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A 56 yr old male complains of tearing chest pain that radiates to his back. He was the restrained driver involved in a car-crash at high-way speeds. What should your secondary assessment include? - Answer Bilateral upper extermity blood pressures A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow and his arm is cyanotic and pulse less. What should you do. - Answer Align with gentle traction until restiance is met. A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower left quadrant. He was minor bleeding from the wound. What should you do. - Answer Apply an occlusive dressing Which injury is most likely to develop compartment syndrome. - Answer Closed tibia fracture. A 21 yr old female has an open femur fracture after falling off a horse. What should you do. - Answer Apply manual stabilization to her femur. An altered 19 yr old male was musty extricated from a burning building by the fire department. He has soot around his mouth and nose. What should you do? - Answer Remove and smoldering clothing A 41 yr old male was kicked in the chest by a horse. He is short of breath and he has a contusion to his sternum. Vital signs are BP 96/78, P 124, R 24 and shallow. What should you suspect. - Answer Cardiac tamponade A 21 yr old male is semi conscious and lying kiddywampus at the bottom of 2 flights of stairs. What should you do? - Answer Manually stabilize c-spine Which injury or condition should be managed first in a patient with multi-system trauma? - Answer Bleeding within the oral cavity A 22 yr old male has a knife impaled in the upper right quadrant of his abdomen. He complains of the painful when he inhales and shortness of breathing. What should you suspect. - Answer Diaphragmatic tear A 21 year old male has a large piece of glass impaled in his eye. What should you do? - Answer Stabilize the glass with a paper cup What is the the term for the injury in which the epidermis remains intact, but cells and blood vessels in the dermis may be damaged. - Answer contusion, bruise An unresponsive 49 yer old male is supine on the road next to a crashed motorcycle. What should you do? - Answer Hold c-spine Wha type of injury results from prolonged compression forces applied to soft tissue? - Answer Crush injury A 20 yr old male was the unrestrained driver in a car crash. He is anxious, pale and has absent lung sounds on the left side. Vitals signs are BP 80/48, P 132, R 31 and shallow. What should you suspect. - Answer Tension pneumothorax What is most life threatening for an adult patient? - Answer Bubbling wound to the chest What is the best care for a suspected hemothorax? - Answer transporting rapidly A 46 yr old female was in a car crash at highway speeds. She is unconscious, breathing deep and fast with an abrasion to the lateral aspect of her neck. What should you do? - Answer Take c-spine precautions A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the shoulder and blood is spurting from the wound. What should do you? - Answer Apply direct pressure A 25 yr old male has a deep laceration on his right forearm. You are applying direct pressure with a trauma dressing, but the wound continues to bleed. What should you do? - Answer Apply a tourniquet proximal the laceration. A patient fell while water skiing. Unconscious. Suspect? - Answer Head and spine injury A patient riding a motorcycle traveling 45 mph hit parked car. Not wearing a helmet. Supine with copious amount of blood around face. Gurgling and R 4 per min. Most appropriate should? - Answer Suction airway A patient at a healthcare facility fell out of bed. Nurse suspects hip fracture. Which medication should concern you the most? - Answer Coumadin (which is a blood thinner