Chapter 30 Pre-Test
Your patient has burns to the entire right arm and the anterior chest. What is the estimated surface area involved?
18%
Your patient has sustained a chemical burn to her hands from dry lime. How is this treated in the field?
Brush off the powder before using water to flush.
You are dispatched to the scene of a construction site where a33-year-old male has been impaled with a piece of rebar to his right anterior chest near the clavicle. The rebar is too long to allow transport of the patient. The patient is alert and seated on the ground. How should you manage this injury?
Contact medical control and ensure someone stabilizes the object while it is gently cut to the desired length.
You arrive on scene to a residence where you find a 16-year-old female patient who was shocked while plugging in an appliance in the garage. Her father states that he heard the shock and saw her get "thrown to the ground." The patient is awake and alert, and still lying on the ground. Based on the patient's presentation, how should you manage this patient's injury?
Evaluate the patient for spine injuries and stabilize the spine.
What is an example of classifying a burn by agent and source?
Thermal burn from excessively hot coffee
Which of the following is a guideline for the treatment of chemicalburns?
Wash away the chemical with flowing water.
A burn injury should be considered to be:
an injury with the potential for many far-reaching effects.
An internal injury with no open pathway from the outside is calle
closed
To control bleeding, start with:
direct pressure and elevation.
The sterile material that is placed directly on a wound is termed the:
dressing
In a contusion, what remains intact?
epidermis
The skin is the largest organ of the body. It is composed of threelayers, including the:
epidermis
White and dry to dark brown or black and charred skin is a sign of a:
full-thickness burn
A swelling caused by the collection of blood under the skin or in damaged tissues as a result of an injured or broken blood vessel isa(n):
hematoma
You arrive on scene to an assault. Law enforcement has secured the scene. Your patient is a 23-year-old male with a blood-soaked shirt. The patient states that the assailant "slashed at him with a boxopener." You expose the chest and note a jagged cut on his left anterior chest with steady, dark red hemorrhaging. Based on this assessment finding, the wound is most likely which of the following?
laceration
When assessing a patient, consider the possibility of closedsoft-tissue injuries whenever there is swelling, pain, or deformity, as well as:
mechanism of blunt trauma
You are assessing a patient, and notice red discoloration with blisters on the legs. This type of burn would be classified as:
superficial
In treating open wounds to the neck or abdomen, which type of dressing is preferred?
occlusive dressing
Burns to the face are considered critical because:
of the potential for respiratory compromise or eye injury.
Swelling or deformity at the site of a bruise indicates a:
possible underlying fracture.
The skin serves which of the following functions?
protection
What is the primary risk for electrical injury patients?
respiratory or cardiac arrest
A bruise on the abdomen could indicate injury to which of thefollowing?
spleen, liver and kidneys
Burns pose greater risks to infants and children than to adultsbecause:
their body surface area is greater in relation to their total body size.
In treating a puncture wound of the eye, if you bandage both eyes, it is because:
you want to avoid sympathetic eye movement
