EMD 197 CH 15 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
You respond to a motor vehicle collision and find a patient with an altered mental status and
angulated left femur; the other driver is deceased. Your closest trauma centre is 45 minutes away.
Which of the following would you do next?
Apply a traction splint.
Request ALS personnel.
Transport the patient to a local medical clinic for evaluation by a physician.
Perform a detailed physical exam. ANSW✅✅Request ALS personnel
For which of the following patient is a focused physical examination appropriate? ANSW✅✅A 25-
year-old female with a history of asthma and who is complaining of difficulty breathing
What is a surgical opening in the wall of the abdomen with a plastic bag in place to collect digestive
waste? ANSW✅✅colostomy
Your patient is a 45-year-old female who complains of "twisting her ankle" when she slipped on a
patch of ice. Which of the following is not appropriate? ANSW✅✅Detailed physical exam
When assessing a 14-year-old male patient that has been involved in a bicycle accident, you notice
that he has a small amount of blood coming from his left forearm. This observation is known as
which of the following? ANSW✅✅sign
Which of the following situations is most likely to result in hidden or unsuspected injury?
ANSW✅✅Seat belt use by the vehicle occupants
Your patient is an unresponsive 40-year-old woman. Which of the following should you do first?
ANSW✅✅Perform a rapid physical exam.
You respond to the scene of a motor vehicle crash to find a middle-aged man on a long spine board
being cared for by first responding firefighters. He appears to be bleeding from his head and he is
unconscious. You should check the car for: ANSW✅✅A bent steering wheel or starred windshield.
, Which of the following is not a purpose of a rapid trauma assessment? ANSW✅✅To focus care on
specific injuries
Your patient is a 24-year-old female who swallows a handful of pills of unknown type. Although she
was initially alert and oriented with no complaints, you note that she is now beginning to slur her
words and is becoming progressively lethargic. What is the highest priority in dealing with this
patient? ANSW✅✅Maintaining an open airway
You are performing a rapid trauma assessment on an unresponsive 30-year-old male. As you
evaluate his head, which of the following should you check for? ANSW✅✅Crepitation
When checking breath sounds in a trauma patient, what should the EMT assess for first?
ANSW✅✅Presence and equality
Which of the following is another term for trauma? ANSW✅✅injury
You are assessing a 21-year-old female who was assaulted by an unknown person. She is
complaining of abdominal pain. As you perform a rapid assessment of her abdomen, you should
check for all of the following except: ANSW✅✅bowel sounds
An unconscious trauma patient should always be assumed to have which of the following types of
injury? ANSW✅✅Spine
Immediately following a rapid physical exam on an unresponsive medical patient, which of the
following should you do next? ANSW✅✅Obtain baseline vital signs.
If a patient complains of abdominal pain localized to a specific area of the abdomen, which of the
following techniques should be used to assess the abdomen? ANSW✅✅Palpate the painful area
last.
The patient was a driver in a lateral impact motor vehicle collision. During the assessment of his
chest, the EMT notes a segment of the chest wall moving in the opposite direction from the rest of
the chest. Which of the following BEST describes this finding?
A flutter segment
Tension pneumothorax
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
You respond to a motor vehicle collision and find a patient with an altered mental status and
angulated left femur; the other driver is deceased. Your closest trauma centre is 45 minutes away.
Which of the following would you do next?
Apply a traction splint.
Request ALS personnel.
Transport the patient to a local medical clinic for evaluation by a physician.
Perform a detailed physical exam. ANSW✅✅Request ALS personnel
For which of the following patient is a focused physical examination appropriate? ANSW✅✅A 25-
year-old female with a history of asthma and who is complaining of difficulty breathing
What is a surgical opening in the wall of the abdomen with a plastic bag in place to collect digestive
waste? ANSW✅✅colostomy
Your patient is a 45-year-old female who complains of "twisting her ankle" when she slipped on a
patch of ice. Which of the following is not appropriate? ANSW✅✅Detailed physical exam
When assessing a 14-year-old male patient that has been involved in a bicycle accident, you notice
that he has a small amount of blood coming from his left forearm. This observation is known as
which of the following? ANSW✅✅sign
Which of the following situations is most likely to result in hidden or unsuspected injury?
ANSW✅✅Seat belt use by the vehicle occupants
Your patient is an unresponsive 40-year-old woman. Which of the following should you do first?
ANSW✅✅Perform a rapid physical exam.
You respond to the scene of a motor vehicle crash to find a middle-aged man on a long spine board
being cared for by first responding firefighters. He appears to be bleeding from his head and he is
unconscious. You should check the car for: ANSW✅✅A bent steering wheel or starred windshield.
, Which of the following is not a purpose of a rapid trauma assessment? ANSW✅✅To focus care on
specific injuries
Your patient is a 24-year-old female who swallows a handful of pills of unknown type. Although she
was initially alert and oriented with no complaints, you note that she is now beginning to slur her
words and is becoming progressively lethargic. What is the highest priority in dealing with this
patient? ANSW✅✅Maintaining an open airway
You are performing a rapid trauma assessment on an unresponsive 30-year-old male. As you
evaluate his head, which of the following should you check for? ANSW✅✅Crepitation
When checking breath sounds in a trauma patient, what should the EMT assess for first?
ANSW✅✅Presence and equality
Which of the following is another term for trauma? ANSW✅✅injury
You are assessing a 21-year-old female who was assaulted by an unknown person. She is
complaining of abdominal pain. As you perform a rapid assessment of her abdomen, you should
check for all of the following except: ANSW✅✅bowel sounds
An unconscious trauma patient should always be assumed to have which of the following types of
injury? ANSW✅✅Spine
Immediately following a rapid physical exam on an unresponsive medical patient, which of the
following should you do next? ANSW✅✅Obtain baseline vital signs.
If a patient complains of abdominal pain localized to a specific area of the abdomen, which of the
following techniques should be used to assess the abdomen? ANSW✅✅Palpate the painful area
last.
The patient was a driver in a lateral impact motor vehicle collision. During the assessment of his
chest, the EMT notes a segment of the chest wall moving in the opposite direction from the rest of
the chest. Which of the following BEST describes this finding?
A flutter segment
Tension pneumothorax
