EMS 131 Exam 3 Questions with Complete
Solutions
Which of the following bones is found in the chest? Sternum
Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of musculoskeletal injury? Extensive force
Which of the following is an injury to the musculature of an extremity? Strain
Which of the following BEST describes the compartment syndrome? A serious condition
caused by the bleeding and swelling from a fracture or crush injury that becomes so strong that
the body can no longer perfuse the tissues against that pressure
Your patient is a 60-year-old woman who stepped off a curb and injured her ankle. Your exam
shows that her left ankle is swollen and painful. Which of the following should you do?
Explain to the patient that you cannot tell if her ankle is sprained or fractured until she is
X-rayed at the emergency department, then splint the ankle.
, Which of the following is NOT a benefit of splinting an injury to bones and connective tissues?
B. It prevents an open fracture from becoming a closed fracture.
Your patient is a 3-year-old girl who is unable to move her elbow after her mother picked her up
by the forearm. Proper splinting of this injury would be to immobilize from the ________ to the
________. Forearm; humerus
The maxillae form which of the following structures? Upper jaw
Messages from the body to the brain are carried by which of the following types of nerves?
Sensory
Which of the following is a function of the autonomic nervous system? Constriction of
blood vessels
To which of the following sections of the spine are the ribs attached? Thoracic
As pressure within the cranium increases, which of the following is the result? Increases
blood pressure, decreases heart rate
Solutions
Which of the following bones is found in the chest? Sternum
Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of musculoskeletal injury? Extensive force
Which of the following is an injury to the musculature of an extremity? Strain
Which of the following BEST describes the compartment syndrome? A serious condition
caused by the bleeding and swelling from a fracture or crush injury that becomes so strong that
the body can no longer perfuse the tissues against that pressure
Your patient is a 60-year-old woman who stepped off a curb and injured her ankle. Your exam
shows that her left ankle is swollen and painful. Which of the following should you do?
Explain to the patient that you cannot tell if her ankle is sprained or fractured until she is
X-rayed at the emergency department, then splint the ankle.
, Which of the following is NOT a benefit of splinting an injury to bones and connective tissues?
B. It prevents an open fracture from becoming a closed fracture.
Your patient is a 3-year-old girl who is unable to move her elbow after her mother picked her up
by the forearm. Proper splinting of this injury would be to immobilize from the ________ to the
________. Forearm; humerus
The maxillae form which of the following structures? Upper jaw
Messages from the body to the brain are carried by which of the following types of nerves?
Sensory
Which of the following is a function of the autonomic nervous system? Constriction of
blood vessels
To which of the following sections of the spine are the ribs attached? Thoracic
As pressure within the cranium increases, which of the following is the result? Increases
blood pressure, decreases heart rate
