A 6-year-old boy has jumped from a swing and injured his right leg. You notice a deformity in the right leg above the ankle. Where is the patient’s fracture most likely to be?
Answer(s): D
The radius and ulna are located in the arm, not the leg; and a proximal fibula injury would be closer to the knee, not the ankle.
You find yourself treating an unresponsive patient who has suffered from blunt trauma to the head. What should your first priority be – as an EMT – for an unresponsive patient?
An unresponsive patient must always be assessed using the CAB sequence. Circulation should be assessed first, in order to begin CPR as soon as possible, should it be required.
You are treating a patient for trauma with a closed head injury. Your patient is responsive to painful stimuli. The patient’s blood pressure is 160/100. The patient’s pulse is 60 beats per minute. What should you do?
Answer(s): A
This patient is a high transport priority who is showing signs of increased intracranial pressure. Your on-scene time should be limited to management of life-threatening conditions.
When must life-threatening bleeding be found and treated?
The primary assessment is when life-threatening bleeding should be found and managed. Interventions such as the control of bleeding are not done during the scene size-up. Excessive bleeding must be addressed before the secondary assessment and before taking the patient’s history.
You are treating a patient who has a partial thickness burn to her anterior chest, which is approximately the size of the palm of her hand. What is the approximate total body surface area of the patient’s burn?
The palm of any person’s hand equals to approximately 1% of his or her total body surface area.
Out of the following four options, which one is the body’s physiological response to overheating?
Answer(s): B
Peripheral vasodilation allows the body to dissipate body heat. Peripheral vasoconstriction allows the body to conserve body heat. Shivering helps the body to generate body heat. Syncope can be a result from overheating. It is not actually a protective mechanism of the human body.
You are treating a patient who has been involved in an industrial accident. He has an abdominal laceration with his internal organs protruding. What should you apply?
Your patient has an abdominal evisceration and for this, the proper treatment would include applying a moist, sterile dressing, covered by an occlusive dressing. Using an ice pack or a tourniquet in this situation would not be appropriate.
Your patient’s forearm is bleeding severely. If direct pressure is not controlling the bleeding, what should you immediately do?
A tourniquet should be applied when using direct pressure cannot control external bleeding. The application of a tourniquet should not be delayed to apply arterial pressure or in order to transport the patient. Blood-soaked dressings should be covered, NEVER removed from the wound.
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