CH 25 EMT

Bleeding from the nose following head trauma

Is a sign of a skull fracture and should not be stopped

Which of the following findings would be the MOST significant when assessing a patient with possible internal bleeding?

The patient takes rivaroxaban (Xeralto)

Whether you are using a commercial device or a stick and triangular bandage as a tourniquet, it is important to remember that

The tourniquet should only be removed at the hospital because bleeding may return when the tourniquet is removed

What is the approximate blood volume of an 80-kg adult male?

5.60L

You arrive at the home of a 50-year-old female with severe epistaxis. As you are treating her, it is MOST important to recall that

the patient is at risk for vomiting and aspiration

Which of the following statements regarding the clotting of blood is correct?

A person taking blood thinners will experience slower blood clotting

Which of the following splinting devices would be MOST appropriate to use for a patient who has an open fracture of the forearm with external bleeding?

Air splint

A 48-year-old male has a suspected open-book pelvic fracture. He is conscious, but restless, and his skin is pale and diaphoretic. His respirations are 22 breaths/min and his pulse rate is 120 beats/min. There is no external bleeding noted. The EMT should

Apply a compression device around his pelvis

The smaller vessels that carry blood away from the heart and connect the arteries to the capillaries are called the

Arterioles

A young male was shot in the abdomen by an unknown type of gun. He is semiconscious, has shallow breathing, and is bleeding externally from the wound. As you control the external bleeding, your partner should

Assist the patients ventilations

A 39-year-old male accidentally cut his wrist while sharpening his hunting knife. He is conscious and alert with adequate breathing, but is bleeding significantly from the wound. You should

Control the bleeding with direct pressure

A 39-year-old male sustained a large laceration to his leg during an accident with a chainsaw and is experiencing signs and symptoms of shock. You should first

Follow appropriate standard precautions

Early signs and symptoms of intra-abdominal bleeding include

Pain and distention

During transport of a 40-year-old female with acute abdominal pain, you note that she has stopped talking to you and has become extremely diaphoretic. You should

Repeat the primary assessment

Which of the following organs can tolerate inadequate perfusion for 2 to 3 hours?

Skeletal Muscle

When using a stick and square knot as a tourniquet to control severe bleeding from an amputated arm, the EMT should

Stop twisting the stick when the bleeding stops

Hypovolemic shock occurs when

The body cannot compensate for rapid fluid loss

If direct pressure fails to immediately stop severe bleeding from an extremity, you should apply

a tourniquet proximal to the injury

The systemic veins function by

returning deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

External bleeding from a vein is relatively easy to control because

veins are under a lower pressure