Intro to Wilderness Medicine Final Exam
Questions and Answers.
True or false: If attacked by a brown bear, generally you should play dead - Correct
Answer True
True or false: The mosquito spreads more disease then any other animal or insect on
earth - Correct Answer True
Dysentery is bloody diarrhea and a fever - which of the following is not considered a type
of dysentery: - Correct Answer Cholera
Tick removal: - Correct Answer Requires pulling the tick out directly by grabbing at the
point of attachment
You are camping and eating sandwiches with ham and mayonnaise. Very soon after
eating a person begins to vomit. He likely has: - Correct Answer Staph food poisoning
Checking for distal function means: - Correct Answer - Checking to see if there is
neurological function away from an injury
- Looking for blood flow on the far end of an injury
- Evaluating for movement away from the injury (All of these answers)
In the primary survey it is important to first stabilize the neck when evaluating: - Correct
Answer The airway
A person can bleed to death inside the body in all of the places except: - Correct Answer
Skull
True or false: Permethrin is a powerful insecticide that should be applied directly to the
skin to prevent bites - Correct Answer False
The most important factors to consider when assessing a bite wound for the transmission
of rabies are: - Correct Answer a. likelihood of animal having rabies
b. behavior of the animal- normal vs. abnormal
, c. how mad the animal was when biting the victim
d. a and b only (right answer)
True or false: Scabs are generally considered a good thing in wound management and
should be allowed to form - Correct Answer False
Wounds: - Correct Answer Should be irrigated extensively with water before closing. If
you cannot find clean water, then river water or even bottled fruit juices could be used.
True or false: Scorpion stings are almost always deadly - Correct Answer False
The first method for stopping bleeding in the wilderness is: - Correct Answer - Direct
pressure
- Tourniquets can be used if first done cautiously
- Both of these answers (correct answer)
Level of consciousness (LOC): - Correct Answer - Assesses a person's ability to think and
communicate
- Is valuable as it helps understand the trends of a patient's health
- Both are correct (correct answer)
Black widow spider bites are painful but rarely fatal. - Correct Answer True
Death form lightning is most often caused by cardiac and respiratory arrest - Correct
Answer True
The treatment of lightning strikes includes treating the "dead" looking patients first -
Correct Answer True
Burns are classified by: - Correct Answer - The depth of the wound
- The area of the wound
Lightning typically strikes during the peak of a storm - Correct Answer False
Questions and Answers.
True or false: If attacked by a brown bear, generally you should play dead - Correct
Answer True
True or false: The mosquito spreads more disease then any other animal or insect on
earth - Correct Answer True
Dysentery is bloody diarrhea and a fever - which of the following is not considered a type
of dysentery: - Correct Answer Cholera
Tick removal: - Correct Answer Requires pulling the tick out directly by grabbing at the
point of attachment
You are camping and eating sandwiches with ham and mayonnaise. Very soon after
eating a person begins to vomit. He likely has: - Correct Answer Staph food poisoning
Checking for distal function means: - Correct Answer - Checking to see if there is
neurological function away from an injury
- Looking for blood flow on the far end of an injury
- Evaluating for movement away from the injury (All of these answers)
In the primary survey it is important to first stabilize the neck when evaluating: - Correct
Answer The airway
A person can bleed to death inside the body in all of the places except: - Correct Answer
Skull
True or false: Permethrin is a powerful insecticide that should be applied directly to the
skin to prevent bites - Correct Answer False
The most important factors to consider when assessing a bite wound for the transmission
of rabies are: - Correct Answer a. likelihood of animal having rabies
b. behavior of the animal- normal vs. abnormal
, c. how mad the animal was when biting the victim
d. a and b only (right answer)
True or false: Scabs are generally considered a good thing in wound management and
should be allowed to form - Correct Answer False
Wounds: - Correct Answer Should be irrigated extensively with water before closing. If
you cannot find clean water, then river water or even bottled fruit juices could be used.
True or false: Scorpion stings are almost always deadly - Correct Answer False
The first method for stopping bleeding in the wilderness is: - Correct Answer - Direct
pressure
- Tourniquets can be used if first done cautiously
- Both of these answers (correct answer)
Level of consciousness (LOC): - Correct Answer - Assesses a person's ability to think and
communicate
- Is valuable as it helps understand the trends of a patient's health
- Both are correct (correct answer)
Black widow spider bites are painful but rarely fatal. - Correct Answer True
Death form lightning is most often caused by cardiac and respiratory arrest - Correct
Answer True
The treatment of lightning strikes includes treating the "dead" looking patients first -
Correct Answer True
Burns are classified by: - Correct Answer - The depth of the wound
- The area of the wound
Lightning typically strikes during the peak of a storm - Correct Answer False
