The purpose of determining the MOI and the index of suspicion for the trauma patient at the same time is to allow you to:
D. anticipate your patient's injuries
Which of the following acts resulted in the development of modern EMS systems?
B. Highway Safety Act of 1966
Which of the following physical findings indicates the need for immediate transport?
D. vital signs: systolic bp 80, respiratory rate 8
Which of the following is NOT considered a significant MOI in pediatric patients?
D. fall of 5 feet
Which of the following is NOT a consideration when assessing a trauma patient?
D. Medical insurance coverage
When assessing a patient with a crush injury, which of the following findings would indicate that toxins have entered the central circulation?
B. Cardiac arrhythmia
In frontal impact collisions which pathway of patient travel results in higher mortality?
B. up-and-over
People in which of the following age groups are prone to significant trauma due to falls?
C. geriatric population
Your patient is an 8 yom with a pencil impaled 2 centimeters inferior to the xiphoid process. You note that the pencil is pulsating. Which of the following is the best action?
B. stabilize the pencil in place and transport to a trauma center
In a motor vehicle collision, when the driver's chest strikes the steering wheel, what produces injury next?
A. the heart continues its forward motion until it strikes the chest wall
Which of the following is most susceptible to damage from the pressure wave when a bullet enters it?
D. liver
You have arrived on the scene of a 17 yom with a GSW to the thigh. Police are on the scene. There is significant ongoing hemorrhage from the wound. The patient is screaming for someone to help him. Which of the following should you do first?
B. ask the police if they have searched the patient for weapons yet
Which of the following is most important when assessing the damage done by a gunshot?
C. the distance from the shooter
Your patient is a 30 yof with a stab wound to the neck. She is sitting up and appears very anxious and short of breath. There is minimal external bleeding noted, but there is bubbling from the wound. Which of the following should you suspect, based on the MOI and assessment findings?
A. laceration of the trachea
Which of the following injuries is associated with the pressure wave produced by a blast?
A. pneumothorax
The ends of long bones are known as the _____.
B. epiphyses
Compact bone is created over the surface of spongy bone by _____.
D. osteoblasts
An _____ is a mature bone cell.
C. osteocyte
The primary ossification center in long bones is located in the _____.
D. diaphyses
The only muscle that possesses both voluntary and involuntary abilities is the _____.
B. diaphragm
_____ is the strong, fibrous connective tissue covering the bone.
D. periosteum
Which type of muscle will not regenerate once it is severely damaged?
C. cardiac
When the nervous system signals a muscle to contract, _____ ion channels open.
B. sodium
Striated muscles, which appear to have stripes, are in which type of muscle?