PHED 225 final exam questions with correct
answers
Types of factures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Closed - Leave the skin unbroken and are the most
common type.
2. Open - Occur when the skin over the fracture sight is broken. Bones are not necessarily visible
though, but can be.
Dislocation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Is a displacement or separation of a bone from its normal
position at a joint.
Immobilize using a splint if you need to move the victim.
Check for circulation before and after splinting.
Do not move, straighten, or bend the affected body part.
Sprains - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a partial or complete tearing or stretching of ligaments and
other tissues at a joint.
can sometimes be more disabling than a fracture.
Strains - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-stretching or tearing of muscle fibers or tendons.
RICE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation (unless you suspect a fracture)
, 3 types of splinting - examples of each - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rigid splint- wood
soft splint- blanket, pillow, etc
anatomic splint- buddy tape with another part
heat cramps - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Painful spasms of skeletal muscles.
They are caused ( they think) by loss of fluid and salt from heavy sweating.
Usually occurs after heavy exercise.
Body temp. is usually normal and the skin is moist
Treating Heat Cramps - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Lightly stretch the muscle
Massage the muscle
Provide cool water or a commercial sports drink to replace electrolytes lost in sweating
They should rest and should be fine and able to resume activity when the cramps subside
heat exhaustion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Most common form of heat-related illness
Early indication that the body's temp. regulating system is becoming overtaxed.
Victim loses fluid through sweating, blood flow to skin increases, reducing blood flow to vital
organs, circulatory system is affected and the victim goes into a form of shock.
signs and treatment of heat exhaustion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cool, moist, pale, or flushed
skin; heavy sweating; headache nausea or vomiting; dizziness; and exhaustion.
Call 911
Cool the body quickly - apply ice if available to armpits, groin and neck area to cool large blood
vessels.
frost bite - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Is a freezing of the body tissues
answers
Types of factures - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Closed - Leave the skin unbroken and are the most
common type.
2. Open - Occur when the skin over the fracture sight is broken. Bones are not necessarily visible
though, but can be.
Dislocation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Is a displacement or separation of a bone from its normal
position at a joint.
Immobilize using a splint if you need to move the victim.
Check for circulation before and after splinting.
Do not move, straighten, or bend the affected body part.
Sprains - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is a partial or complete tearing or stretching of ligaments and
other tissues at a joint.
can sometimes be more disabling than a fracture.
Strains - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-stretching or tearing of muscle fibers or tendons.
RICE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation (unless you suspect a fracture)
, 3 types of splinting - examples of each - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rigid splint- wood
soft splint- blanket, pillow, etc
anatomic splint- buddy tape with another part
heat cramps - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Painful spasms of skeletal muscles.
They are caused ( they think) by loss of fluid and salt from heavy sweating.
Usually occurs after heavy exercise.
Body temp. is usually normal and the skin is moist
Treating Heat Cramps - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Lightly stretch the muscle
Massage the muscle
Provide cool water or a commercial sports drink to replace electrolytes lost in sweating
They should rest and should be fine and able to resume activity when the cramps subside
heat exhaustion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Most common form of heat-related illness
Early indication that the body's temp. regulating system is becoming overtaxed.
Victim loses fluid through sweating, blood flow to skin increases, reducing blood flow to vital
organs, circulatory system is affected and the victim goes into a form of shock.
signs and treatment of heat exhaustion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cool, moist, pale, or flushed
skin; heavy sweating; headache nausea or vomiting; dizziness; and exhaustion.
Call 911
Cool the body quickly - apply ice if available to armpits, groin and neck area to cool large blood
vessels.
frost bite - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Is a freezing of the body tissues
