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You and your partner are on the scene of an emergency. You are
providing manual stabilization to a patient with a suspected head and
neck injury. Suddenly the patient begins to vomit. Which of the
following should you do?
Ans: Call to your partner to assist you in log rolling the patient
while maintaining manual stabilization
You need to stabilize a patient's head and neck. The patient's head is
turned sharply to the right. Which of the following should you do?
Ans: Maintain the head in the position found.
You are applying a rigid device to limit movement of a patient's head
and neck. You are applying which of the following?
Ans: Cervical collar
You suspect that a patient has a head and neck injury. The patient is
lying on his back, and you determine that you need to perform manual
stabilization. Which of the following should you do first?
Ans: Place your hands on both sides of the patient's head.
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You suspect that a patient has a head injury after bystanders report
that he fell off a ladder from the second story of a home. The patient is
breathing. Which of the following is the priority action?
Ans: Stabilizing the patient's head and neck
You are providing care to a patient with a thermal burn injury. The
patient has been removed from the source of the burn. You prepare to
act, focusing on which of the following as the priority?
Ans: Cooling the burned area
Your physical exam reveals that a burn patient has visible burns around
his mouth and portions of his face. You should be alert for which of the
following?
Ans: Airway obstruction
When providing care to a minor open wound, which of the following
should you do first?
Ans: Place a sterile dressing over the wound.
You arrive at the scene of an emergency in which a 35-year-old man
caught his hand in the blades of a lawn mower. Two of his fingers are
completely severed, and a third finger is partially severed and is
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hanging loosely. You should identify the partially severed finger as
which of the following?
Ans: Avulsion
You arrive on the scene of a collapsed building. One of the workers is
trapped in the debris. His right leg is caught between two large pieces
of cinder block. You should identify this as which type of injury?
Ans: crush injury
venous bleeding
Ans: Bleeding from a vein, which is characterized by dark red
or maroon blood and a steady, easy-to-control flow.
A patient is experiencing severe external bleeding from an open wound
in his thigh. You expect to compress the pressure point at which arter
Ans: femoral
You have used direct pressure to an open bleeding wound and have
applied sterile dressings and a bandage. You now notice that blood has
soaked through the initial dressings and bandage. Which of the
following should you do next?
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