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Paramedic Care: Principles & Practice, 6th edition
Volume 4: Trauma Emergencies
(Bledsoe)Chapter 1 to 11

, Volume 4: Trauma Emergencies


Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Trauma and Trauma Systems

Chapter 2: Mechanism of Injury

Chapter 3: Hemorrhage and Shock

Chapter 4: Soft-Tissue Trauma

Chapter 5: Burns

Chapter 6: Head, Neck, and Spinal Trauma

Chapter 7: Chest Trauma

Chapter 8: Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma

Chapter 9: Orthopedic Trauma

Chapter 10: Environmental Trauma

Chapter 11: Special Considerations in Trauma

,Volume 4: Trauma Emergencies
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Chapter 1: Trauma and Trauma Systems
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1) The purpose of determining the mechanism of injury and the index of suspicion for the trauma
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Tpatient at the same time is to allow you to:
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A) decide whether to transport the patient.
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 9-10
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
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TObjective: 7 T




2) Which of the following accounts for the highest number of trauma deaths in the United States of
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
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3) Which of the following acts resulted in the development of modern EMS systems?
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D) The Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1990
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
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4) In addition to handling all types of specialty trauma, which level of trauma center provides
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Tcontinuing medical and public education programs?
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 7-8
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
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, 5) Upon arriving on a scene where the mechanism of injury indicates a potentially life- threatening
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Tinjury, you should employ which of the following interventions to best help deliver the care that is
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C) Ask a surgeon to respond to the scene.
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D) Call immediately for air medical transport to reduce the "Golden Period."
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 13
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
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TObjective: 7 T




6) Which of the following physical findings indicates the need for immediate transport?
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A) Vital signs: systolic blood pressure 80, respiratory rate 8
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C) Second-degree burns involving 9 percent of total body surface area in an adult patient
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11-12
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
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7) Which of the following requires immediate transport to a trauma center?
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A) A 40-year-old who fell 12 feet from a garage roof with a radius fracture
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B) A 36-year-old woman in a motor vehicle crash who has a blood pressure of 100/60
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C) A 22-year-old soccer player with lower leg pain
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D) A 47-year-old involved in a motor vehicle crash that resulted in the death of his passenger
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Answer: D T


Diff: 2 Page Ref: 12
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
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8) As a paramedic, your role in trauma care consists of all of the following, EXCEPT:
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A) providing rapid transport to appropriate facilities.
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C) providing care to seriously injured trauma patients.
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D) providing surgical interventions to stop hemorrhage.
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Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3
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Standard: Trauma (Trauma Overview)
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