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Paramedic Test - Trauma

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1. An evisceration can be described as __________________.   a laceration with a flap of tissue   an avulsion with long bone exposure   the top layer of skin being scraped away   a protrusion of an internal organ from a wound

2. You are called to treat a 69 year old male who has fallen and lost consciousness. He has a laceration on his head and is breathing very rapidly. Which of the following is likely?   He has hypoglycemia   He has had a heart attack   He has slipped and hit his head   All of the above

3. What is considered the binding force or glue that helps complete the clotting process?   Elastinol   Fibrin   Glucose   Skelux

4. A cranial hematoma that is above the dura is called?   Intracerebral   Subdural   Epidural   Arachnoid

5. You arrive on scene with your partner Dovid to a motorcycle accident involving one bike and a tree. The patient has lacerations about the face - a broken tibia - apparent head trauma and a possible spinal cord injury. Which of these injuries is most life threatening?   Spinal cord   Head injury   Facial lacerations   Broken tibia

6. A patient is complaining of difficulty breathing after being struck in the ribs by a baseball and they are cyanotic around the lips. Proper action would include?   Sweeping the tongue out of the way to look for airway obstructions   High flow O2 via NRB and rapid transport   BVM with supplemental oxygen attached   Advice on proper use of a mitt

7. A triage tag _______________.   Tells if a person will live   Follows a color coded system   Is always attached to the toe   All of the above

8. During blast trauma the tertiary blast phase would likely cause injury by what?   Flying pieces of projectile   Throwing the victim against a stationary object   A wave of energy that injures the organs   Cavitation of the organs from the blast

9. You and your partner Monroe arrive on scene to a house fire that has just been put out. You are treating a female patient with a full thickness burn to her leg. Which of the burn zones is the one most likely to recover?   Zone of stasis   Zone of hemoptysis   Zone of coagulation   Zone of hyperemia

10. Which of the following would require an EMT to act during scene size up?   The sound of a couple fighting inside the door of the call address   3 pit bulls chained to steel poles outside the residence address   A semi truck overturned with a caustic substance placard   All of the above

11. A silver fork deformity is associated with a fracture of the?   Proximal ulna   Distal tibia   Hand   Distal radius

12. Before your partners 3rd attempt at setting an IV on a rolling vein you suggest that this time she might?   Enter the vein from the top a little quicker   Use a bigger needle   Enter the vein from the side   Try to flatten the vein with skin traction

13. Your patient was in a roll over and sustained a head injury as well as multiple lacerations. You recognize the Cheyne-Stokes breathing pattern that is?   Trapdypnea   Deep rapid respirations   Irregular breaths with periods of apnea   Very shallow respirations

14. If your patient has a burn involving the epidermis only it would most likely be considered?   Superficial   Tertiary   Epidural   Sufritic

15. Brain injuries that are indirect ?   Cause the skull to come in contact with the brain on impact   Cause pieces of bone to penetrate or puncture the brain   Are not life threatening   Are only scene in stroke victims

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