JB Learning Final Exam Questions And Answers

The index of suspicion is MOST accurately defined as: - Answer - your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying injuries. Signs of a pulmonary blast injury include: - Answer - coughing up blood. Gastrointestinal bleeding should be suspected if a patient presents with: - Answer - hematemesis. The systemic veins function by: - Answer - returning deoxygenated blood back to the heart. If applying a dressing to control the bleeding of a patient's arm, the EMT should ________. - Answer - All of these answers are correct. Which of the following statements regarding hemophilia is correct? - Answer - Patients with hemophilia may bleed spontaneously. A burn that is characterized by redness and pain is classified as a: - Answer - superficial burn. A closed soft-tissue injury characterized by swelling and ecchymosis is called a(n): - Answer - contusion. Burns to pediatric patients are generally considered more serious than burns to adults because: - Answer - pediatric patients have more surface area relative to total body mass. A laceration: - Answer - is an injury that separates various layers of soft tissue. A partial-thickness burn involves the outer layer of skin and a portion of the: - Answer - dermal layer. Patients with full-thickness (third-degree) burns generally do not complain of pain because: - Answer - the nerve endings have been destroyed. What layer of the skin forms a watertight, protective seal for the body? - Answer - Epidermis. When assessing a patient with a closed soft-tissue injury, it is MOST important to: - Answer - remain alert for more severe underlying injuries. With regard to the pediatric rule of nines, the: - Answer - legs are proportionately smaller than an adult's.