CH. 25 QUIZ - TRAUMA OVERVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS

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CH. 25 QUIZ - TRAUMA OVERVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -52 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: The eardrum; a thin, semitransparent membrane in the middle ear that transmits sound vibrations to the internal ear by means of auditory ossicles.

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tympanic membrane Question 2: When assessing an elderly patient who fell, it is important to remember that:

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osteoporosis can cause a fracture as a result of a fall from a standing position Question 3: The product of mass, gravity, and height, which is converted into kinetic energy and results in injury, such as from a fall.

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Potential energy Question 4: Which of the following would MOST likely occur as the direct result of the second collision in a motor vehicle crash?

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deformed steering wheel

Question 5: A scoring system used for patients with head trauma.

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Revised Trauma Score

Question 6: The energy of a moving object

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kinetic energy

Question 7: The measure of force over distance.

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work Question 8: Which of the following would MOST likely result from the third collision in the "three-collision" effect that occurs during a high-speed, frontal impact motor vehicle crash?

• extensive damage to the automobile
• flail chest and lower extremity fractures
• massive external trauma with severe bleeding
• aortic rupture or compression injury to the brain

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• aortic rupture or compression injury to the brain

Question 9: According to the American College or Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT), an adult trauma patient should be transported to the highest level of trauma center if he or she:

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has a GCS score of less than or equal to 13 with a mechanism attributed to trauma Question 10: Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries may exist when determining the mechanism of injury.

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index of suspicion

Question 11: A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path

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cavitation Question 12: Signs of pulmonary blast injury include:

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coughing up bloo Question 13: An impact on the body by objects that cause injury without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities.

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blunt trauma Question 14: A 20-year-old man has major open facial injuries after his vehicle struck a tree head-on. Which of the following findings within the care would MOST likely explain his injury patter?

• deployed airbag
• bent steering wheel
• non intact windshield
• crushed instrumental panel

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• non intact windshield

Question 15: Kinetic energy is a calculation of:

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weight and speed Question 16: Airbags are designed to:

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decrease the severity of acceleration injuries

Question 17: Factors that should be considered when assessing a patient who has fallen

include all of the following, EXCEPT:

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the speed of the fall Question 18: Severe abrasion injuries can occur when motorcycle riders are slowed after a collision by road drag. Road drag is most often associated with which type of motorcycle impact?

• head-on collision
• angular collision
• ejection
• controlled crash

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• ejection

Question 19: A driver involved in a rollover motor vehicle crash will MOST likely experience

serious injuries or death if he or she:

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is ejected or partially ejected

Question 20: Any object propelled by force, such as a bullet by a weapon.

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Projectile Question 21: Emergencies that are the result of physical forces applied to the body; injuries

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penetrating trauma Question 22: When assessing the interior of a crashed motor vehicle for damage, you are

gathering information regarding the:

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mechanism of injury