Chapter 5: Victim Management

Question 1

What are the two pathways victims travel in the front seat of a vehicle during an accident?

Answer 1

• Up and over the dashboard

* Down and under the dashboard

Question 2

When an airbag deploys on an unrestrained passenger, the passenger tends to go ___+

Answer 2

under the airbag (submarining), sustaining serious lower extremity injuries.

Question 3

In rear impact collisions rescue personnel should suspect what kind of injuries?

Answer 3

The same kind of injuries as in head on collisions.

Question 4

A common way for rescuers to prevent further injury to victims is to protect them from ____

Answer 4

glass hazards

Question 5

When possible, rescuers should break glass ____

Answer 5

furthest away from occupants to minimize occupant exposure to glass particles.

Question 6

During inclement weather, rescuers should ____

Answer 6

make every effort to protect victims from the inclement weather.