EMT Student Workbook (Chapter 24)
Trauma Overview Exam Questions With
100% Correct Answers 2025
Your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and
unseen injuries or illness is called the: -
correct answer ✅Index of suspicion. 847.
The energy of a moving object is called -
correct answer ✅kinetic energy. 848.
Energy can be? -
correct answer ✅converted from one form to another. 848
The amount of kinetic energy that is converted to do work on the
body dictates the "BLANK" of the injury? -
correct answer ✅Severity. 849
The three collisions in a typical impact are: -
correct answer ✅1) The collision of a car against another car, tree,
or another object. 2) The collision of the passenger against the
interior of the car. 3) The collision of the passenger's internal organs
against the solid structures of the body. 850-1
, EMT Student Workbook (Chapter 24)
Trauma Overview Exam Questions With
100% Correct Answers 2025
Medium velocity penetrating injuries may be caused by a -
correct answer ✅Hand gun. 861.
What is a compression injury? -
correct answer ✅A compression fracture is a type of fracture or
break in your vertebrae. The vertebrae are the bones in your back
that are stacked on top of each other to make your spine. Your
spine supports your weight, allows you to move, and protects your
spinal cord and the nerves that go from it to the rest of your body.
What is the mechanism of injury? -
correct answer ✅What caused the injury.
What us the most common cause of death from a blast injury? -
correct answer ✅Head trauma. 863.
What is a primary blast injury? -
correct answer ✅Primary blast injury occurs when the blast wave
hits the body. Air-filled organs, such as the ears, lungs, stomach,
and intestines are particularly at risk for blast injuries. This is also
true for organs that are surrounded by fluid, such as the brain and
the spine.
Trauma Overview Exam Questions With
100% Correct Answers 2025
Your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and
unseen injuries or illness is called the: -
correct answer ✅Index of suspicion. 847.
The energy of a moving object is called -
correct answer ✅kinetic energy. 848.
Energy can be? -
correct answer ✅converted from one form to another. 848
The amount of kinetic energy that is converted to do work on the
body dictates the "BLANK" of the injury? -
correct answer ✅Severity. 849
The three collisions in a typical impact are: -
correct answer ✅1) The collision of a car against another car, tree,
or another object. 2) The collision of the passenger against the
interior of the car. 3) The collision of the passenger's internal organs
against the solid structures of the body. 850-1
, EMT Student Workbook (Chapter 24)
Trauma Overview Exam Questions With
100% Correct Answers 2025
Medium velocity penetrating injuries may be caused by a -
correct answer ✅Hand gun. 861.
What is a compression injury? -
correct answer ✅A compression fracture is a type of fracture or
break in your vertebrae. The vertebrae are the bones in your back
that are stacked on top of each other to make your spine. Your
spine supports your weight, allows you to move, and protects your
spinal cord and the nerves that go from it to the rest of your body.
What is the mechanism of injury? -
correct answer ✅What caused the injury.
What us the most common cause of death from a blast injury? -
correct answer ✅Head trauma. 863.
What is a primary blast injury? -
correct answer ✅Primary blast injury occurs when the blast wave
hits the body. Air-filled organs, such as the ears, lungs, stomach,
and intestines are particularly at risk for blast injuries. This is also
true for organs that are surrounded by fluid, such as the brain and
the spine.
