TRAUMA TEST, EMT B Trauma Questions with
100% Correct Answers
A 32 y/o male is unconscious after being struck by a
baseball bat Correct Answer: check airway and apply
O2
35 y/o driver collided into a telephone pole.
Unconscious
& severe bleeding from mouth Correct Answer: rapidly
extricate from vehicle to spine board
When treating an abdominal evisceration Correct
Answer: cover with a moist sterile dressing
Arrive at a car crash. Driver is alert & complaining of
chest and abdominal pain. Patient has a history of
cardiac
problems. Correct Answer: rapidly extricate onto spinal
board and transport
28 y/o male fleeing from police w/ 1 cm laceration to
,his forearm. Refusing transportation Correct Answer:
infection
Patient presents w/ pain and bruising to right upper
quadrant after an accident Correct Answer: Liver
Patient suffering from most severe brain injury Correct
Answer: unconscious 34 y/o with decerebrate posturing
18 y/o male fell off his skateboard. screaming. A&O to
his name
only Correct Answer: immobilize and expedite transport
First concern w/ conscious patient who has received
partial thickness burns to face Correct Answer: airway
problems
81 y/o female fell out of bed with suspected hip
fracture. Which medication should concern you the
most Correct Answer: coumadin
,Early indicator of shock includes Correct Answer:
tachycardia
40 y/o male fell off ladder and broke his leg. Left knee
now bends wrong way Correct Answer: check for pulse,
motor and sensation in lower leg
23 y/o soccer player was kicked in the chest Correct
Answer: oxygenate via NRB
Patient cut his wrist. Wound is bleeding rapidly Correct
Answer: artery
35 y/o patient has fallen and has a deformed right lower
leg. Distal extremity is pulseless Correct Answer: realign
injured extremity
Patient has bruising around eyes & behind eyes Correct
Answer: basilar skull fracture
considered an open wound Correct Answer: abrasion
4 y/o suffered an arm amputation during farming
, accident Correct Answer: seal in a plastic bag and
place in container of cool water
Most important factor when a person is struck in the
chest by a baseball Correct Answer: speed of a ball at
impact
AN ADULT WAS PINNED BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES. HE IS
CONSCIOUS BUT CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO FOLLOW
COMMANDS. HE HAS BRUISING ON BOTH SIDES OF HIS
ANTERIOR CHEST. HE HAS A WEAK CAROTID PULSE, NO
PERIPHERAL PULSES, CLEAR BREATH SOUNDS IN ALL
FIELDS, AND DISTENDED NECK VEINS. YOU SHOULD
SUSPECT:A.
A TORN AORTA
B. PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE
C. HEMOTHORAX
D. TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX Correct Answer: B.
pericardial tamponade
100% Correct Answers
A 32 y/o male is unconscious after being struck by a
baseball bat Correct Answer: check airway and apply
O2
35 y/o driver collided into a telephone pole.
Unconscious
& severe bleeding from mouth Correct Answer: rapidly
extricate from vehicle to spine board
When treating an abdominal evisceration Correct
Answer: cover with a moist sterile dressing
Arrive at a car crash. Driver is alert & complaining of
chest and abdominal pain. Patient has a history of
cardiac
problems. Correct Answer: rapidly extricate onto spinal
board and transport
28 y/o male fleeing from police w/ 1 cm laceration to
,his forearm. Refusing transportation Correct Answer:
infection
Patient presents w/ pain and bruising to right upper
quadrant after an accident Correct Answer: Liver
Patient suffering from most severe brain injury Correct
Answer: unconscious 34 y/o with decerebrate posturing
18 y/o male fell off his skateboard. screaming. A&O to
his name
only Correct Answer: immobilize and expedite transport
First concern w/ conscious patient who has received
partial thickness burns to face Correct Answer: airway
problems
81 y/o female fell out of bed with suspected hip
fracture. Which medication should concern you the
most Correct Answer: coumadin
,Early indicator of shock includes Correct Answer:
tachycardia
40 y/o male fell off ladder and broke his leg. Left knee
now bends wrong way Correct Answer: check for pulse,
motor and sensation in lower leg
23 y/o soccer player was kicked in the chest Correct
Answer: oxygenate via NRB
Patient cut his wrist. Wound is bleeding rapidly Correct
Answer: artery
35 y/o patient has fallen and has a deformed right lower
leg. Distal extremity is pulseless Correct Answer: realign
injured extremity
Patient has bruising around eyes & behind eyes Correct
Answer: basilar skull fracture
considered an open wound Correct Answer: abrasion
4 y/o suffered an arm amputation during farming
, accident Correct Answer: seal in a plastic bag and
place in container of cool water
Most important factor when a person is struck in the
chest by a baseball Correct Answer: speed of a ball at
impact
AN ADULT WAS PINNED BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES. HE IS
CONSCIOUS BUT CONFUSED AND UNABLE TO FOLLOW
COMMANDS. HE HAS BRUISING ON BOTH SIDES OF HIS
ANTERIOR CHEST. HE HAS A WEAK CAROTID PULSE, NO
PERIPHERAL PULSES, CLEAR BREATH SOUNDS IN ALL
FIELDS, AND DISTENDED NECK VEINS. YOU SHOULD
SUSPECT:A.
A TORN AORTA
B. PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE
C. HEMOTHORAX
D. TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX Correct Answer: B.
pericardial tamponade
