EMT TRAUMA EXAM SCRIPT WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED A
◉ Patient has a head injury from a brick. He is moaning, has unequal
pupils, high BP, low HR. What condition is the patient presenting?
Answer: Cerebra Herniation
Note: Cushing's Triad
◉ You are splint a deformed humerus. You notice no distal pulse. What
do you do next? Answer: Loosen the splint and recheck MSPs.
◉ How do you handle arterial bleeding from a forearm laceration?
Answer: Tourniquet
◉ Patient falls 24 feet and lands on their side. They have trouble
breathing, bruising on the chest, holding their chest. What condition is
the patient presenting? Answer: Flail Segment
◉ A 25 year old male was involved in a head on MVC. The patient was
unrestrained, Days later the patient shows a distended abdomen and is
hot to the touch. His vital signs are normal. What condition is the patient
showing? Answer: Ruptured Bowel
◉ Patient has been assaulted. Prior to the assault he had two drinks.
Patient has blurry vision, slurred speech, stumbling, high BP and low
, HR. What condition is the patient presenting? Answer: Epidural
Hematoma
◉ Patient fell on the steps the night before. The patient is now
unresponsive, deformity to the wrist, bruising around the navel (Cullen's
sign). What condition is the patient presenting? Answer:
Internal/Intraabdominal Bleeding
◉ Patient is found slumped in a chair. He admitted to attempting suicide
by taking pills and cutting his wrist. He has slurred speech, slow and
oozing blood from the wrist (dark red), low BP, high HR, 18 respirations
per minute. How do you treat this patient? Answer: Ask about suicide
ideation
◉ 35 year old patient was assaulted 36 hours before. He has a head
injury, lost consciousness. Now patient's level of consciousness had gone
from agitated to confused. What condition is the patient presenting?
Answer: Epidural Hematoma
◉ A 26 year old was involved in a MVC. Left lung sounds are distant,
there is asymmetrical chest rise. What do you do next? Answer: Give
patient respirations with BVM
◉ When caring for more than one patient, when do you change your
gloves? Answer: When switching from one patient to the next.
COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED A
◉ Patient has a head injury from a brick. He is moaning, has unequal
pupils, high BP, low HR. What condition is the patient presenting?
Answer: Cerebra Herniation
Note: Cushing's Triad
◉ You are splint a deformed humerus. You notice no distal pulse. What
do you do next? Answer: Loosen the splint and recheck MSPs.
◉ How do you handle arterial bleeding from a forearm laceration?
Answer: Tourniquet
◉ Patient falls 24 feet and lands on their side. They have trouble
breathing, bruising on the chest, holding their chest. What condition is
the patient presenting? Answer: Flail Segment
◉ A 25 year old male was involved in a head on MVC. The patient was
unrestrained, Days later the patient shows a distended abdomen and is
hot to the touch. His vital signs are normal. What condition is the patient
showing? Answer: Ruptured Bowel
◉ Patient has been assaulted. Prior to the assault he had two drinks.
Patient has blurry vision, slurred speech, stumbling, high BP and low
, HR. What condition is the patient presenting? Answer: Epidural
Hematoma
◉ Patient fell on the steps the night before. The patient is now
unresponsive, deformity to the wrist, bruising around the navel (Cullen's
sign). What condition is the patient presenting? Answer:
Internal/Intraabdominal Bleeding
◉ Patient is found slumped in a chair. He admitted to attempting suicide
by taking pills and cutting his wrist. He has slurred speech, slow and
oozing blood from the wrist (dark red), low BP, high HR, 18 respirations
per minute. How do you treat this patient? Answer: Ask about suicide
ideation
◉ 35 year old patient was assaulted 36 hours before. He has a head
injury, lost consciousness. Now patient's level of consciousness had gone
from agitated to confused. What condition is the patient presenting?
Answer: Epidural Hematoma
◉ A 26 year old was involved in a MVC. Left lung sounds are distant,
there is asymmetrical chest rise. What do you do next? Answer: Give
patient respirations with BVM
◉ When caring for more than one patient, when do you change your
gloves? Answer: When switching from one patient to the next.
