EMT CH 24 - Trauma Overview UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
arterial air embolism - CORRECT ANSWER - Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels.
blunt trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - An impact on the body by objects that cause injury
without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities.
Cavitation - CORRECT ANSWER - A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate
pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path.
coup-contrecoup injury - CORRECT ANSWER - Dual impacting of the brain into the skull;
coup injury occurs at the point of impact; contrecoup injury occurs on the opposite side of
impact, as the brain rebounds.
Deceleration - CORRECT ANSWER - The slowing of an object.
Drag - CORRECT ANSWER - Resistance that slows a projectile, such as air.
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score - CORRECT ANSWER - An evaluation tool used to
determine level of consciousness, which evaluates and assigns point values (scores) for eye
opening, verbal response, and motor response, which are then totaled; effective in helping predict
patient outcomes.
index of suspicion - CORRECT ANSWER - Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries
may exist when determining the mechanism of injury.
kinetic energy - CORRECT ANSWER - The energy of a moving object.
, mechanism of injury (MOI) - CORRECT ANSWER - The way in which traumatic injuries
occur; the forces that act on the body to cause damage.
medical emergencies - CORRECT ANSWER - Emergencies that require EMS attention
because of illnesses or conditions not caused by an outside force.
multisystem trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - Trauma that affects more than one body system.
penetrating trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - Injury caused by objects, such as knives and
bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and organs.
potential energy - CORRECT ANSWER - The product of mass, gravity, and height, which is
converted into kinetic energy and results in injury, such as from a fall.
Projectile - CORRECT ANSWER - Any object propelled by force, such as a bullet by a
weapon.
pulmonary blast injuries - CORRECT ANSWER - Pulmonary trauma resulting from short-
range exposure to the detonation of explosives.
Revised Trauma Score (RTS) - CORRECT ANSWER - A scoring system used for patients
with head trauma.
Trajectory - CORRECT ANSWER - The path a projectile takes once it is propelled.
trauma emergencies - CORRECT ANSWER - Emergencies that are the result of physical
forces applied to a patient's body.
trauma score - CORRECT ANSWER - A score that relates to the likelihood of patient survival
with the exception of a severe head injury. It calculates a number from 1 to 16, with 16 being the
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
arterial air embolism - CORRECT ANSWER - Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels.
blunt trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - An impact on the body by objects that cause injury
without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities.
Cavitation - CORRECT ANSWER - A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate
pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path.
coup-contrecoup injury - CORRECT ANSWER - Dual impacting of the brain into the skull;
coup injury occurs at the point of impact; contrecoup injury occurs on the opposite side of
impact, as the brain rebounds.
Deceleration - CORRECT ANSWER - The slowing of an object.
Drag - CORRECT ANSWER - Resistance that slows a projectile, such as air.
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score - CORRECT ANSWER - An evaluation tool used to
determine level of consciousness, which evaluates and assigns point values (scores) for eye
opening, verbal response, and motor response, which are then totaled; effective in helping predict
patient outcomes.
index of suspicion - CORRECT ANSWER - Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries
may exist when determining the mechanism of injury.
kinetic energy - CORRECT ANSWER - The energy of a moving object.
, mechanism of injury (MOI) - CORRECT ANSWER - The way in which traumatic injuries
occur; the forces that act on the body to cause damage.
medical emergencies - CORRECT ANSWER - Emergencies that require EMS attention
because of illnesses or conditions not caused by an outside force.
multisystem trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - Trauma that affects more than one body system.
penetrating trauma - CORRECT ANSWER - Injury caused by objects, such as knives and
bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and organs.
potential energy - CORRECT ANSWER - The product of mass, gravity, and height, which is
converted into kinetic energy and results in injury, such as from a fall.
Projectile - CORRECT ANSWER - Any object propelled by force, such as a bullet by a
weapon.
pulmonary blast injuries - CORRECT ANSWER - Pulmonary trauma resulting from short-
range exposure to the detonation of explosives.
Revised Trauma Score (RTS) - CORRECT ANSWER - A scoring system used for patients
with head trauma.
Trajectory - CORRECT ANSWER - The path a projectile takes once it is propelled.
trauma emergencies - CORRECT ANSWER - Emergencies that are the result of physical
forces applied to a patient's body.
trauma score - CORRECT ANSWER - A score that relates to the likelihood of patient survival
with the exception of a severe head injury. It calculates a number from 1 to 16, with 16 being the
