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.
