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Chapter 27 EMT 2021
Establish spinal stabilization. - ✔✔What is the first act of patient care that should be performed on
the multisystem traumapatient?
A.
Establish a patent airway.
B.
Control external hemorrhage.
C.
Establish spinal stabilization.
D.
Provide oxygenation.
Emergency medical service(EMS) provider judgment - ✔✔While conducting field triage of injured
patients, which of the following special considerations indicates a need for transport to a trauma
center?
A.
Age greater than 45 years of age
B.
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C.
Pregnancy greater than 10 weeks
D.
Eye injuries
High index of suspicion - ✔✔What is the term for maintaining suspicion about the types of injuries a
patient may have even though the patient presents as verystable?
A.
Mild feeling of certainty
B.
High index of suspicion
C.
Interpretation of bodily forces
D.
Sense of injury potential
rate. - ✔✔Acceleration and deceleration are measuresof:
A.
velocity.
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B.
energy.
C.
mass.
D.
rate.
Patient with altered mental status - ✔✔You should have a high index of suspicion for critical injury in
which of the following motor vehiclecollisions?
A.
Patient with altered mental status
B.
Intrusion of 6 inches into the passenger compartment
C.
Vehicle telemetry indicating seatbelts were in use
D.
Injury to a second occupant
damage by the bullet and the cavitational wave. - ✔✔The"blown outward" appearance of a bullet
exit wound is the resultof:
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A.
the bullet and displaced bone fragments.
B.
damage by the bullet forcing debris and bodily contents out of the wound.
C.
damage by the bullet and the cavitational wave.
D.
the bullet and hot gases.
primary phase injuries. - ✔✔Injuries that result from the pressure wave of the blastare:
A.
secondary phase injuries.
B.
tertiary phase injuries.
C.
primary phase injuries.
D.
quaternary phase injuries.
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