Emergency Care -- 13th Edition -- Chapter 11 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Fully Solved
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Mechanism of injury (MOI) - ANSWER-a force or forces that may have caused injury
What are the three collisions in a motor-vehicle crash? - ANSWER-1. vehicle collision -- vehicle strikes an object
2. body collision -- person's body strikes the inside of the vehicle
3. organ collision -- person'...
Emergency Care -- 13th Edition -- Chapter 11
Exam Questions and Answers 100% Fully Solved
Mechanism of injury (MOI) - ANSWER-a force or forces that may have caused injury
What are the three collisions in a motor-vehicle crash? - ANSWER-1. vehicle collision --
vehicle strikes an object
2. body collision -- person's body strikes the inside of the vehicle
3. organ collision -- person's organs strike interior surfaces of the body
Two types of injury patterns in a head-on collisions - ANSWER-1. up and over -- body
goes up/over the steering wheel
2. down and under -- body goes down/under the steering wheel
In an injury caused by a fall, what 4 factors should be considered? - ANSWER-1. Height
from which the patient fell
2. Surface the patient fell onto
3. Part of the patient that hit the surface
4. Anything that interrupts the fall
What is considered a severe fall for adults? - ANSWER-a fall of greater than 20 feet
What is considered a severe fall for children under 15? - ANSWER-a fall of greater than
10 feet or more than 2-3 times the child's height
Nature of illness (NOI) - ANSWER-what is medically wrong with a patient
What determines the the size of the danger zone? - ANSWER-the nature and severity
of collision-produced hazards
penetrating trauma - ANSWER-injury caused by an object that passes through the skin
or other body tissues
blunt-force trauma - ANSWER-injury caused by a blow that does not penetrate the skin
or other body tissues
scene size-up - ANSWER-steps taking when approaching the scene of an emergency
call
When does scene size-up begin? - ANSWER-as you approach the scene
What are the 6 components of scene size-up? - ANSWER-1. checking scene safety
2. taking Standard Precautions
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