EMT TRAUMA EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Your patient is unconscious after being stuck on the head with a lead pipe. In a
patient with severe head injury, you would expect his pupils to be unreactive or -
ANSWER-Unequal
Your assessment of a trauma patient finds that the patient suffered severe trauma to
the lower jaw after a fall. Due to your findings you begin to place the patient in a
spinal immobilization. Your decisions do this is based on which of the following
statements
- spinal immobilization should be done in patients who sustain trauma above the
clavicle
- Trauma to the lower jaw can be immobilized by other a cervical collar
- Using a cervical collar assists in moving the patient to a softer stretcher
- cervical spine immobilization is the protocol for all patients who have suffered
trauma - ANSWER-A
Place the following steps in the correct order for assessing a trauma patient with
significant mechanism of injury
1. Sample history
2. Rapid trauma assessment
3. Reconsider the MOI
4. Vital signs - ANSWER-3,2,4,1
As you can assess a patient from a motor cycle collision, you would start at the head
and look for which of the following signs of injury
- tenderness
- deformities
- abrasions
- all the above - ANSWER-D
You respond to a multiple trauma patient at the scene of a motor cycle collision. On
arrival, you find a 26 year old male with large bruises to his abdomen above the liver,
distended abdomen, bleeding from the mouth, deformity to the left lower extremity,
and signs of shock. These types of findings are indicative of - ANSWER-Severe
internal bleeding
You are assigned to a motor vehicle collision. On arrival, you find the 56 year old
male driver of the automobile has a flap of skin hanging from his head. This injury
occurred when the mans head hit the windshield of the car during the collision. This
type of injury is called
- abrasion
- contusion
- laceration
- avulsion - ANSWER-D
, You are a treating a patient who has a gunshot wound to the right upper chest. The
patient is complaining of difficulty breathing on your assessment, you find that the
wound makes a characteristic sucking sound when the patient breaths. The
treatment of this type of injury includes all of the following except
- administering of high concentration oxygen
- splinting of the chest using the right arm
- application of an occlusive dressing to the injury site
- monitoring of breath sounds for diminished sounds on the injured side - ANSWER-
B
Which of the following is NOT part of the treatment of an abdominal evisceration
- administering high oxygen concentration
- application of an occlusive dressing
- application of a dry sterile dressing
- application of a moist sterile dressing - ANSWER-C
The maximum time for an EMT should remain on scene with critical trauma patient is
- ANSWER-10 minutes
Which of the following is NOT a layer of skin
- muscle
- Epidermis
- Dermis
- Subqutaneous - ANSWER-A
Which of the following is the best definition of a contusion
- a collection of blood under intact skin due to injury
- a large area of heavy bleeding under the skin
- an open area of screaming with oozing blood
- a large open wound with arterial bleeding - ANSWER-A
Which statement best describes the difference between a contusion and a
hematoma
- a hematoma occurs only in the brain
- there is no difference between the injuries
- a hematoma is less severe injury than a contusion
- a hematoma involves a larger area of injury than a contusion - ANSWER-D
Your patient has a long jagged, cut on his right arm. Which of the following best
describes this type of injury
- abrasion
- contusion
- laceration
- avulsion - ANSWER-C
After falling off his bicycle a 6 year old patient has multiple scrapes and scratches on
his arm and legs. This type of Injury is known as a
- abrasion
- contusion
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Your patient is unconscious after being stuck on the head with a lead pipe. In a
patient with severe head injury, you would expect his pupils to be unreactive or -
ANSWER-Unequal
Your assessment of a trauma patient finds that the patient suffered severe trauma to
the lower jaw after a fall. Due to your findings you begin to place the patient in a
spinal immobilization. Your decisions do this is based on which of the following
statements
- spinal immobilization should be done in patients who sustain trauma above the
clavicle
- Trauma to the lower jaw can be immobilized by other a cervical collar
- Using a cervical collar assists in moving the patient to a softer stretcher
- cervical spine immobilization is the protocol for all patients who have suffered
trauma - ANSWER-A
Place the following steps in the correct order for assessing a trauma patient with
significant mechanism of injury
1. Sample history
2. Rapid trauma assessment
3. Reconsider the MOI
4. Vital signs - ANSWER-3,2,4,1
As you can assess a patient from a motor cycle collision, you would start at the head
and look for which of the following signs of injury
- tenderness
- deformities
- abrasions
- all the above - ANSWER-D
You respond to a multiple trauma patient at the scene of a motor cycle collision. On
arrival, you find a 26 year old male with large bruises to his abdomen above the liver,
distended abdomen, bleeding from the mouth, deformity to the left lower extremity,
and signs of shock. These types of findings are indicative of - ANSWER-Severe
internal bleeding
You are assigned to a motor vehicle collision. On arrival, you find the 56 year old
male driver of the automobile has a flap of skin hanging from his head. This injury
occurred when the mans head hit the windshield of the car during the collision. This
type of injury is called
- abrasion
- contusion
- laceration
- avulsion - ANSWER-D
, You are a treating a patient who has a gunshot wound to the right upper chest. The
patient is complaining of difficulty breathing on your assessment, you find that the
wound makes a characteristic sucking sound when the patient breaths. The
treatment of this type of injury includes all of the following except
- administering of high concentration oxygen
- splinting of the chest using the right arm
- application of an occlusive dressing to the injury site
- monitoring of breath sounds for diminished sounds on the injured side - ANSWER-
B
Which of the following is NOT part of the treatment of an abdominal evisceration
- administering high oxygen concentration
- application of an occlusive dressing
- application of a dry sterile dressing
- application of a moist sterile dressing - ANSWER-C
The maximum time for an EMT should remain on scene with critical trauma patient is
- ANSWER-10 minutes
Which of the following is NOT a layer of skin
- muscle
- Epidermis
- Dermis
- Subqutaneous - ANSWER-A
Which of the following is the best definition of a contusion
- a collection of blood under intact skin due to injury
- a large area of heavy bleeding under the skin
- an open area of screaming with oozing blood
- a large open wound with arterial bleeding - ANSWER-A
Which statement best describes the difference between a contusion and a
hematoma
- a hematoma occurs only in the brain
- there is no difference between the injuries
- a hematoma is less severe injury than a contusion
- a hematoma involves a larger area of injury than a contusion - ANSWER-D
Your patient has a long jagged, cut on his right arm. Which of the following best
describes this type of injury
- abrasion
- contusion
- laceration
- avulsion - ANSWER-C
After falling off his bicycle a 6 year old patient has multiple scrapes and scratches on
his arm and legs. This type of Injury is known as a
- abrasion
- contusion
