Chapter 34 Vocab

Question 1

Blunt trauma

Answer 1

Trauma that has a wide impact area that does not penetrate

Question 2

Crepitus

Answer 2

grinding sound due to bones grinding together, subcutaneous air, or arthritis

Question 3

DCAP-BTLS

Answer 3

Mnemonic for conditions to look for during a trauma assessment

Question 4

Destination decision

Answer 4

the determination of the most appropriate mode of transport and facility based on the patient’s needs

Question 5

Direct Injury

Answer 5

Injury that occurs at the point of contact with an object

Question 6

Disability

Answer 6

the patient’s LOC during the assessment

Question 7

Ejection

Answer 7

In a MVC, being thrown from the car

Question 8

Frontal impact

Answer 8

aka, head on collision

Question 9

Indirect injury

Answer 9

injury that occurs away from the point of contact with an object through transfer

Question 10

Kinetic energy

Answer 10

the energy of objects in motion

Question 11

Kinetics

Answer 11

physics of how an object in motion is affected by outside forces and how energy is distributed when objects collide

Question 12

Lateral impact

Answer 12

aka, T-bone collision

Question 13

Law of conservation of energy

Answer 13

Law that states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transffered forms

Question 14

Law of intertia

Answer 14

Law that states an object at rest or in motion will remain so until acted on by outside force

Question 15

Mechanism of injury (MOI)

Answer 15

the force and energy that causes trauma

Question 16

Mode of transport

Answer 16

method used to move patient to most appropriate facility

Question 17

Newton’s second law of motion

Answer 17

Law that shows how forces are distributed during a collision

Question 18

Penetrating trauma

Answer 18

injury caused by a object that creates an opening in the tissues

Question 19

Primary blast injury

Answer 19

trauma caused by pressure wave from an explosion

Question 20

Quaternary blast injury

Answer 20

4th phase of injuries from a blast, such as contamination

Question 21

Rear impact

Answer 21

collision where vehicle is struck from behind

Question 22

Rollover

Answer 22

collision where turns over before coming to rest

Question 23

Rotational impact

Answer 23

collision where the impact causes the vehicle to spin around

Question 24

Secondary blast injury

Answer 24

trauma caused from debris that is thrown as a result of the explosion

Question 25

Significant MOIs

Answer 25

forms of energy transferred to the body associated with life threatening injuries

Question 26

Tertiary blast injury

Answer 26

trauma caused by the person hitting the ground or other object as a result from the pressure wave

Question 27

Trauma

Answer 27

energy caused by the movement of energy to the tissues