First Responder Final Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
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Q: hemorrhage
Answer:
When the mechanism of injury is severe enough and causes a rupture of blood
vessels
Q: mechanism of injury, bleeding of scalp, deformity of cranium, altered mental
status, nausea and
Answer:
vomiting, convulsions, abnormal vital signs, abnormal breathing patterns, combative
behavior,
repetitive questions signs/symptoms of head/brain injury:
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Q: 1. primary assessment, ensure ABCs supported, if unresponsive: open airway
with jaw-thrust
Answer:
first
2. provide rescue breaths if necessary
3. control any bleeding
4. keep patient still and lying flat, maintain manual stabilization of head and neck
5. administer oxygen
6. have suction prepared in case patient vomits
7. monitor vital signs, including mental status emergency care for head injuries:
Q: pain on palpation of spine, deformity of spine, numbness weakness or tingling in
extremities,
Answer:
loss of sensation, paralysis, incontinence, priapism (erection) signs/symptoms of
spine
injury:
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Q: primary assessment, ensure ABCs intact, manage airway with jaw-thrust if
necessary, manually
Answer:
stabilize head so head, neck, and spine don't move treatment for suspected spine
injury:
Q: Airway management cannot be performed with the helmet in place Need to
perform CPR Helmet is loose on head When should a helmet be removed?
Answer:
Q: backboard torso first, head last
Answer:
How to backboard someone that's wearing a helmet:
Q: closed chest injury
Answer:
an injury to the chest that is not associated with an open wound
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Q: pneumothorax
Answer:
an escape of air into the pleural space; often associated with trauma
Q: spontaneous pneumothorax
Answer:
an escape of air into the pleural space without any associated
trauma
Q: hemothorax
Answer:
blood in the pleural space
Q: flail chest
Answer:
a chest injury characterized by two or more adjacent ribs that are broken in two
or more places
Latest 2026 Update
Q: hemorrhage
Answer:
When the mechanism of injury is severe enough and causes a rupture of blood
vessels
Q: mechanism of injury, bleeding of scalp, deformity of cranium, altered mental
status, nausea and
Answer:
vomiting, convulsions, abnormal vital signs, abnormal breathing patterns, combative
behavior,
repetitive questions signs/symptoms of head/brain injury:
,First Responder Final Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: 1. primary assessment, ensure ABCs supported, if unresponsive: open airway
with jaw-thrust
Answer:
first
2. provide rescue breaths if necessary
3. control any bleeding
4. keep patient still and lying flat, maintain manual stabilization of head and neck
5. administer oxygen
6. have suction prepared in case patient vomits
7. monitor vital signs, including mental status emergency care for head injuries:
Q: pain on palpation of spine, deformity of spine, numbness weakness or tingling in
extremities,
Answer:
loss of sensation, paralysis, incontinence, priapism (erection) signs/symptoms of
spine
injury:
,First Responder Final Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: primary assessment, ensure ABCs intact, manage airway with jaw-thrust if
necessary, manually
Answer:
stabilize head so head, neck, and spine don't move treatment for suspected spine
injury:
Q: Airway management cannot be performed with the helmet in place Need to
perform CPR Helmet is loose on head When should a helmet be removed?
Answer:
Q: backboard torso first, head last
Answer:
How to backboard someone that's wearing a helmet:
Q: closed chest injury
Answer:
an injury to the chest that is not associated with an open wound
, First Responder Final Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: pneumothorax
Answer:
an escape of air into the pleural space; often associated with trauma
Q: spontaneous pneumothorax
Answer:
an escape of air into the pleural space without any associated
trauma
Q: hemothorax
Answer:
blood in the pleural space
Q: flail chest
Answer:
a chest injury characterized by two or more adjacent ribs that are broken in two
or more places
