EMS 202 UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔surveillance - ✔✔the only way to recognize which trauma care practices benefit
patients is
✔✔trauma registry - ✔✔what is the health care surveillance process utilized in trauma
systems called?
✔✔the trauma registry - ✔✔identification of factors that lessen or increase trauma
patient survival is a benefit of
✔✔the nearest appropriate trauma center is an hour away by ground transport -
✔✔which factor might warrant a call for air medical service?
✔✔implementation - ✔✔in the public health care model, the act of placing a particular
intervention into practice is called?
✔✔level 2 - ✔✔when population density does not permit a commitment to level 1
trauma center requirements, what level of trauma center could best act as a regional
trauma center?
✔✔surveilance - ✔✔the collection of data to identify the existence, significance, and
characteristics of disease is
✔✔the paramedic cannot control many of the factors that consume the golden period -
✔✔which statement concerning the golden period is true?
✔✔a bicycle-car-collision - ✔✔which moi would indicate the need to transport a child to
a trauma center?
✔✔evaluation - ✔✔in the public five-step health model, what step is the repeating of
surveillance in order to determine the effectiveness of an intervention?
✔✔specialty centers - ✔✔in addition to trauma centers, certain medical facilities offer
very specific procedures for the treatment of trauma victims, these hospitals are
designated as
✔✔pre-event factors - ✔✔contributory factors that occur prior to an event and result in
trauma are known as
✔✔qi commitees - ✔✔trauma triage criteria application, field skill performance, and
response times are various system aspects studied by
,✔✔gcs, blood pressure, and respiratory rate - ✔✔which items are initially considered
step one as part of the cdc guidelines for field triage of injured patients?
✔✔surveillance - ✔✔which methodology provides initial data collection for injury
prevention, the trauma registry, and quality improvements?
✔✔the mechanism of injury - ✔✔as you approach a scene, you note a male patient
lying unconscious next to a stepladder that has overturned. bystanders indicate that
none of them actually saw what happened. you determine to proceed as if the patient
has fallen from the stepladder. the fall would then be condisdered
✔✔blunt trauma - ✔✔which mechanism is said to occur when the energy of a non
penetrating injury to the chest cavity damages tissue?
✔✔evaluation - ✔✔which of the following is the only way to determine which patient
care procedures benefit trauma patients?
✔✔the ideal time frame from time of injury until surgery - ✔✔which of the following is the
best definition of the golden period?
✔✔1 - ✔✔which level of trauma facility can provide neurosurgery, microsurgery, and
care for multisystem trauma?
✔✔disease - ✔✔modern medicine treats trauma as a
✔✔highway safety act of 1966 - ✔✔which of the following acts resulted in the
development of modern ems systems?
✔✔2 - ✔✔a trauma center that has surgical care capability available at all times and can
handle all but the most seriously injured specialty and multisystme trauma patients is a
level ___ trauma center
✔✔critical - ✔✔you assess a trauma patient who has an airway that cannot be
maintained or secured. how should this patient be classified?
✔✔intervention - ✔✔establishment of educational programs and imporved auto
technology are examples of which part of the public health model?
✔✔a 22-year-old with bilateral open femur fractures - ✔✔which of the following patients
does not require specialty-center capabilities beyond that offered by a trauma center?
✔✔chest pain - ✔✔which of the following is not an example of trauma?
, ✔✔anticipate your patients injuries - ✔✔the purpose of determining the mechanism of
injury and the index of suspicion for the trauma patient at the same time is to allow you
to
✔✔a 47-year-old involved in a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the death of his
passenger - ✔✔which of the following requires immediate transport to a trauma center?
✔✔index of suspicion - ✔✔which of the following is a mental summation of suspected
injuries based on the event analysis?
✔✔patients with controlled bleeding from a laceration to the right forearm from a glass
cut - ✔✔which of the following trauma patients would be classified as stable?
✔✔seventy-mile-per-hour motor vehicle crash with partial ejection - ✔✔which of the
following mechanisms would yield the greatest index of suspicion for serious injury?
✔✔initiate transport immediately, delaying more extensive care until you are en route. -
✔✔upon arriving on a scene where the mechanism of injury indicates a potentially life-
threatening injury, you should employ which of the following interventions to best help
deliver the care that is needed?
✔✔combative trauma patient - ✔✔which of the following patients is not a candidate for
air medical?
✔✔motor vehicle crashes - ✔✔which of the following accounts for the highest number of
trauma deaths in the united states of america?
✔✔3 - ✔✔which level of trauma facility has minimal surgical support but can stabilize
before transferring to a higher-level trauma facility?
✔✔most patients with life-threatening trauma will have sustained external injury to the
extremities - ✔✔which of the following statements about trauma is false?
✔✔call for air medical transport, if indicated - ✔✔which of the following is an acceptable
way of reducing prehospital time to maximize the use of the golden period for trauma
patients?
✔✔vital signs, systolic blood pressure 80, respiratory rate of 8 - ✔✔which of the
following physical findings indicates the need for immediate transport?
✔✔providing surgical interventions to stop hemorrhage - ✔✔as a paramedic, your role
in trauma care consists of all of the following, except
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔surveillance - ✔✔the only way to recognize which trauma care practices benefit
patients is
✔✔trauma registry - ✔✔what is the health care surveillance process utilized in trauma
systems called?
✔✔the trauma registry - ✔✔identification of factors that lessen or increase trauma
patient survival is a benefit of
✔✔the nearest appropriate trauma center is an hour away by ground transport -
✔✔which factor might warrant a call for air medical service?
✔✔implementation - ✔✔in the public health care model, the act of placing a particular
intervention into practice is called?
✔✔level 2 - ✔✔when population density does not permit a commitment to level 1
trauma center requirements, what level of trauma center could best act as a regional
trauma center?
✔✔surveilance - ✔✔the collection of data to identify the existence, significance, and
characteristics of disease is
✔✔the paramedic cannot control many of the factors that consume the golden period -
✔✔which statement concerning the golden period is true?
✔✔a bicycle-car-collision - ✔✔which moi would indicate the need to transport a child to
a trauma center?
✔✔evaluation - ✔✔in the public five-step health model, what step is the repeating of
surveillance in order to determine the effectiveness of an intervention?
✔✔specialty centers - ✔✔in addition to trauma centers, certain medical facilities offer
very specific procedures for the treatment of trauma victims, these hospitals are
designated as
✔✔pre-event factors - ✔✔contributory factors that occur prior to an event and result in
trauma are known as
✔✔qi commitees - ✔✔trauma triage criteria application, field skill performance, and
response times are various system aspects studied by
,✔✔gcs, blood pressure, and respiratory rate - ✔✔which items are initially considered
step one as part of the cdc guidelines for field triage of injured patients?
✔✔surveillance - ✔✔which methodology provides initial data collection for injury
prevention, the trauma registry, and quality improvements?
✔✔the mechanism of injury - ✔✔as you approach a scene, you note a male patient
lying unconscious next to a stepladder that has overturned. bystanders indicate that
none of them actually saw what happened. you determine to proceed as if the patient
has fallen from the stepladder. the fall would then be condisdered
✔✔blunt trauma - ✔✔which mechanism is said to occur when the energy of a non
penetrating injury to the chest cavity damages tissue?
✔✔evaluation - ✔✔which of the following is the only way to determine which patient
care procedures benefit trauma patients?
✔✔the ideal time frame from time of injury until surgery - ✔✔which of the following is the
best definition of the golden period?
✔✔1 - ✔✔which level of trauma facility can provide neurosurgery, microsurgery, and
care for multisystem trauma?
✔✔disease - ✔✔modern medicine treats trauma as a
✔✔highway safety act of 1966 - ✔✔which of the following acts resulted in the
development of modern ems systems?
✔✔2 - ✔✔a trauma center that has surgical care capability available at all times and can
handle all but the most seriously injured specialty and multisystme trauma patients is a
level ___ trauma center
✔✔critical - ✔✔you assess a trauma patient who has an airway that cannot be
maintained or secured. how should this patient be classified?
✔✔intervention - ✔✔establishment of educational programs and imporved auto
technology are examples of which part of the public health model?
✔✔a 22-year-old with bilateral open femur fractures - ✔✔which of the following patients
does not require specialty-center capabilities beyond that offered by a trauma center?
✔✔chest pain - ✔✔which of the following is not an example of trauma?
, ✔✔anticipate your patients injuries - ✔✔the purpose of determining the mechanism of
injury and the index of suspicion for the trauma patient at the same time is to allow you
to
✔✔a 47-year-old involved in a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the death of his
passenger - ✔✔which of the following requires immediate transport to a trauma center?
✔✔index of suspicion - ✔✔which of the following is a mental summation of suspected
injuries based on the event analysis?
✔✔patients with controlled bleeding from a laceration to the right forearm from a glass
cut - ✔✔which of the following trauma patients would be classified as stable?
✔✔seventy-mile-per-hour motor vehicle crash with partial ejection - ✔✔which of the
following mechanisms would yield the greatest index of suspicion for serious injury?
✔✔initiate transport immediately, delaying more extensive care until you are en route. -
✔✔upon arriving on a scene where the mechanism of injury indicates a potentially life-
threatening injury, you should employ which of the following interventions to best help
deliver the care that is needed?
✔✔combative trauma patient - ✔✔which of the following patients is not a candidate for
air medical?
✔✔motor vehicle crashes - ✔✔which of the following accounts for the highest number of
trauma deaths in the united states of america?
✔✔3 - ✔✔which level of trauma facility has minimal surgical support but can stabilize
before transferring to a higher-level trauma facility?
✔✔most patients with life-threatening trauma will have sustained external injury to the
extremities - ✔✔which of the following statements about trauma is false?
✔✔call for air medical transport, if indicated - ✔✔which of the following is an acceptable
way of reducing prehospital time to maximize the use of the golden period for trauma
patients?
✔✔vital signs, systolic blood pressure 80, respiratory rate of 8 - ✔✔which of the
following physical findings indicates the need for immediate transport?
✔✔providing surgical interventions to stop hemorrhage - ✔✔as a paramedic, your role
in trauma care consists of all of the following, except
