EMT Trauma

Question 1

What is trauma?

Answer 1

Serious physical or emotional injury/damage. It can also be a physical wound or injury to the body. Could also be an emotional response to a terrible event like rape or a natural disaster.

Question 2

Trauma emergencies

Question 3

Medical Emergencies

Question 4

What are the three things you need to know about an injury from a trauma?

Answer 4

how, what, where

Question 5

Mechanism of injury

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Significant injury

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Non-significant injury

Question 8

Multisystem injury/trauma

Answer 8

Injuries where more than one body system is impacted. This can mean the patient is in a life-threatening situation. These impacts create a high acuity level and may require extensive care from an interdisciplinary medical team.

Question 9

Blunt Trauma

Answer 9

This type of trauma is noninvasive and does not break the skin barrier. Often is very serious and has potential for internal bleeding.

Question 10

Blunt Trauma

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This type of trauma is noninvasive and does not break the skin barrier. Often is very serious and has potential for internal bleeding.

Question 11

Penetrating trauma

Answer 11

This type of trauma penetrated the skin level as well as various levels below the skin. External and internal wounds.

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coup and countrecoup brain injury

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Deceleration

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Index of syspicion

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Cavitation

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Projectiles

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Trajectory

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What are the four ways blast traumas can occur?

Answer 18

Primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. It depends on the mechanism of occurrence. Typically, a patient will only have one type of blast injury.

Question 19

Define the four types of blast traumas:

Question 20

Golden hour/period

Question 21

During a physical assessment, what are the four things you should focus on alongside the physical assessment?

Answer 21

Chief complaint, visual clues, vital signs, and symptoms

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Components of the patient assessment

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Classification system of trauma centers

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Revised trauma score (RTS)

Question 25

Glascow Coma Scale (GCS)

Question 26

Scene Time

Question 27

Platinum 10

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Types of transportation resources

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Major parts of the cardiovascular system

Answer 29

Heart, veins, capillaries, arteries.

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Perfusion

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Pumping of fluid through an organ or tissues

Question 31

Hemmorhage

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Hypovolemic shock

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Hemophilia

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Vasoconstriction

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Coagulation

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Characteristics and significance of external bleeding

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Signs and symptoms of internal bleeding

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contusion

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ecchoymosis

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hematuria

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hematemesis

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melena

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Basic techniques to control bleeding

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Use of standard precautions

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Types of skin and soft tissue injuries

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Soft tissue-open and closed injuries

Question 46

Skins function

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avulsion

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fascia

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contamination abrasion

Question 50

compartment syndrome

Question 51

How do you handle a closed or open injury?

Answer 51

The patient assessment of open and closed injuries includes scene size-up/MOI, primary assessment, patient history, secondary assessment, and reassessment. Make sure to pay attention to the presentation of the injury.

Question 52

Functions of the skin

Answer 52

Temperature regulation, nerve pathway, shielding to maintain fluids inside the body and keep bacteria out.

Question 53

RICES

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Evisceration

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Examples of closed wounds

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complete or closed fractures

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Examples of open wounds

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abdominal, impaled objects, neck injuries, compound fractures, bites