PHTLS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

PHTLS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Purpose of 506 - CORRECT ANSWERS To establish criteria and standards which ensure that Pt's are appropriately triaged transported 506- Paramedics shall make base hospital contact when... - CORRECT ANSWERS meet guidelines medics judgement in Pt's best interest need Tx 506 If an EMT has a hypotensive Pt w/ life threatening injuries what do they do... - CORRECT ANSWERS Tx to closest trauma center, not MAR 506 Pt's who fall into rapid Tx category will require rapid Tx if Tx times does not exceed ___ minutes......... - CORRECT ANSWERS 20min Pt's can be Tx an additional 10 min to a max of 30 min 506 Trauma Tx adults w/ a BP of <___ and ped w/ BP <__ - CORRECT ANSWERS Adult <90 Ped <70 506 Tx Pt w/ a GSC of ___ - CORRECT ANSWERS less than or equal to 14 501 - CORRECT ANSWERS Hospital Directory 502 - CORRECT ANSWERS Pt Destination 503 - CORRECT ANSWERS Guidelines for Hospitals requesting diversion of ALS Units 504 - CORRECT ANSWERS Trauma Pt Destination 808 - CORRECT ANSWERS Base Hospital Contact & Tx Criteria exchanged between a moving object and the body or the body and a stationary object - CORRECT ANSWERS Crash Drugs, alcohol and pre-existing conditions can affect the .... - CORRECT ANSWERS Precrash 3 impacts of the actual crash - CORRECT ANSWERS object occupant organs Postcrash - CORRECT ANSWERS IOS assessment Management Transport up and over injuries - CORRECT ANSWERS Head, face, neck, chest, diaphragm, abdomen, pelvis Up out of seat and over steering wheel injuries - CORRECT ANSWERS Laryngeal fx if neck hits steering wheel Lateral impact injuries - CORRECT ANSWERS Arm, clavicle, humerus, ribs, spleen, hip, femur Rotational impact injuries - CORRECT ANSWERS shearing forces (heart, kidneys, liver) spinal cervical rollover you are ___X's more likely to die - CORRECT ANSWERS 6 kinetic energy formula - CORRECT ANSWERS KE=1/2mv(squared) stopping distance formula - CORRECT ANSWERS mass x deceleration x force x mass x acceleration less injury if energy can change form __________ - CORRECT ANSWERS before the collision (example: bending of metal frame) What type of shock is it, aortic perforation (small hole)? - CORRECT ANSWERS hemorrhagic What type of shock is it, dysrhythmia? - CORRECT ANSWERS cardiogenic What type of shock is it, fluid has not been lost from the vascular system; the problem is with the size of the container? - CORRECT ANSWERS distributive What type of shock is it, heart loses its efficiency as a pump? - CORRECT ANSWERS cardiogenic What type of shock is it, injury interrupts the spinal cord sympathetic nervous system pathway? - CORRECT ANSWERS distributive / neurogenic