Chapter 25 Bleeding

Question 1

The _____ only require(s) a minimal blood supply when at rest.

Answer 1

muscles

Question 2

_____. is inadequate tissue perfusion.

Answer 2

Shock

Question 3

Significant vital changes will occur if the typical adult loses more than _____ of his or her total blood volume.

Answer 3

20%

Question 4

Following blunt trauma to the abdomen, a 21 year old female complains of diffuse abdominal pain and paint the left shoulder. Your assessment reveals that her abdomen is distended and tender to palpation. on the basis of these findings, you should be most suspicious of injury to the _____.

Answer 4

Spleen

Question 5

Internal bleeding into a fractured extremity is most often controlled by _____.

Answer 5

splinting the extremity