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SKI PATROL Questions and Correct
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The axial skeleton is responsible for ________ while the appendicular
skeleton provides _____.
Ans: the upright position of the body, the manipulation of
objects or locomotion
Hinge, gliding, pivot, and suture refer to what?
Ans: types of joints
Skeletal and smooth refer to what?
Ans: muscles
Which of the following most dramatically slows the healing time of
bones? aging, drinking, nutrition, smoking
Ans: smoking
A patient has stretched and torn the medial malleolar ligament. This
means the patient has
Ans: sprained her ankle
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A patient has suffered a femur fracture. The greatest danger with this
injury is:
Ans: severe blood loss
One of the most common assessment mistakes is to:
Ans: focus on the less serious "obvious" injury and miss a
potential life threat
A patient tells you she felt a "pop" behind her right ankle but there is
little or no pain, and she cannot move or walk on the foot. This is most
likely indicative of what type of injury?
Ans: a ruptured tendon
You notice crepitus when attempting to move a patient's injured wrist
back into an anatomically correct position. This is indicative of what
type of injury?
Ans: A fracture
A patient exhibits the following signs and symptoms: respiratory
difficulty, difficulty swallowing, upper extremity and facial vein
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engorgement, red face, and shock. What injury is most likely causing
these signs and symptoms?
Ans: a posterior sternoclavicular dislocation
Which of the following injuries is generally the most serious? dislocated
knee, clavicular fracture, an anterior shoulder dislocation, a dislocated
patella
Ans: a dislocated knee
The most important component of field management for
musculoskeletal injuries is:
Ans: personal safety
The purpose of field splinting an MS injury includes all but which of the
following? allowing the bone ends to knit back together, helping with
muscle spasms by placing the limb in an anatomic position, decreasing
pain at the fracture site, preventing further injury and blood loss
Ans: allowing the bone ends to knit back together
While attempting to place a deformed limb back into the anatomic
position, the patient screams and begs you to stop because of the pain.
Your best response it to:
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SKI PATROL Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
The axial skeleton is responsible for ________ while the appendicular
skeleton provides _____.
Ans: the upright position of the body, the manipulation of
objects or locomotion
Hinge, gliding, pivot, and suture refer to what?
Ans: types of joints
Skeletal and smooth refer to what?
Ans: muscles
Which of the following most dramatically slows the healing time of
bones? aging, drinking, nutrition, smoking
Ans: smoking
A patient has stretched and torn the medial malleolar ligament. This
means the patient has
Ans: sprained her ankle
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A patient has suffered a femur fracture. The greatest danger with this
injury is:
Ans: severe blood loss
One of the most common assessment mistakes is to:
Ans: focus on the less serious "obvious" injury and miss a
potential life threat
A patient tells you she felt a "pop" behind her right ankle but there is
little or no pain, and she cannot move or walk on the foot. This is most
likely indicative of what type of injury?
Ans: a ruptured tendon
You notice crepitus when attempting to move a patient's injured wrist
back into an anatomically correct position. This is indicative of what
type of injury?
Ans: A fracture
A patient exhibits the following signs and symptoms: respiratory
difficulty, difficulty swallowing, upper extremity and facial vein
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engorgement, red face, and shock. What injury is most likely causing
these signs and symptoms?
Ans: a posterior sternoclavicular dislocation
Which of the following injuries is generally the most serious? dislocated
knee, clavicular fracture, an anterior shoulder dislocation, a dislocated
patella
Ans: a dislocated knee
The most important component of field management for
musculoskeletal injuries is:
Ans: personal safety
The purpose of field splinting an MS injury includes all but which of the
following? allowing the bone ends to knit back together, helping with
muscle spasms by placing the limb in an anatomic position, decreasing
pain at the fracture site, preventing further injury and blood loss
Ans: allowing the bone ends to knit back together
While attempting to place a deformed limb back into the anatomic
position, the patient screams and begs you to stop because of the pain.
Your best response it to:
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