EMT FISDAP Trauma Final Exam

EMT FISDAP Trauma Final Exam (Verified by Expert) 1.During which part of your assessment would you MOST likely discover a small caliber gunshot wound to the back with minimal bleeding?ANS Rapid head-to-toe assessment 2.Prior to your arrival at the scene, a young female was removed from the water after being submerged for an unknown period of time. You should manage her airway appropriately while considering the possibility of ANS spinal injury.

3.You are assessing a young male who was stabbed in the right lower chest. He is semiconscious and has labored breathing, collapsed jugular veins, and absent breath sounds on the right side of his chest. This patient MOST likely has a ANS hemothorax. 1 / 3

4.A 33-year-old factory worker was pinned between two pieces of machinery. When you arrive at the scene, you find him lying supine on the ground complaining of severe pain to his pelvis. He is restless, diaphoretic, and tachy- cardic. After performing a rapid head-to-toe assessment, you should ANS prepare for immediate transport.

5.A 44-year-old male experienced burns to his anterior trunk and both arms.He is conscious and alert, but is in extreme pain. Assessment of the burns reveals reddening and blisters. This patient has burns that cover of his total body surface area ANS partial-thickness, 36% 6.A gang member was cut on the left side of the neck during a fight and is bleeding heavily from the wound. His airway is patent and his breathing is adequate. You should immediately ANS cover the wound with an occlusive dressing and apply direct pressure.

7.A patient experienced blunt chest trauma and has asymmetrical chest wall movement. This MOST likely indicates 2 / 3

ANS decreased air movement into one lung.

8.A patient with a closed head injury opens his eyes in response to pain, is mumbling words that you cannot understand, and pushes your hand away when you apply a painful stimulus. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is ANS 9 9.Internal or external bleeding would be especially severe in a patient ANS hemo- philia.

10.A young man fell and landed on his outstretched hand, resulting in pain and deformity to the left midshaft forearm. Distal circulation should be as- sessed at which of the following pulse locations?ANS Radial 11.Which of the following questions is of LEAST pertinence initially when assessing a responsive 40-year-old woman who fell from a standing position?- ANS Have you fallen before?