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Trauma – Fisdap Questions and Answers with 100%
Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
You arrive on the scene of a patient who fell from a ladder.
Which of the following information is NOT an important factor
in care of the patient?
a)Height of the ladder
b)Distance the patient fell from
c)Surface the patient landed on
d)What part of the body hit first - ANSWER a)Height of the
ladder
You are at the scene of an MVA, in which there are three
patients, all of which have minor visible injuries. Two are
refusing treatment and the last is complaining of neck and back
pain. How should you proceed?
a)Treat all three patients, they are visibly injured and need
medical attention
b)Obtain signed refusals from the first two patients then
proceed to the third
c)Treat the third patient, nothing else is needed for the other
two
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d)Have your partner obtain refusals from the two patients who
refused treatment, while you treat the last patient. - ANSWER
d)Have your partner obtain refusals from the two patients who
refused treatment, while you treat the last patient.
Your patient is a 17 year old male found face down in a
swimming pool. He is currently being held face up at the surface
of the water. He is unconscious but breathing and has a pulse.
What is the best course of action for this patient?
a)Jump into the pool and begin CPR
b)Remove the patient from the pool, immobilize, and transport.
c)Apply cervical and spinal immobilization while the patient is
still in the pool
d)Wait for a trained water rescue team - ANSWER c)Apply
cervical and spinal immobilization while the patient is still in the
pool
A laceration, spurting bright laceration, spurting bright red
blood, most likely means what type of injury? what red blood
most likely means
a)Venous
b)Arterial
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c)Capillary
d)Amputation - ANSWER b)Arterial
Your patient has a laceration to the right leg which has
intersected the femoral artery. You have applied direct pressure
to the wound, but it continues to soak through the bandages.
What should you do next?
a)Apply a tourniquet
b)Elevate the leg
c)Remove the old bandage and apply new ones
d)Apply pressure to point just above the injury - ANSWER
b)Elevate the leg
Of the two types of energy, which type of energy transfer in a
motor vehicle crash (MVC) with frontal impact, non-restrained
driver with bent steering wheel, and spidered windshield?
a)High velocity penetrating
b)Decelerating
c)Low velocity penetrating
d)Blunt - ANSWER d)Blunt
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Any penetrating missile traveling over 2,000 ft/sec would be
classified as?
a)Low velocity
b)Medium velocity
c)High velocity
d)Decelerating - ANSWER c)High velocity
When there is penetrating trauma there is a permanent cavity
which is formed by the projectile contacting the tissues. How is
a temporary cavity formed?
a)By the twisting of the projectile
b)By energy scrubbing off of the projectile
c)The wadding entering the body
d)Unspent gun powder - ANSWER b)By energy scrubbing off of
the projectile
The way a patient is injured is often referred to as the
_______________?
a)Mechanism of injury
b)Nature of illness
Trauma – Fisdap Questions and Answers with 100%
Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
You arrive on the scene of a patient who fell from a ladder.
Which of the following information is NOT an important factor
in care of the patient?
a)Height of the ladder
b)Distance the patient fell from
c)Surface the patient landed on
d)What part of the body hit first - ANSWER a)Height of the
ladder
You are at the scene of an MVA, in which there are three
patients, all of which have minor visible injuries. Two are
refusing treatment and the last is complaining of neck and back
pain. How should you proceed?
a)Treat all three patients, they are visibly injured and need
medical attention
b)Obtain signed refusals from the first two patients then
proceed to the third
c)Treat the third patient, nothing else is needed for the other
two
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d)Have your partner obtain refusals from the two patients who
refused treatment, while you treat the last patient. - ANSWER
d)Have your partner obtain refusals from the two patients who
refused treatment, while you treat the last patient.
Your patient is a 17 year old male found face down in a
swimming pool. He is currently being held face up at the surface
of the water. He is unconscious but breathing and has a pulse.
What is the best course of action for this patient?
a)Jump into the pool and begin CPR
b)Remove the patient from the pool, immobilize, and transport.
c)Apply cervical and spinal immobilization while the patient is
still in the pool
d)Wait for a trained water rescue team - ANSWER c)Apply
cervical and spinal immobilization while the patient is still in the
pool
A laceration, spurting bright laceration, spurting bright red
blood, most likely means what type of injury? what red blood
most likely means
a)Venous
b)Arterial
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c)Capillary
d)Amputation - ANSWER b)Arterial
Your patient has a laceration to the right leg which has
intersected the femoral artery. You have applied direct pressure
to the wound, but it continues to soak through the bandages.
What should you do next?
a)Apply a tourniquet
b)Elevate the leg
c)Remove the old bandage and apply new ones
d)Apply pressure to point just above the injury - ANSWER
b)Elevate the leg
Of the two types of energy, which type of energy transfer in a
motor vehicle crash (MVC) with frontal impact, non-restrained
driver with bent steering wheel, and spidered windshield?
a)High velocity penetrating
b)Decelerating
c)Low velocity penetrating
d)Blunt - ANSWER d)Blunt
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Any penetrating missile traveling over 2,000 ft/sec would be
classified as?
a)Low velocity
b)Medium velocity
c)High velocity
d)Decelerating - ANSWER c)High velocity
When there is penetrating trauma there is a permanent cavity
which is formed by the projectile contacting the tissues. How is
a temporary cavity formed?
a)By the twisting of the projectile
b)By energy scrubbing off of the projectile
c)The wadding entering the body
d)Unspent gun powder - ANSWER b)By energy scrubbing off of
the projectile
The way a patient is injured is often referred to as the
_______________?
a)Mechanism of injury
b)Nature of illness
