EMS 202 LATEST 2024 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR SUCCESS
GRADE A+
When will you begin considering the mechanism of injury for a trauma patient?
During reassessment
During the rapid trauma assessment
During the focused trauma assessment
During the scene size up
During the scene size up
The objective time frame describing the period from the incident to the patient's
arrival at surgery is known in EMS as the____
Trauma Transport Time
Golden Period
Platinum 10 minutes
Trauma Hour
Golden Period
After arriving on scene for a multisystems trauma that has no need for
extrication, within how many minutes is it recommended for you to assess,
stabilize, and initiate transport of the patient?
less than 10 minutes
less than 15 minutes
less than 25 minutes
less than 20 minutes
less than 10 minutes
Of the following, Which intervention will most likley contribute the most to the
survival of you trauma patient?
Apply supplemental oxygen
Control any significant external hemorrhage
Initiate intravenous therapy
Rapidly transport the patient to the emergency department
Control any significant external hemorrhage
which specialty service is important for the ongoing treatment of carbon
monoxide poisioning or problems related to scuba diving?
Pediatric trauma center
Neurocenter
Burn center
Hyperbaric oxygenation chamber
Hyperbaric oxygenation chamber
,Regarding the mechanism of injury, when speeding of an object that is about to
strike a boubled, its ability to cause trauma is______
tripled
doubled
reduced by one-half
quadrupled
quadrupled
In determining the potential for trauma caused by an object, you need to
examine_____
the object's shape
all of the above
the object's speed
the object's weight
all of the above
Which organ is most likely to be injured by the ligamentum teres during a rapid
deceleration?
Lungs
liver
heart
bladder
liver
your trama patient who was involved in a motor vehicle collision has an injury the
head from a "secondary collision." The injury was probably from____
the seat belt
a loose item in the car that struck the patient
an organ collision
body collision
a loose item in the car that struck the patient
Front dashboard and steering wheel air bags work much differently than seat
belts and are extremely effective for what type of vehicular collisions?
a. frontal
b. rear-end
c. rollover
d. rotational
Frontal
The_____Pathway accounts accounts for roughly 25 percent of the deaths in
vehicular crashes.
up-and-over
ejection
, restrained
down-and-under
ejection
When a(n)________impact occures, the index of suspicion for serious and life-
threatening internal inernal injuries must be higher than vehicle damage alone
suggests.
lateral
frontal
oblique
rear-end
lateral
During an explosion, the pressure wave of the blast will likely casue injury to
what structures of the body?
solid organs
bones
muscles
hollow organs
hollow organs
In significant crush injuries, toxins released into the central circulation after
pressure is released can lead to what additional complication?
increased liver function
increased kidney output
severe alkalosis
cardiac arrhythmias
cardiac arrythmias
In a patient with no suspected trauma, and signs and symptoms of shock, you
can perform the tilt test. This test is performed to determine whether which
finding is present?
Orthostatic hyertension
septic shock
cardiogenic shock
Orthostatic hypotension
orthostatic hypotension
Your agency's Fentanyl is packaged 250 mcg in 5 ml vials. Your protocols call for
1 mcg/ kg. If you are treating a 30 year old, 165 pound patient for a broken bone,
you should administer_____mcg of fentanyl.
75
This requires you to administer_____cc's of fentanyl.
1.5
You should have_____cc's of Fentanyl left to waste.
3.5
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR SUCCESS
GRADE A+
When will you begin considering the mechanism of injury for a trauma patient?
During reassessment
During the rapid trauma assessment
During the focused trauma assessment
During the scene size up
During the scene size up
The objective time frame describing the period from the incident to the patient's
arrival at surgery is known in EMS as the____
Trauma Transport Time
Golden Period
Platinum 10 minutes
Trauma Hour
Golden Period
After arriving on scene for a multisystems trauma that has no need for
extrication, within how many minutes is it recommended for you to assess,
stabilize, and initiate transport of the patient?
less than 10 minutes
less than 15 minutes
less than 25 minutes
less than 20 minutes
less than 10 minutes
Of the following, Which intervention will most likley contribute the most to the
survival of you trauma patient?
Apply supplemental oxygen
Control any significant external hemorrhage
Initiate intravenous therapy
Rapidly transport the patient to the emergency department
Control any significant external hemorrhage
which specialty service is important for the ongoing treatment of carbon
monoxide poisioning or problems related to scuba diving?
Pediatric trauma center
Neurocenter
Burn center
Hyperbaric oxygenation chamber
Hyperbaric oxygenation chamber
,Regarding the mechanism of injury, when speeding of an object that is about to
strike a boubled, its ability to cause trauma is______
tripled
doubled
reduced by one-half
quadrupled
quadrupled
In determining the potential for trauma caused by an object, you need to
examine_____
the object's shape
all of the above
the object's speed
the object's weight
all of the above
Which organ is most likely to be injured by the ligamentum teres during a rapid
deceleration?
Lungs
liver
heart
bladder
liver
your trama patient who was involved in a motor vehicle collision has an injury the
head from a "secondary collision." The injury was probably from____
the seat belt
a loose item in the car that struck the patient
an organ collision
body collision
a loose item in the car that struck the patient
Front dashboard and steering wheel air bags work much differently than seat
belts and are extremely effective for what type of vehicular collisions?
a. frontal
b. rear-end
c. rollover
d. rotational
Frontal
The_____Pathway accounts accounts for roughly 25 percent of the deaths in
vehicular crashes.
up-and-over
ejection
, restrained
down-and-under
ejection
When a(n)________impact occures, the index of suspicion for serious and life-
threatening internal inernal injuries must be higher than vehicle damage alone
suggests.
lateral
frontal
oblique
rear-end
lateral
During an explosion, the pressure wave of the blast will likely casue injury to
what structures of the body?
solid organs
bones
muscles
hollow organs
hollow organs
In significant crush injuries, toxins released into the central circulation after
pressure is released can lead to what additional complication?
increased liver function
increased kidney output
severe alkalosis
cardiac arrhythmias
cardiac arrythmias
In a patient with no suspected trauma, and signs and symptoms of shock, you
can perform the tilt test. This test is performed to determine whether which
finding is present?
Orthostatic hyertension
septic shock
cardiogenic shock
Orthostatic hypotension
orthostatic hypotension
Your agency's Fentanyl is packaged 250 mcg in 5 ml vials. Your protocols call for
1 mcg/ kg. If you are treating a 30 year old, 165 pound patient for a broken bone,
you should administer_____mcg of fentanyl.
75
This requires you to administer_____cc's of fentanyl.
1.5
You should have_____cc's of Fentanyl left to waste.
3.5
