EMT Trauma Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Arterial air embolism - CORRECT ANSWER Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels.
Blunt trauma - CORRECT ANSWER An impact on the body by objects that cause injury
without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities.
Cavitation - CORRECT ANSWER A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate
pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path.
Coup-contrecoup injury - CORRECT ANSWER Dual impacting of the brain into the skull;
coup injury occurs at the point of impact; contrecoup injury occurs on the opposite side of impact, as
the brain rebounds.
Deceleration - CORRECT ANSWER The slowing of an object.
Drag - CORRECT ANSWER Resistance that slows a projectile, such as air.
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score - CORRECT ANSWER An evaluation tool used to
determine level of consciousness, which evaluates and assigns point values (scores) for eye opening,
verbal response, and motor response, which are then totaled; effective in helping predict patient
outcomes.
Index of suspicion - CORRECT ANSWER Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries may
exist when determining the mechanism of injury.
Kinetic energy - CORRECT ANSWER The energy of a moving object.
Mechanism of injury (MOI) - CORRECT ANSWER The way in which traumatic injuries
occur; the forces that act on the body to cause damage.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Arterial air embolism - CORRECT ANSWER Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels.
Blunt trauma - CORRECT ANSWER An impact on the body by objects that cause injury
without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities.
Cavitation - CORRECT ANSWER A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate
pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path.
Coup-contrecoup injury - CORRECT ANSWER Dual impacting of the brain into the skull;
coup injury occurs at the point of impact; contrecoup injury occurs on the opposite side of impact, as
the brain rebounds.
Deceleration - CORRECT ANSWER The slowing of an object.
Drag - CORRECT ANSWER Resistance that slows a projectile, such as air.
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score - CORRECT ANSWER An evaluation tool used to
determine level of consciousness, which evaluates and assigns point values (scores) for eye opening,
verbal response, and motor response, which are then totaled; effective in helping predict patient
outcomes.
Index of suspicion - CORRECT ANSWER Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries may
exist when determining the mechanism of injury.
Kinetic energy - CORRECT ANSWER The energy of a moving object.
Mechanism of injury (MOI) - CORRECT ANSWER The way in which traumatic injuries
occur; the forces that act on the body to cause damage.
