EMS 202 Midterm Exam | 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version
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
Ra...
EMS 202 Midterm Exam | 100% Correct
Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version
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
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
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
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