A 41 year old male was stabbed in the chest immediately below the sternum. He complains of shortness of breath and has engorged jugular veins. Vital signs are BP 108/84, P 130, R 26. What should you suspect? - ACCURATE ANSWERS Cardiac Tamponade
A 13 year old male was riding on an all-terrain veh...
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A 41 year old male was stabbed in the chest immediately below the
sternum. He complains of shortness of breath and has engorged jugular
veins. Vital signs are BP 108/84, P 130, R 26. What should you suspect?
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Cardiac Tamponade
A 13 year old male was riding on an all-terrain vehicle when he drove
into a wire fence. He is sitting on the ground with a towel over his lower
face. He has an open jaw fracture. What is your primary concern? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Obstruction of the airway
A 24 year old construction worker amputated his thumb. How should
you manage the amputation? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Wrap in
moistened gauze
A 78 year old female fell 12 hours ago. Now she complains of 10/10 hip
and groin pain during movement. Vital signs are BP 98/50, P 132, R 26.
What should you administer? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Ketamine
A 26 year old female was the unrestrained driver of a head on collision.
Her Glasgow Coma Scale score is 4 (E1, V1, M2). Vital signs are BP
156/78, P 66, R 12 and irregular, and her pupils are unequal. What
should you do? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Assist ventilations at a
rate of 20 breaths per minute
, A 13 year old male was a restrained passenger in a car crash at highway
speed. He is alert and oriented on-scene and walking around. What
should you do? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Consider spinal motion
restriction and assess his c-spine
Which type of shock includes neurogenic and anaphylactic shock? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Distributive
A 46 year old male is trapped in his vehicle after a high speed front-end
collision. He is slow to respond to questions. You note blood pooling on
his seat. Vital signs are P 130, R 8. How should you remove this patient
from the vehicle? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Rapidly extricate the
patient
A 44 year old male was ejected from a truck traveling 36 mph (60 kph).
He is lying supine on the ground and has snoring respirations. What
should you do first? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Manually stabilize
the cervical spine
A 50 year old male fell from a 6th story balcony. Intubation attempts
have been unsuccessful. His Glasgow Coma Scale score is 6 (E1, V1,
M4). You note agonal respirations. What should you do first? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Insert a supraglottic airway device
A 27 year old female has multisystem trauma. Which life threat is your
first priority? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Significant external
hemorrhage
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