Chapter 30 PreTest
The skin is the largest organ of the body. It is composed of three layers, including the:
epidermis
White and dry to dark brown or black and charred skin is a sign of a:
full-thickness burn
What is the primary risk for electrical injury patients?
Respiratory or Cardiac Arrest
Burns pose greater risks to infants and children than to adults because:
Their body surface area is greater in relation to their total body size
What is an example of classifying a burn by agent and source?
Thermal burn from excessively hot coffee
Your patient has burns to the entire right arm and the anterior chest. What is the estimated surface area involved?
18 percent
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 a 33-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 theground." 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.
In treating open wounds to the neck or abdomen, which type of dressing is preferred?
Occlusive Dressing
Swelling or deformity at the site of a bruise indicates a:
Possible underlying fracture
A bruise on the abdomen could indicate injury to which of the following?
Spleen, liver, or kidneys
Which of the following is a guideline for the treatment of chemical burns?
Wash away the chemical with flowing water.
When assessing a patient, consider the possibility of closed soft-tissue injuries whenever there is swelling, pain, or deformity, as well as:
a mechanism of blunt trauma
In treating a puncture wound of the eye, if you bandage both eyes, it is because:
You want to avoid sympathetic eye movement.
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 called:
closed
To control bleeding, start with:
direct pressure and elevation.
The sterile material that is placed directly on a wound is termed the:
dressing
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 is a(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 box opener." 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
Burns to the face are considered critical because:
of the potential for respiratory compromise or eye injury.
You are assessing a patient, and notice red discoloration with blisters on the legs. This type of burn would be classified as:
partial-thickness
The skin serves which of the following functions?
protection
In a contusion, what remains intact?
the epidermis