SPH 200 UNIT 8 EXAM BANK
QUESTIONS AND WELL EXPLAINED SOLUTIONS
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,1. 911✓✓ correct answer - usually an emergency that needs to responded to and it's usually an injury-related event if it isn't a heart attack or a stroke
- grandma falling breaking a hip, dog biting a kid, kids falling through ice, overdose, car crashes
2. Trauma✓✓ correct answer any injury or combination of injuries that threaten life or limb
3. What percentage of injury deaths occur at the scene or soon thereafter?✓✓ correct answer - majority
- When someone gets severely injured chances are very good they're gonna die at the scene of the injury
4. Prevention✓✓ correct answer only cure for trauma/injury
- preventing it from happening in the first place, we can patch people up afterwards but there's usually terrible consequences associated with that
5. Definition of injury✓✓ correct answer - any specific and identifiable bodily impairment or damage resulting from exposure to the transfer of energy or the
absence of oxygen and heat
- it could be electrical, chemical, mechanical as a result of kinetic energy
- excess energy applied to the body and the body can't tolerate the energy
6. injuries can be classified as being unintentional✓✓ correct answer - motor vehicles
- others such as✓✓ correct answer falls, fires/burns, poisonings, drownings
7. Injuries can be classified as Intentional✓✓ correct answer come in two varieties interpersonal and self directed
- Interpersonal✓✓ correct answer what we do to each other like homicide, spousal violence, child sex abuse, elder abuse, assaults, sexual assault, child abuse
- Self directed✓✓ correct answer suicide, suicide attempts
8. Injuries can be classified as✓✓ correct answer unintentional, intentional, medical errors
9. Injuries are incredibly expensive to the✓✓ correct answer health care system and disruptive to the health care system
- from the time the injury occurs to when EMS is called, maybe you need a helicopter to be sent in
10. Every year there are 13 -14 000 canadians deaths from injury = equivalent to a✓✓ correct answer fully loaded 737 crashing
every four and a half days
- we would not accept if planes crashdc that often yet we accept that many canadians dying each year
11. Society views injuries as being✓✓ correct answer✓✓ correct answer an accident/freak accident, he/she lived a good life, their ticket was up, what can
you do, was an act of god, wrong place wrong time, i never thought it could happen
12. It's very complicated to prevent injuries from occurring✓✓ correct answer injury is a complex problem and there's many
ditterent layers that need to be acted upon if we're going to create a safe environment
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, 13. different layers that need to be acted upon if we're going to create a safe environment✓✓ correct answer✓✓ correct answer
Pathophysiologic pathways, generic/constitutional factors, individual risk factors, social relation- ships, living conditions, neighborhoods and communities, institutions
(including medical care), social and economic policies
14. safety culture✓✓ correct answer Management, vision, commitment and drive (the essential cornerstone) -->✓✓
correct answer line ownership of safety, involvement in safety activities and training, comprehensive safety systems and practices, safety organization specialists (the
main drivers)
15. safety culture✓✓ correct answer line ownership of safety, invokement in safety activities and training,
comprehensive safety systems and practices, safety organization spe- cialists (the main drivers) ---->✓✓ correct answer
contribute to having a safely trained workforce that's committed, safe equipment and physical environment, safety aware, trained, and committed workforce (the
workplace outcomes)
16. safety culture✓✓ correct answer contribute to having a safely trained workforce that's com- mitted, safe
equipment and physical environment, safety aware, trained, and committed workforce (the workplace outcomes) ---->✓
✓ correct answer outstanding safety performance (the result)
- the key crux for outstanding safety performance is that people that run the organization need to take injury prevention seriously
17. Preventable Deaths and Disability stats✓✓ correct answer✓✓ correct answer - For those 1-19 years of age injuries exceed all other causes
of death
- For those under age 34, motor vehicle injuries are leading cause of death
- For Canadians under age 44, injuries are the leading cause of death
18. Close to 50% of all deaths✓✓ correct answer are preventable
-injuries play a very major role in death and disability of young people
19. Of all ages, youth 15-19 years had the highest percentage of✓✓ correct answer injurydeaths with 78%
- young people in the workforce have the highest percentage of injury deaths
20. Yearly over 60,000 young workers injured✓✓ correct answer - Nearly 100 workers a year die
- 15-24 year olds make up 20% of workforce
- Yet account for 33% of fatalities and 25% of all work related injuries
21. Why is it that young people are getting hurt?✓✓ correct answer Some people thought that it was because✓✓ correct answer they
didn't want to attract any negative attention, they wanted to please their boss, they didn't know their rights, they didn't think it could happen to them, they really need the money so
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QUESTIONS AND WELL EXPLAINED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026 GRADED A+ BEST FOR
REVISION .
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,1. 911✓✓ correct answer - usually an emergency that needs to responded to and it's usually an injury-related event if it isn't a heart attack or a stroke
- grandma falling breaking a hip, dog biting a kid, kids falling through ice, overdose, car crashes
2. Trauma✓✓ correct answer any injury or combination of injuries that threaten life or limb
3. What percentage of injury deaths occur at the scene or soon thereafter?✓✓ correct answer - majority
- When someone gets severely injured chances are very good they're gonna die at the scene of the injury
4. Prevention✓✓ correct answer only cure for trauma/injury
- preventing it from happening in the first place, we can patch people up afterwards but there's usually terrible consequences associated with that
5. Definition of injury✓✓ correct answer - any specific and identifiable bodily impairment or damage resulting from exposure to the transfer of energy or the
absence of oxygen and heat
- it could be electrical, chemical, mechanical as a result of kinetic energy
- excess energy applied to the body and the body can't tolerate the energy
6. injuries can be classified as being unintentional✓✓ correct answer - motor vehicles
- others such as✓✓ correct answer falls, fires/burns, poisonings, drownings
7. Injuries can be classified as Intentional✓✓ correct answer come in two varieties interpersonal and self directed
- Interpersonal✓✓ correct answer what we do to each other like homicide, spousal violence, child sex abuse, elder abuse, assaults, sexual assault, child abuse
- Self directed✓✓ correct answer suicide, suicide attempts
8. Injuries can be classified as✓✓ correct answer unintentional, intentional, medical errors
9. Injuries are incredibly expensive to the✓✓ correct answer health care system and disruptive to the health care system
- from the time the injury occurs to when EMS is called, maybe you need a helicopter to be sent in
10. Every year there are 13 -14 000 canadians deaths from injury = equivalent to a✓✓ correct answer fully loaded 737 crashing
every four and a half days
- we would not accept if planes crashdc that often yet we accept that many canadians dying each year
11. Society views injuries as being✓✓ correct answer✓✓ correct answer an accident/freak accident, he/she lived a good life, their ticket was up, what can
you do, was an act of god, wrong place wrong time, i never thought it could happen
12. It's very complicated to prevent injuries from occurring✓✓ correct answer injury is a complex problem and there's many
ditterent layers that need to be acted upon if we're going to create a safe environment
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, 13. different layers that need to be acted upon if we're going to create a safe environment✓✓ correct answer✓✓ correct answer
Pathophysiologic pathways, generic/constitutional factors, individual risk factors, social relation- ships, living conditions, neighborhoods and communities, institutions
(including medical care), social and economic policies
14. safety culture✓✓ correct answer Management, vision, commitment and drive (the essential cornerstone) -->✓✓
correct answer line ownership of safety, involvement in safety activities and training, comprehensive safety systems and practices, safety organization specialists (the
main drivers)
15. safety culture✓✓ correct answer line ownership of safety, invokement in safety activities and training,
comprehensive safety systems and practices, safety organization spe- cialists (the main drivers) ---->✓✓ correct answer
contribute to having a safely trained workforce that's committed, safe equipment and physical environment, safety aware, trained, and committed workforce (the
workplace outcomes)
16. safety culture✓✓ correct answer contribute to having a safely trained workforce that's com- mitted, safe
equipment and physical environment, safety aware, trained, and committed workforce (the workplace outcomes) ---->✓
✓ correct answer outstanding safety performance (the result)
- the key crux for outstanding safety performance is that people that run the organization need to take injury prevention seriously
17. Preventable Deaths and Disability stats✓✓ correct answer✓✓ correct answer - For those 1-19 years of age injuries exceed all other causes
of death
- For those under age 34, motor vehicle injuries are leading cause of death
- For Canadians under age 44, injuries are the leading cause of death
18. Close to 50% of all deaths✓✓ correct answer are preventable
-injuries play a very major role in death and disability of young people
19. Of all ages, youth 15-19 years had the highest percentage of✓✓ correct answer injurydeaths with 78%
- young people in the workforce have the highest percentage of injury deaths
20. Yearly over 60,000 young workers injured✓✓ correct answer - Nearly 100 workers a year die
- 15-24 year olds make up 20% of workforce
- Yet account for 33% of fatalities and 25% of all work related injuries
21. Why is it that young people are getting hurt?✓✓ correct answer Some people thought that it was because✓✓ correct answer they
didn't want to attract any negative attention, they wanted to please their boss, they didn't know their rights, they didn't think it could happen to them, they really need the money so
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