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Trauma practice quiz, FISDAP TRAUMA EXAM 2022 + OCEMT Trauma Unit Study Guide 2023
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Trauma practice quiz,FISDAP TRAUMA EXAM
2022 + OCEMT Trauma
Unit Study Guide 2023
Denning [Date] [Course title]
,What is the term for the injury in which the epidermis remains intact. But cells and blood vessels in the
dermis may be damaged - Answer: Contusion (bruise)
What is most life threatening for an adult patient - Answer: Bubbling wound to the chest (sucking chest
wound)
What is the best care for a suspected hemothorax - Answer: Transporting rapidly (hemothorax is
bleeding in the lung and needs a surgeon to stop the bleeding)
A 20 year old male was the unrestrained driver in a car crash. He is anxious, pale and has absent lung
sounds on the left side. Vital signs bp80/40, p132, r31 and shallow. What should u suspect - Answer:
Tension pneumothorax
A 23 year old male was stabbed in the lower left quadrant. He has minor bleeding from the wound.
What should u do - Answer: Apply an occlusive dressing (if it was bleeding profusely a sterile dressing
would have been appropriate)
An altered 19 year male was just extricated from a burning building by the fire department. He has soot
around his mouth and nose. What should you do - Answer: Remove any smoldering clothing (removing
clothing that is on fire will prevent additional burns)
A 21 year old male has a large piece of glass impaled in his eye. What should you do? - Answer:
Stabilize the glass with a paper cup
Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with multi - system trauma - Answer:
Bleeding within the oral cavity
A 21 year old male Is semiconscious and lying kiddywampus at the bottom of 2 flights 9f stairs. What
should you do - Answer: Manually stabilize c spine
A 56 year old male complains of tearing chest pain that radiates to his back. He was the restrained driver
involved in a car crash at highway speeds. What should your secondary assessment include - Answer:
Bilateral upper extremity blood pressure ( obtaining bilateral upper arm blood pressure will help rule in
, or out a disruption in the aorta. If one arm has a better pulse and higher blood pressure that indicates it
is receiving more blood than the arm with a lower blood pressure)
A 25 year old male has a deep laceration on his right forearm. You are applying direct pressure with a
trauma dressing , but the wound continues to bleed. What should you do - Answer: Apply a tourniquet
proximal the laceration
A 22 year old male has a knife in pills in the upper right quadrant of his abdomen. He complains of pain
full when he inhales and shortness of breathing what should you suspect - Answer: Diaphragmic tear.
(Any penetrating injury from the nipple line to the umbilicus (belly button) is able to cause damage to
the diaphragm)
Unresponsive 49 year old male is supine on the road next to a crashed motorcycle what should you do -
Answer: Manually stabilize the cspine
The 41 year old male was kicked in the chest by a horse. He is short of breath and he has a contusion to
his sternum. BP 96/78, p124, r24 Qdoba shallow. What should you suspect - Answer: Cardiac
tamponade (narrowing of bp and systolic and diastolic getting closer is a significant finding. The
contusion on the sternum shows that there was a significant amount of blunt traumatic force where the
heart is located)
Which injury is most likely to develop compartment syndrom - Answer: Closed tibia fracture (most
common areas for compartment syndromes to occur are distal, closed extremity fractures)
A 21 year old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a horse. What should u do - Answer:
Apply manual stabilization to her femur
A 23 year old male was stabbed in the shoulder and blood is spurting from the wound. What should u do
- Answer: Apply direct pressure
A 34 year old male has a fractured left elbow, and his arm is Cyanotic and pulsless. What should you do -
Answer: Align with gentle traction until resistance is met. (If cyanotic or pulses are absent)
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