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Kinematics Flashcards

1
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Which act established guidelines, funding, and state level leadership and support for the development of trauma systems?

A

Trauma care systems planning and development act of 1990

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2
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What are the three phases of trauma care?

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Preincident, incident, postincident

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3
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What is included in the pre incident phase of trauma care?

A

Public education

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4
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What is a level 1 trauma system known as?

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Regional trauma center

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5
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Level 2 trauma centers are known as?

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Area trauma centers

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6
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Which level trauma center is most commonly associated with a medical teaching institution?

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Level 1

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7
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What is the purpose of a level 2 trauma center?

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To treat the most common trauma emergencies but only stabilize the most serious and transport specialty cases to the regional trauma center

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8
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What level trauma center is referred to as community trauma centers?

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Level III

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9
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What is the goal for a level III trauma center?

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Stabilize and transport to higher level center

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10
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What is Newton’s first law?

A

Body at rest stays at rest, body in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by outside force

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11
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What is Newton’s second law?

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Force energy equals half the mass times velocity squared

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12
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_____ kills more than ____.

A

Speed

Weight

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13
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What does more damage? A buss at 40MPH or a sports car at 90MPH?

A

Sports car

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14
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______ is defined as energy change.

A

Kinematics

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15
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Velocity is ____.

A

Speed

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16
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What is the term for the first hour after a insult to the body which results in the best outcome if definitive care is delivered?

A

Golden hour

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17
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EMS is assigned _____ minutes on scene.

A

10

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18
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What is the first phase of a crash?

A

Car metal hits tree

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19
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What is the second phase of a crash?

A

Skeletal system hits car metal

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20
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What is the third phase of the crash?

A

Organs hit skeletal

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21
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What is the 4th phase of the crash?

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Person gets struck by items in car not secured

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22
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How many phases are present during a fall?

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2

23
Q

What are the two types of trauma?

A

Penetrating and blunt

24
Q

What is the most common form of trauma?

A

Blunt

25
Q

What type of collision leads to organ shearing?

A

Frontal collision

26
Q

What type of collision is the cause for whiplash?

A

Read

27
Q

What type of collision is the most fatal?

A

Lateral

28
Q

What type of collision is the most fatal if ejected or not restrained?

A

Rollover

29
Q

The ___ the vehicle, the more likely severe injuries will result.

A

Smaller

30
Q

Which pathway of frontal collisions result in more head and chest trauma?

A

Up and over

31
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Which pathway of a frontal collision results in a higher mortality rate?

A

Up and over

32
Q

If a person is within ____ inches of an airbag result is fatal.

A

10

33
Q

Kids in a pedestrian injury are likely to go which direction?

A

Down and under

34
Q

What must be considered on all falls?

A

What part hit first, how hard was the surface they landed on, and how high

35
Q

What occurs in the first wave of a blast?

A

Pressure/shock wave

36
Q

What occurs in the second wave of a blast?

A

Flying objects

37
Q

What occurs in the third phase of a blast?

A

Victim is thrown from blast

38
Q

The greater the ___, the more direct path and allows for better accuracy.

A

Velocity

39
Q

Which type of gun results in more local damage to where the bullet traveled?

A

Handguns

40
Q

____ is tolerated better by fluid and air filled spaces than solid organs.

A

Cavitation

41
Q

What happens when mushrooming bullets?

A

Bullet hits tissue and the tip of the bullet slows and the butt is traveling faster

42
Q

___ a bullet will flatten the bullet and make more surface area resulting in more damage

A

Mushrooming

43
Q

Which act resulted from the first studies of trauma and paved the foundation for modern EMS?

A

Highway safety act of 1966

44
Q

Which, an exit or entrance wound, reflect the potential energy better?

A

Exit wounds

45
Q

What is the problem when a bullet yaws or tumbled in the air?

A

Accuracy decreases along with distance

46
Q

__ velocity weapons limit injury to areas in which the object comes directly into contact with.

A

Low

47
Q

What are examples of medium velocity weapons?

A

Handguns and small rifles

48
Q

What are examples of high velocity weapons?

A

Hunting rifles

49
Q

What is the law of inertia?

A

Newton’s first law

50
Q

Newton’s first law explains?

A

What happens during blunt trauma

51
Q

Newton’s second law explains?

A

The forces at work during a collision

52
Q

Which type of trauma is the most common cause of trauma death and disability?

A

Blunt

53
Q

What is inertia?

A

Tendency of an object to remain at rest or remain in external force

54
Q

What is kinetic energy?

A

The energy of an object in motion

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