of the rest of the chest cavity is called:
paradoxical motion.
A fracture of two or more adjacent ribs in two or more places that allows for free movement of the fractured segment is called a:
flail chest
A patient with an abdominal injury will likely want to keep the legs in what position to reduce pain?
bent
You arrive on scene to a 34-year-old male gunshot victim lying in his living room disoriented, pale, cool, and diaphoretic, with shallow respirations. You note blood on his shirt at the chest and abdomen, and the puncture wound appears to be through the chest. What is your first priority in treating this patient?
Locate the gunshot wound on the chest, and retrieve an occlusive dressing from your responder bag.
When caring for a patient with an impaled object in the abdomen, the EMT should:
leave the impaled object in place and stabilize it with bulky dressings.
Some local protocols recommend that an abdominal evisceration should be covered with a sterile dressing moistened with sterile saline, followed by:
an occlusive dressing.
You suspect that your patient has a tension pneumothorax. During patient assessment, which of the following findings would most lead to this suspicion?
Diminished or absent lung sounds on side affected by trauma; jugular venous distention; signs of shock
Why is it so important to seal holes in the chest from penetrating trauma as early as possible?
The lungs may collapse if air and blood displace lung tissue.
What organ in the abdomen is most commonly injured by blunt trauma, and can bleed profusely enough to threaten the patient’s life?
liver
Rapid, shallow breathing; pale, cool, clammy skin; and a low blood pressure in a patient with an abdominal injury are signs of:
developing shock
Which of the following statements is true?
Bullet wounds are a type of penetrating trauma, and involve both internal and external injuries.
You are treating a patient who was stabbed in the right side of the anterior chest wall. He has shortness of breath, weakness, and rapid breathing. Aside from administering oxygen, what is the most appropriate treatment for this patient?
Apply an occlusive dressing on the chest wall, and tape the dressing on three sides.
Which of the following statements is true of a compression injury?
A mechanism of injury involving a compression injury could be a driver striking his chest on a steering column.
