Chapter 1 Flashcards
The purpose of determining the mechanism of injury and the index of suspicion for the trauma patient at the same time is to allow you to:
Question 1 options:
A)
anticipate your patient’s injuries.
B)
decide whether to transport the patient.
C)
identify comorbid factors.
D)
document a complete scene size-up.
anticipate your patients injuries
Which of the following accounts for the highest number of trauma deaths in the United States of America?
Question 2 options:
A)
Assaults
B)
Firearms injuries
C)
Motor vehicle crashes
D)
Falls
motor vehicle crashes
In addition to handling all types of specialty trauma, which level of trauma center provides continuing medical and public education programs?
Question 3 options:
A)
III
B)
IV
C)
II
D)
I
I
Upon arriving on a scene where the mechanism of injury indicates a potentially life-threatening injury, you should employ which of the following interventions to best help deliver the care that is needed?
Question 4 options:
A)
Initiate transport immediately, delaying more extensive care until you are en route.
B)
Ask a surgeon to respond to the scene.
C)
Reevaluate the scene size-up.
D)
Call immediately for air medical transport to reduce the “Golden Period.”
initiate transport immediately, delaying more extensive care until you are en route
Which of the following physical findings indicates the need for immediate transport?
Question 5 options:
A)
Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15
B)
Fractured right femur
C)
Second-degree burns involving 9 percent of total body surface area in an adult patient
D)
Vital signs: systolic blood pressure 80, respiratory rate 8
vital signs: systolic blood pressure 80, respiratory rate 8
Which of the following requires immediate transport to a trauma center?
Question 6 options:
A)
A 22-year-old soccer player with lower leg pain
B)
A 36-year-old woman in a motor vehicle crash who has a blood pressure of 100/60
C)
A 47-year-old involved in a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the death of his passenger
D)
A 40-year-old who fell 12 feet from a garage roof with a radius fracture
a 47 year old involved in a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the death of his passenger
As a paramedic, your role in trauma care consists of all of the following, EXCEPT:
Question 7 options:
A)
providing care to seriously injured trauma patients.
B)
providing surgical interventions to stop hemorrhage.
C)
providing rapid transport to appropriate facilities.
D)
promoting injury prevention.
providing surgical interventions to stop hemorrhage
Trauma triage criteria application, field skill performance, response times, patient assessment, patient care and transport are all monitored through which of the following?
Question 8 options:
A)
Quality improvement
B)
Public healthcare model
C)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
D)
Trauma registry
Quality improvement
Which of the following statements about trauma is FALSE?
Question 9 options:
A)
Life-threatening injuries may exist with little external evidence.
B)
Most patients with life-threatening trauma will have sustained external injury to the extremities (arms/legs).
C)
Dramatic-appearing extremity injuries draw the paramedic’s focus away from life-threatening injuries.
D)
Life-threatening injury occurs in less than 10 percent of trauma patients.
Most patients with life-threatening trauma will have sustained external injury to the extremities (arms/legs)
The leading cause of death in people under age 44 is:
Question 10 options:
A)
heart attack.
B)
trauma.
C)
cancer.
D)
cardiovascular disease.
trauma
Which of the following patients is NOT a candidate for air medical transport?
Question 11 options:
A)
Burn patient with over 50 percent second-degree burns
B)
Combative trauma patient
C)
Patient with prolonged extrication time
D)
Seriously injured patient with cardiac tamponade
combative trauma patient
Which of the following trauma patients would be classified as “stable”?
Question 12 options:
A)
Patient who is unconscious, with no ventilations and no pulse
B)
Patient with controlled bleeding from a laceration to the right forearm from a glass cut
C)
Patient with closed, bilateral femur fractures but adequate ventilations
D)
Patient with facial burns and associated hoarseness and stridor
patient with controlled bleeding from a laceration tot he right forearm from a glass cut
A trauma center that has surgical care capability available at all times and can handle all but the most seriously injured specialty and multisystem trauma patients is a Level ________ trauma center.
Question 13 options:
A)
IV
B)
I
C)
III
D)
II
II
Which of the following is the best, most cost-effective way for EMS personnel to help reduce trauma-related morbidity and mortality?
Question 14 options:
A)
Keep up to date on trauma management knowledge and skills.
B)
Participate in injury prevention programs.
C)
Provide complete patient care reports so that accurate data can be entered into the trauma registry.
D)
Transport all trauma patients to a trauma center.
participate in injury prevention programs
Which level of trauma facility strictly stabilizes trauma patients and prepares to transport, often by helicopter, to a more distant and higher-level trauma center?
Question 15 options:
A)
II
B)
III
C)
IV
D)
I
IV
