Exam 3 Practice Flashcards
Select all of the following that are signs or symptoms of late shock
Pulse weak
Tachypnea
Mid level of consciousness
BP remaining stagnate
Feeling of doom
Pulse fast
BP dropping
BP dropping
Pulse weak
Feeling of doom
Your patient has an open and deep abdominal wound with some organ sticking out, care for this patient would include:
A dry sterile dressing, NC @6LMP, extend patient’s hip and knees to decrease tension
A wet sterile dressing, NR @10-15LPM, allow patient to extend abdominal muscles to decrease tension on abdomen
A wet sterile dressing, NR @10-15LPM, allow patient to flex abdominal muscles to decrease tension on abdomen
Pull patient’s skin over organs, NR @10-15LPM, allow patient to flex abdominal muscles to decrease tension on abdomen
A wet sterile dressing, NR @10-15LPM, allow patient to flex abdominal muscles to decrease tension on abdomen
Hypothermia and hypo-profusion are both systemic complications?
True
False
True
A strain is damage to a
tendon
How many attempts do you get to realign a dislocation if a distal pulse is present?
0
You look behind your patient’s ears and see this:
Select all of the following that is true regarding the above
The bruising is another name for cerebral edema
This is a sign of a basilar skull fracture
Sign of an orbital fracture
Likely a traumatic MOI
Not clear evidence for a significant MOI
This is a sign of a basilar skull fracture
Likely a traumatic MOI
- Numbness down the left and right arm
- Nausea/Vomiting
- Not able to maintain balance
- Paralysis of the left leg
- Uneven pupils
Which of the following are signs of a spinal cord injury
None is correct
3,4,5
1,4,5
1,4
2,5
1,3,4
Numbness down the left and right arm, Paralysis of the left leg
Your patient has bubbles forming around a chest wound with every breath, which of the following is true regarding the management of this patient:
This patient will need a flutter value, and rapid transport to the nearest appropriate facility
This patient will need a needle depression which can only be done by ALS.
A gloved hand is the fastest occlusive dressing. You will need to keep your gloved hand over the wound during the transport.
This patient will need a flutter value, and rapid transport to the nearest facility
This patient will need a flutter value, and rapid transport to the nearest facility
Put in the correct order the management of a bleeding wound
Raise the extremity
Apply pressure
Tournique
Pressure to an artery
Raise the extremity 2
Apply pressure 1
Tournique 4
Pressure to an artery 3
1 palm is equal to % BSA, on the abdomen that is equal to % blood loss. All abdominal injuries generally will receive high flow oxygen (true/false)
1%, 10%, true
becks triad
sign of cardiac tamanode, JVD, muffled heart sound, narrowing pulse pressure
CHF
systemic edema, SOB, puffy ankles
Pneumothorax
collapsed lung air in the chest cavity, tracheal deviation, SOB, JVD
In amputations do you put the amputated part in dry or moist dressings?
Dry
Cushing triad
ICP, high bp, low hr, widening pulse pressure
