EMT Trauma exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers
What is the definition of a flail chest?— Correct Answer:
Two or more adjacent ribs fractured in two or more
places
What is the definitive treatment for a flail chest?—
Correct Answer: BVM or CPAP
Name 2 different devices you might use to stabilize a
pelvic fracture:— Correct Answer: 1. Sheet splint
2. Commercial pelvic binder
List 5 things that describe a correctly applied dressing for
an evisceration (besides covering the wound/organ).
This dressing must be:— Correct Answer: 1. Moist
2. Sterile
3. Non-fibrous
4. Occlusive
5. Taped on 4 sides
,When should you replace the organs in the abdomen if
they are eviscerated?— Correct Answer: Never
In what position should you transport a patient with an
abdominal evisceration who does not need SMR?—
Correct Answer: Semi-Fowlers or Supine; Flex knees/hips
How do you treat a female patient with a bleeding
straddle injury?— Correct Answer: Direct pressure
applied externally, and do not pack vagina
For a stable male patient whose hand is clamped inside
a small metal vice-like cylinder, should you attempt to
remove the hand from the cylinder and then treat the
injury, or transport the patient with his hand still in the
cylinder and let the ED attempt to remove it? Why?—
Correct Answer: Attempt removal.longer
clamped/crushed -> more edema, more toxin buildup,
more injury
Name 3 things that must be done, and 1 thing that
should not be done, when transporting an amputated
body part:— Correct Answer: 1. Do wrap in dry/moist
,sterile dressing, rinse2. Do place in a plastic bag3. Do
keep it cool4. Do not put directly on ice
Name 2 things that you should do ASAP to treat an
open (sucking) chest wound— Correct Answer: 1.
Immediately cover with a gloved hand
2. Apply occlusive dressing taped on 3 sides
Name 4 signs of pericardial tamponade:— Correct
Answer: 1. JVD
2. Tachycardia
3. Narrow pulse pressure Hypotension
4. Pulsus paradoxus
What 2 signs let you know a tourniquet is applied
appropriately— Correct Answer: 1. Bleeding stops
2. No distal pulse
List 2 definitive signs that a pneumothorax has just
progressed to a tension pneumothorax— Correct
Answer: 1. Hypotension
, 2. Change in mentation
List 5 signs/symptoms of internal bleeding— Correct
Answer: 1. Pain Tenderness
2. Hematemesis Hematochezia Melena
3. Increased respiratory rate Increased heart rate
Weak/thready pulse
4. Narrow pulse pressure
5. Thirst Skin pale/cool/clammy Pupils dilated/sluggish
What is the minimal time you should irrigate a chemical
burn to the eye?— Correct Answer: 20 minutes
How long should you irrigate/cool a thermal burn if
found within the first 10 minutes?— Correct Answer: 1-2
minutes
Which 2 bone fractures are considered critical
fractures?How much blood can be lost from each
one?— Correct Answer: Pelvis: entire blood supply
Femur: 1500 mL from each
Answers
What is the definition of a flail chest?— Correct Answer:
Two or more adjacent ribs fractured in two or more
places
What is the definitive treatment for a flail chest?—
Correct Answer: BVM or CPAP
Name 2 different devices you might use to stabilize a
pelvic fracture:— Correct Answer: 1. Sheet splint
2. Commercial pelvic binder
List 5 things that describe a correctly applied dressing for
an evisceration (besides covering the wound/organ).
This dressing must be:— Correct Answer: 1. Moist
2. Sterile
3. Non-fibrous
4. Occlusive
5. Taped on 4 sides
,When should you replace the organs in the abdomen if
they are eviscerated?— Correct Answer: Never
In what position should you transport a patient with an
abdominal evisceration who does not need SMR?—
Correct Answer: Semi-Fowlers or Supine; Flex knees/hips
How do you treat a female patient with a bleeding
straddle injury?— Correct Answer: Direct pressure
applied externally, and do not pack vagina
For a stable male patient whose hand is clamped inside
a small metal vice-like cylinder, should you attempt to
remove the hand from the cylinder and then treat the
injury, or transport the patient with his hand still in the
cylinder and let the ED attempt to remove it? Why?—
Correct Answer: Attempt removal.longer
clamped/crushed -> more edema, more toxin buildup,
more injury
Name 3 things that must be done, and 1 thing that
should not be done, when transporting an amputated
body part:— Correct Answer: 1. Do wrap in dry/moist
,sterile dressing, rinse2. Do place in a plastic bag3. Do
keep it cool4. Do not put directly on ice
Name 2 things that you should do ASAP to treat an
open (sucking) chest wound— Correct Answer: 1.
Immediately cover with a gloved hand
2. Apply occlusive dressing taped on 3 sides
Name 4 signs of pericardial tamponade:— Correct
Answer: 1. JVD
2. Tachycardia
3. Narrow pulse pressure Hypotension
4. Pulsus paradoxus
What 2 signs let you know a tourniquet is applied
appropriately— Correct Answer: 1. Bleeding stops
2. No distal pulse
List 2 definitive signs that a pneumothorax has just
progressed to a tension pneumothorax— Correct
Answer: 1. Hypotension
, 2. Change in mentation
List 5 signs/symptoms of internal bleeding— Correct
Answer: 1. Pain Tenderness
2. Hematemesis Hematochezia Melena
3. Increased respiratory rate Increased heart rate
Weak/thready pulse
4. Narrow pulse pressure
5. Thirst Skin pale/cool/clammy Pupils dilated/sluggish
What is the minimal time you should irrigate a chemical
burn to the eye?— Correct Answer: 20 minutes
How long should you irrigate/cool a thermal burn if
found within the first 10 minutes?— Correct Answer: 1-2
minutes
Which 2 bone fractures are considered critical
fractures?How much blood can be lost from each
one?— Correct Answer: Pelvis: entire blood supply
Femur: 1500 mL from each
