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EMT Ch 27 & 28
B.
Unstable pelvis - ✔✔You arrive on the scene of a motor vehicle collision with multiple patients.
Which of these indicates a need for transport to a traumacenter?
A.
Bilateral wrist fractures
B.
Unstable pelvis
C.
Open femur fracture
D.
Systolic blood pressure of 98
A.
rate. - ✔✔Acceleration and deceleration are measuresof:
A.
rate.
B.
velocity.
%
C.
mass.
D.
energy.
A.
trajectory. - ✔✔The path or motion of a projectile during its travel iscalled:
A.
trajectory.
B.
acceleration.
C.
profile.
D.
velocity.
C.
Lateral impact - ✔✔Speed beingequal, which impact is most likely to damage muscles and
ligaments of theneck?
A.
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Rear impact
B.
They are all about the same.
C.
Lateral impact
D.
Frontal impact
A.
primary phase injuries. - ✔✔Injuries that result from the pressure wave of the blastare:
A.
primary phase injuries.
B.
quaternary phase injuries.
C.
tertiary phase injuries.
D.
secondary phase injuries.
C.
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A faster change in speed results in more force exerted. - ✔✔Which statement is CORRECT about
acceleration anddeceleration?
A.
If two cars of the same weight and speedstop, one by gradual braking and the other by suddenly
striking a telephonepole, they exert the same force.
B.
If anout-of-control truck strikes a stopped car frombehind, the sudden deceleration of the car will
cause the body of thecar's driver to be jerked out from under the head and neck.
C.
A faster change in speed results in more force exerted.
D.
Acceleration and deceleration are not factors in determining force of impact.
D.
Index of suspicion - ✔✔What is theterm/phrase for maintaining awareness about the types of
injuries a patient may have even though the patient presents as verystable?
A.
Trauma certainty
B.
Sense of injury potential
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C.
Interpretation of bodily forces
D.
Index of suspicion
A.
velocity. - ✔✔Being struck by a bullet is likely more traumatic than being stabbed by a knife blade
dueto:
A.
velocity.
B.
trajectory.
C.
inertia.
D.
mass.
C.
Multisystem trauma is common in rollover crashes. - ✔✔Which statement is CORRECT about motor
vehicle crashes involving rotational impact or arollover?
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A.
Vehicles with a high center of gravity are less likely to roll over than other vehicles.
B.
Injuries from rotational crashes are easily predictable when compared to other types of impacts.
C.
Multisystem trauma is common in rollover crashes.
D.
Crush injuries are less likely to occur to ejected occupants than to occupants who remain in the
vehicle.
B.
Notify the hospital. - ✔✔Of the followingoptions, what should the EMT do first when caring for a
multisystem traumapatient?
A.
Establish a patent airway.
B.
Notify the hospital.
C.
Provide oxygenation.
D.
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Determine the GCS.
D.
Emergency medical service(EMS) provider judgment - ✔✔While conducting field triage of injured
patients, which of these is considered to be a"yellow criteria" for moderate risk for seriousinjury?
A.
Penetrating injury to the proximal extremity
B.
Need to apply a tourniquet to control bleeding
C.
Respiratory rate of30/minute following traumatic injury
D.
Emergency medical service(EMS) provider judgment
B.
cavitation. - ✔✔As ahigh-speed projectile enters thebody, it can create a pressure wave that
extends damage beyond the bullet pathway. This iscalled:
A.
rotational impact.
B.
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cavitation.
C.
fragmentation.
D.
expanding pathway.
A.
Hypoxia - ✔✔Which of these indicates the need to limit scene time to 10minutes?
A.
Hypoxia
B.
Respiratory rate of25/minute
C.
Bilateral tibia fractures
D.
Femur fracture
C.
Level I - ✔✔What trauma center designation is given to a regional traumacenter, usually a university
teaching center that is prepared and committed to handle all types of specialtytrauma?
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