Test Bank for Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, 6th edition Volume 4: Trauma Emergencies (Bledsoe) All Chapter 1 to 11 -Newest Edition

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,Volume 4: Trauma Emergencies



Table of Contents


Chapter 1: Trauma and Trauma

Systems Chapter 2: Mechanism

of Injury

Chapter 3: Hemorrhage

and Shock Chapter 4: Soft-

Tissue Trauma Chapter 5:

Burns

Chapter 6: Head, Neck, and Spinal Trauma


Chapter 7: Chest Trauma


Chapter 8: Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma


Chapter 9: Orthopedic Trauma


Chapter 10: Environmental Trauma


Chapter 11: Special Considerations in Trauma

,Volume 4: Trauma Emergencies

Chapter 1: Trauma and Trauma Systems

1)The purpose of determining the mechanism of injury and the index of
suspicion for the trauma patient at the same time is to allow you to:
A) decide whether to transport the patient.
B) identify comorbid factors.
C) document a complete scene size-up.
D) anticipate your patient's injuries.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9-10
Standard: Trauma (Trauma
Overview) Objective: 7

2)Which of the following accounts for the highest number of trauma
deaths in the United States of America?
A) Motor vehicle crashes
B) Falls
C) Assaults
D) Firearms injuries
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3
Standard: Trauma (Trauma
Overview) Objective: 2

3)Which of the following acts resulted in the development of modern EMS
systems?
A) Ryan White Act
B) Highway Safety Act of 1966
C) Good Samaritan Act
D) The Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1990
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
Standard: Trauma (Trauma
Overview) Objective: 8

4)In addition to handling all types of specialty trauma, which level of
trauma center provides continuing medical and public education
programs?
A) IV
B) III
C) I
D) II
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7-8
Standard: Trauma (Trauma
Overview) Objective: 4

, 5)Upon arriving on a scene where the mechanism of injury indicates a
potentially life- threatening injury, you should employ which of the
following interventions to best help deliver the care that is needed?
A) Reevaluate the scene size-up.
B) Initiate transport immediately, delaying more extensive care until you
are en route.
C) Ask a surgeon to respond to the scene.
D) Call immediately for air medical transport to reduce the "Golden Period."
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13
Standard: Trauma (Trauma
Overview) Objective: 7

6)Which of the following physical findings indicates the need for immediate
transport?
A) Vital signs: systolic blood pressure 80, respiratory rate 8
B) Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15
C) Second-degree burns involving 9 percent of total body surface area in an
adult patient
D) Fractured right femur
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11-12
Standard: Trauma (Trauma
Overview) Objective: 7

7)Which of the following requires immediate transport to a trauma center?
A) A 40-year-old who fell 12 feet from a garage roof with a radius fracture
B) A 36-year-old woman in a motor vehicle crash who has a blood pressure
of 100/60
C) A 22-year-old soccer player with lower leg pain
D) A 47-year-old involved in a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the
death of his passenger
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 12
Standard: Trauma (Trauma
Overview) Objective: 7

8)As a paramedic, your role in trauma care consists of all of the following,
EXCEPT:
A) providing rapid transport to appropriate facilities.
B) promoting injury prevention.
C) providing care to seriously injured trauma patients.
D) providing surgical interventions to stop hemorrhage.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3
Standard: Trauma (Trauma
Overview) Objective: 3