Block 4 Chapter 25 Quiz

According to the American College of surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT), an adult trauma patient should be transported to the highest level of trauma center if he or she:

Answer: Has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to trauma.

A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely experience serious injuries or death if he or she:

Answer: Is ejected or partially ejected.

When treating a patient who experienced a pulmonary blast injury, you should:

Avoid giving oxygen under positive pressure.

The phenomenon of pressure waves emanating from the bullet, causing damage remote from its path, is known as:

Cavitation.

Signs if pulmonary blast injury include:

Coughing up blood.

Which of the following would MOST likely occur as the direct result of the second collision in a motor vehicle crash?

Deformed steering wheel.

Which of the following findings would be LEAST suggestive of the presence of high-energy trauma?

Deployment of the airbag.

In contrast to a level 3 trauma center, a level 1 trauma center must:

Have general surgeons in-house 24 hrs a day.

Evaluation of interior of a crashed motor vehicle during extrication will allow the EMT to:

Identify contact points and predict potential injuries.

When assessing the interior of a crashed motor vehicle for damage, you are gathering information regarding the:

Mechanism of injury.

When assessing an elderly patient who fell, it is important to remember that:

Osteoporosis can cause a fracture as a result of a fall from a standing position.

When the speed of a motor vehicle doubles, the amount of kinetic energy:

Quadruples.

Which of the following interventions is the MOST critical to the outcome of a patient with multisystem trauma?

Rapid transport to a trauma center.

Internal injuries caused by gunshot wounds are difficult to predict because:

The bullet may tumble or ricochet within the body.

Factors that should be considered when assessing a patient who has fallen include all of the following, EXCEPT:

The speed of the fall.

Force acting over a distance is the definition of:

Work.

The index of suspicion is most accurately defined as:

Your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying injuries.

Airbags are designed to:

decrease the severity of deceleration injuries.

The energy of a moving object is called:

kinetic energy

If one or more occupants in the same vehicle are killed in a crash, the EMT should:

suspect that all living occupants experienced the same serious trauma.