Prehospital Care 10th
Edition Chapter 40 Exam
Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Denning [Date] [Course title]
, impairments may result from: - Answer: aging, birth defects, chrnoc illnesses, trauma, abuse, neglect,
and other causes
sensory impairment - Answer: might involve hearing, vision, or speech
this may lead to difficulty in the patient communicating with the patient
you must be resourceful when dealing with patients with disabilities in order to provide effective
emergency care
hearing impairment: - Answer: occurs when there is a loss of diminishment in the person ability to hear
sounds
this becomes especially problematic when the hearing loss is significant enough to hamper normal
verbal communication
deafness is a term that is commonly used to describe the inability to head
may involve both or one ear and the patient may be partially or totally deaf
vision impairment - Answer: ,multiple causes for visual impairments which can be loosely categorized
into three etiologies: loss from disease, loss from injury and loss from degenerative disorders
certain disease such as glaucoma result in an abnormal increase in intraocular pressure that damage the
optic nerve, resulting in peripheral vision loss and eventual blindness
patients with diabetes mellitus may become blind from diabetic retinopathy which occurs when the
long-term affects of there disease damage the small blood vessels of the eye
injury to the eye can be caused by punctures or penetration injuries, blunt trauma to the face or
chemical and thermal burns
this type of vision loss is usually acute but may not be permanent, depending on the degree of trauma
endured by the eye and associated structures
with aging there may be some degeneration of the eyeball, optic nerve pathways or all three
cataracts are a condition of the lens of the eye becoming cloudy from pathological changes within the
lense itself, causes the pupil to look cloudy on assessment and over time the patient experiences
diminished in visual activity to the point where he may not be able to carry on with activities of daily
living, vision loss may have an acute onset or a slow onset
it may affect one eye or both eyes
some types of vision loss in a patient is the result of a chronic disability or a new finding from some
acute illness or injury that you are there to treat
Edition Chapter 40 Exam
Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Denning [Date] [Course title]
, impairments may result from: - Answer: aging, birth defects, chrnoc illnesses, trauma, abuse, neglect,
and other causes
sensory impairment - Answer: might involve hearing, vision, or speech
this may lead to difficulty in the patient communicating with the patient
you must be resourceful when dealing with patients with disabilities in order to provide effective
emergency care
hearing impairment: - Answer: occurs when there is a loss of diminishment in the person ability to hear
sounds
this becomes especially problematic when the hearing loss is significant enough to hamper normal
verbal communication
deafness is a term that is commonly used to describe the inability to head
may involve both or one ear and the patient may be partially or totally deaf
vision impairment - Answer: ,multiple causes for visual impairments which can be loosely categorized
into three etiologies: loss from disease, loss from injury and loss from degenerative disorders
certain disease such as glaucoma result in an abnormal increase in intraocular pressure that damage the
optic nerve, resulting in peripheral vision loss and eventual blindness
patients with diabetes mellitus may become blind from diabetic retinopathy which occurs when the
long-term affects of there disease damage the small blood vessels of the eye
injury to the eye can be caused by punctures or penetration injuries, blunt trauma to the face or
chemical and thermal burns
this type of vision loss is usually acute but may not be permanent, depending on the degree of trauma
endured by the eye and associated structures
with aging there may be some degeneration of the eyeball, optic nerve pathways or all three
cataracts are a condition of the lens of the eye becoming cloudy from pathological changes within the
lense itself, causes the pupil to look cloudy on assessment and over time the patient experiences
diminished in visual activity to the point where he may not be able to carry on with activities of daily
living, vision loss may have an acute onset or a slow onset
it may affect one eye or both eyes
some types of vision loss in a patient is the result of a chronic disability or a new finding from some
acute illness or injury that you are there to treat
