Exam (elaborations)
WEST COAST EMT TRAUMA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
- Course
- Institution
WEST COAST EMT TRAUMA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
[Show more]
Content preview
WEST COAST EMT TRAUMA EXAMQUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Trauma Emergencies - Answer-Occur as a result of physical forces applied to the body
Medical Emergencies - Answer-Include illnesses or conditions; these are not caused by
an outside force.
Index of Suspicion - Answer-Your awareness and concern for potentially serious
underlying and unseen injuries
Mechanism of Injury MOI - Answer-Is how traumatic injuries occur; it describes the
forces (or energy transmission) acting on the body that cause injury.
Energy of Work - Answer-Is defined as force acting over a distance
Kinetic Energy - Answer-The energy of a moving object
Potential Energy - Answer-Is the product of mass, force of gravity, and height and is
mostly associated with the energy of falling objects
Blunt Trauma - Answer-Is the result of force (or energy transmission) to the body that
causes injury without anything penetrating the soft tissues or internal organs and
cavities
Penetrating Trauma - Answer-Results in injury by objects that pierce and penetrate the
surface of the body and injure the underlying soft tissues, internal organs, and body
cavities
The collision of a car have three typical impacts - Answer-The collision of the car
against another car, a tree, or some other object
The collision of the passenger against the interior of the car
The collision of the passengers Internal organs against the solid structures of the body
Coup-contrecoup Brain Injury - Answer-The contact that the head encounters during an
accident. Potentially the head hits the windshield, then the brain continues till it hits the
skull. This causes compression injury (or bruising) and stretching (tension injury) to the
brain.
, Lateral Crash - Answer-T-bone accident, common cause of death associated with motor
vehicle crashes
Cavitation - Answer-Results from rapid changes in tissue and fluid pressure that occur
with the passage of the projectile, and it can result in serious injury to the internal
organs distant to the actual path of the bullet
Primary Blast Injuries - Answer-These injuries are due entirely to the blast, damage to
the body is caused by the pressure wave generated by the explosion
Secondary Blast Injury - Answer-Damage to the body results from being struck by flying
debris, such as shrapnel from he device or from the glass or splinters, which have been
sent in motion by the explosion
Tertiary Blast Injuries - Answer-These injuries occur when the patient is hurled by the
force of the explosion against a stationary object
Quaternary Blast Injuries - Answer-This category of miscellaneous injuries includes
burns from hot gases or fires started by the blast; respiratory injury from inhaling toxic
gases; suffocation; poisoning medical injuries
Pulmonary Blast Injuries - Answer-Are defined as pulmonary trauma (consisting of
contusions and hemorrhages that result from short range detonation of explosives
Arterial Air Embolism - Answer-Alveolar disruption with subsequent air embolization into
the pulmonary vasculature. Even small bubbles can enter a coronary artery and cause
myocardial injury
GCS 13-15 >89mm Hg 10-29 BPM = - Answer-4
GCS 9-12 76-89 mm Hg >29 RR = - Answer-3
GCS 6-8 50-75 mm Hg 6-9 RR = - Answer-2
GCS 4-5 1-49 mm Hg 1-5 RR = - Answer-1
GCS 3 0 mm Hg 0 RR - Answer-0
Glasgow = 15 - Answer-No Neurologic disabilities
Glasgow 13-14 - Answer-May indicate mild dysfunction
Glasgow 9-12 - Answer-May indicate moderate dysfunction
Glasgow 8 or less - Answer-Indicative of severe dysfunction
The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
Guaranteed quality through customer reviews
Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.
Quick and easy check-out
You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.
Focus on what matters
Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!
Frequently asked questions
What do I get when I buy this document?
You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.
Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?
Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.
Who am I buying these notes from?
Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller biggdreamer. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.
Will I be stuck with a subscription?
No, you only buy these notes for $14.49. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.
Can Stuvia be trusted?
4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)
82215 documents were sold in the last 30 days
Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy study notes for 14 years now