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PARAMEDIC CARE:
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Principles & Practice
Volume 4: Trauma Emergencies
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5TH EDITION, BLEDSOE
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, Test Bank Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice V.4, 5e (Bledsoe)
Volume 4: Trauma Emergencies
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Trauma and Trauma Systems
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Chapter 2: Mechanism of Injury
Chapter 3: Hemorrhage and Shock
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Chapter 4: Soft-Tissue Trauma
Chapter 5: Burns
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Chapter 6: Head, Neck, and Spinal Trauma
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Chapter 7: Chest Trauma
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Chapter 8: Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma
Chapter 9: Orthopedic Trauma
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Chapter 10: Environmental Trauma
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Chapter 11: Special Considerations in Trauma
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, Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice V.4, 5e (Bledsoe)
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
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patient at the same time is to allow you to:
A) decide whether to transport the patient.
B) identify comorbid factors.
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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
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2) Which of the following accounts for the highest number of trauma deaths in the United States
of America?
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A) Motor vehicle crashes
B) Falls
C) Assaults
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D) Firearms injuries
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
Objective: 2
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3) Which of the following acts resulted in the development of modern EMS systems?
A) Ryan White Act
B) Highway Safety Act of 1966
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C) Good Samaritan Act
D) The Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1990
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
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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?
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A) IV
B) III
C) I
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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.
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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
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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
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C) Second-degree burns involving 9 percent of total body surface area in an adult patient
D) Fractured right femur
Answer: A
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11-12
Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
Objective: 7
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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
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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
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Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 12
Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
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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.
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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
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
Objective: 3
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