EMT CH 24 - Trauma Overview Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
arterial air embolism - ✔✔Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels.
blunt trauma - ✔✔An impact on the body by objects that cause injury
without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities.
Cavitation - ✔✔A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate
pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path.
coup-contrecoup injury - ✔✔Dual impacting of the brain into the skull;
coup injury occurs at the point of impact; contrecoup injury occurs on the
opposite side of impact, as the brain rebounds.
Deceleration - ✔✔The slowing of an object.
Drag - ✔✔Resistance that slows a projectile, such as air.
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, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score - ✔✔An evaluation tool used to
determine level of consciousness, which evaluates and assigns point values
(scores) for eye opening, verbal response, and motor response, which are
then totaled; effective in helping predict patient outcomes.
index of suspicion - ✔✔Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries
may exist when determining the mechanism of injury.
kinetic energy - ✔✔The energy of a moving object.
mechanism of injury (MOI) - ✔✔The way in which traumatic injuries
occur; the forces that act on the body to cause damage.
medical emergencies - ✔✔Emergencies that require EMS attention because
of illnesses or conditions not caused by an outside force.
multisystem trauma - ✔✔Trauma that affects more than one body system.
penetrating trauma - ✔✔Injury caused by objects, such as knives and
bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and
organs.
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
arterial air embolism - ✔✔Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels.
blunt trauma - ✔✔An impact on the body by objects that cause injury
without penetrating soft tissues or internal organs and cavities.
Cavitation - ✔✔A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate
pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet's path.
coup-contrecoup injury - ✔✔Dual impacting of the brain into the skull;
coup injury occurs at the point of impact; contrecoup injury occurs on the
opposite side of impact, as the brain rebounds.
Deceleration - ✔✔The slowing of an object.
Drag - ✔✔Resistance that slows a projectile, such as air.
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, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score - ✔✔An evaluation tool used to
determine level of consciousness, which evaluates and assigns point values
(scores) for eye opening, verbal response, and motor response, which are
then totaled; effective in helping predict patient outcomes.
index of suspicion - ✔✔Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries
may exist when determining the mechanism of injury.
kinetic energy - ✔✔The energy of a moving object.
mechanism of injury (MOI) - ✔✔The way in which traumatic injuries
occur; the forces that act on the body to cause damage.
medical emergencies - ✔✔Emergencies that require EMS attention because
of illnesses or conditions not caused by an outside force.
multisystem trauma - ✔✔Trauma that affects more than one body system.
penetrating trauma - ✔✔Injury caused by objects, such as knives and
bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and
organs.
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