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Denning [Date] [Course title]
, ______ is the earliest sign of deterioration in a patient with flail chest. - Answer: Respiratory rate
increase
What is the most common cause of airway obstruction in the unresponsive trauma patient? - Answer:
Tongue
Which of the following is a Golden Principle of trauma care? - Answer: Ensure adequate airway and
ventilation
Hypoperfusion will affect which of the following organs first? - Answer: Brain
The most common type of sock resulting from trauma is? - Answer: Hemorrhagic
EMS arrives on a scene and finds that emergency medical responders have attempted to immobilize a
pediatric patient onto a long backboard. They note that the patient's head is in a flexed position. Which
of the following actions is the most appropriate? - Answer: Placing padding under the patient's torso
Hemostatic agents should be used fro excessive bleeding when direct pressure alone does not work. The
proper way to use most hemostatic agents is which of the following? - Answer: Placing the agent
properly into the wound and holding pressure
You respond to a local bar for an unconscious person. On arrival, you are met by a police officer who
reports that on of their "regular alcoholics" was found in the alley behind the bar. On exam, you note
the smell of an alcoholic beverage as well as the following: patient flexes his arm to painful stimuli, has
bilateral fixed and dilated pupils, irregular respirations at 12 breaths per min and a BP of 210/100. What
condition do you suspect? - Answer: Subdural Hematoma
The most appropriate airway maneuver in the initial management of a trauma patient is which of the
following? - Answer: Trauma jaw thrust
When verifying ET tube placement on a perfusing patient, the "gold standard" of monitoring is
considered to be? - Answer: Waveform capnography
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