UCLA EMT TRAUMA TEST Questions and Correct Answers 2025/2026

UCLA EMT TRAUMA TEST Questions and Correct Answers 2025/2026 Delivery of O2 and removal of CO2 - Requires a pump (heart), fluid (blood), and vessels - Answer -Perfusion inadequate flow of blood: i.e. SHOCK - Answer -Hypoperfusion shock resulting from blood or fluid loss - can be a result of bleeding, burns, or dehydration - Answer - Hypovolemic shock widespread vasodilation - can be caused by SEPSIS - Answer -Distributive shock - Severe infection that has an initial point then spreads throughout bloodstream - Toxins from infection destroy vessel walls, leading to capillary permeability & reduced intravascular fluid - Answer -Sepsis POWR: Position (supine), O2, Warmth, Rapid transport - Answer -How to treat septic shock? loss of control of muscular tone of blood vessels (due to a spinal cord injury & damage to the nervous system) - Answer -Neurogenic shockhypotension and bradycardia (only vagus signal bc of sympathetic damage) - usually warm, dry skin below injury (unlike other types of shock) - Answer -Symptoms of neurogenic shock Severe allergic reaction that leads to widespread vasodilation - Answer - Anaphylactic shock - Increased vascular permeability - Bronchoconstriction - Stridor - Hives, edema, itching - Answer -Anaphylactic shock symptoms - linear, depressed, open, basilar - Answer -4 types of skull fractures A simple crack in the skull - least deadly - most common - usually perpendicular to suture in skull - Answer -Linear skull fracture Inward indentation of the skull with possible pressure on brain - Usually caused from direct trauma to skull (I.e. baseball bat to head) - Will feel abnormal - Answer -Depressed skull fracture a skull fracture with an associated open wound to the overlying scalp - pierced brain cavity - worst injury, most deadly - Answer -Open skull fracture