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Denning [Date] [Course title]
, When the application of kinetic energy to the body from either a blunt or penetrating mechanism
displaces tissue, this is known as - Answer: CAVITATION
Which of the following is an example of the tertiary phase blast injury? - Answer: CRUSHING INJURY DUE
TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE.
The most common threat to life among trauma patients is? - Answer: INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE
Your patient is an injured construction worker bleeding profusely from a large laceration to the left
thigh. He is confused and has pale, moist skin. Direct pressure applied to the wound by a first responder
has failed to control the bleeding. The next step in controlling bleeding is to apply: - Answer: A
TOURNIQUET TO THE LACERATION.
Hypotension due to spinal cord trauma occurs due to interruption of the _______________nervous
system pathway. - Answer: SYMPATHETIC
The most common fractured ribs are ribs: - Answer: 4 THROUGH 8.
A hemothorax is differentiated from a tension pneumothorax by: - Answer: DULL PERCUSSION ON THE
AFFECTED SIDE.
Which of the following mechanisms is most likely to result in cardiac tamponade? - Answer: A PATIENT
IS STRUCK IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR CHEST BY A NAIL EJECTED FROM A NAIL GUN.
Management of flail chest includes: - Answer: PAIN MANAGEMENT
VENTILATORY SUPPORT
100%O2
Which of the following types of traumatic brain injury is most likely to be associated with hemorrhage
from the middle meningeal artery? - Answer: EPIDURAL HEMATOMA
Which of the following groups of findings represents Cushing's phenomenon? - Answer: BRADYCARDIA
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