EMT Basic Trauma Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the best way to manage a fractured femur in the field?
✔✔ Apply a traction splint if no pelvic injury is suspected.
What is the treatment for a patient who has been struck by lightning?
✔✔ Assess for cardiac arrest and begin CPR if needed.
What is the best way to reduce the chance of further injury in a trauma patient during transport?
✔✔ Fully immobilize the patient and drive cautiously.
A trauma patient with low blood pressure, distended neck veins, and muffled heart sounds may
have what condition?
✔✔ Cardiac tamponade.
What is the most important reason to assess for bilateral breath sounds in a trauma patient?
✔✔ To identify possible pneumothorax or other chest injuries.
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,What is the danger of long delays on scene during trauma calls?
✔✔ Worsening of internal bleeding and shock.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale used for in trauma patients?
✔✔ To assess level of consciousness and neurological function.
What is the best way to manage facial trauma that causes airway obstruction?
✔✔ Suction the airway and maintain patency with manual techniques or adjuncts.
A trauma patient has a broken tooth and is bleeding from the mouth. What should you do?
✔✔ Position the patient to allow drainage and prevent aspiration.
A patient with blunt trauma to the chest is breathing fast, has low oxygen, and unequal chest rise.
What do you suspect?
✔✔ Pneumothorax or hemothorax.
When assessing a trauma patient, when is the rapid trauma exam performed?
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,✔✔ After the primary assessment and before transport, if time allows.
How should you treat a bleeding scalp wound?
✔✔ Apply direct pressure unless there is a suspected skull fracture.
What is the biggest risk of not properly splinting a fracture in the field?
✔✔ Further tissue damage, bleeding, or nerve injury.
If a patient falls from a significant height and lands on their feet, what other injuries should be
suspected?
✔✔ Spine, pelvis, and internal injuries.
What is the first priority when treating a trauma patient?
✔✔ Ensure scene safety.
What is the best way to stop external bleeding from an open wound?
✔✔ Apply direct pressure with a sterile dressing.
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, A patient has a suspected spinal injury. What should you do before moving them?
✔✔ Manually stabilize the head and neck in a neutral, in-line position.
What is the most serious complication of an open chest wound?
✔✔ A sucking chest wound leading to a tension pneumothorax.
What is the most common early sign of internal bleeding?
✔✔ Signs of shock such as rapid pulse and pale, cool skin.
When should a tourniquet be applied in the field?
✔✔ When direct pressure fails to control life-threatening bleeding from an extremity.
How should you manage a nosebleed in a responsive patient?
✔✔ Have the patient sit forward and pinch the nostrils.
What is the first step in treating a burn patient?
✔✔ Remove the patient from the source of the burn.
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the best way to manage a fractured femur in the field?
✔✔ Apply a traction splint if no pelvic injury is suspected.
What is the treatment for a patient who has been struck by lightning?
✔✔ Assess for cardiac arrest and begin CPR if needed.
What is the best way to reduce the chance of further injury in a trauma patient during transport?
✔✔ Fully immobilize the patient and drive cautiously.
A trauma patient with low blood pressure, distended neck veins, and muffled heart sounds may
have what condition?
✔✔ Cardiac tamponade.
What is the most important reason to assess for bilateral breath sounds in a trauma patient?
✔✔ To identify possible pneumothorax or other chest injuries.
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,What is the danger of long delays on scene during trauma calls?
✔✔ Worsening of internal bleeding and shock.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale used for in trauma patients?
✔✔ To assess level of consciousness and neurological function.
What is the best way to manage facial trauma that causes airway obstruction?
✔✔ Suction the airway and maintain patency with manual techniques or adjuncts.
A trauma patient has a broken tooth and is bleeding from the mouth. What should you do?
✔✔ Position the patient to allow drainage and prevent aspiration.
A patient with blunt trauma to the chest is breathing fast, has low oxygen, and unequal chest rise.
What do you suspect?
✔✔ Pneumothorax or hemothorax.
When assessing a trauma patient, when is the rapid trauma exam performed?
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,✔✔ After the primary assessment and before transport, if time allows.
How should you treat a bleeding scalp wound?
✔✔ Apply direct pressure unless there is a suspected skull fracture.
What is the biggest risk of not properly splinting a fracture in the field?
✔✔ Further tissue damage, bleeding, or nerve injury.
If a patient falls from a significant height and lands on their feet, what other injuries should be
suspected?
✔✔ Spine, pelvis, and internal injuries.
What is the first priority when treating a trauma patient?
✔✔ Ensure scene safety.
What is the best way to stop external bleeding from an open wound?
✔✔ Apply direct pressure with a sterile dressing.
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, A patient has a suspected spinal injury. What should you do before moving them?
✔✔ Manually stabilize the head and neck in a neutral, in-line position.
What is the most serious complication of an open chest wound?
✔✔ A sucking chest wound leading to a tension pneumothorax.
What is the most common early sign of internal bleeding?
✔✔ Signs of shock such as rapid pulse and pale, cool skin.
When should a tourniquet be applied in the field?
✔✔ When direct pressure fails to control life-threatening bleeding from an extremity.
How should you manage a nosebleed in a responsive patient?
✔✔ Have the patient sit forward and pinch the nostrils.
What is the first step in treating a burn patient?
✔✔ Remove the patient from the source of the burn.
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