Chapter 24 Trauma Overview

your awareness of and concern for potentially serious obvious and underlying injuries is referred to as the:

• mechanism of injury

• index of suspicion

• scene size-up

• general impression

the energy of a moving object is called:

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• kinetic energy

• work

energy can be:

• created

• destroyed

• converted

• lost

the amount of kinetic energy that is converted to do work on the body dictates the _______________of the injury

• location

• severity

• cause

• speed

all of the following are considered types of motorcycle impacts EXCEPT:

• head-on collision

• angular collision

• controlled collision

• rear collision

which of the following is considered a type of impact from a motor vehicle collision

• ejection

• rollover

• crush

• penetration

the three collisions in a frontal impact include all of the following EXCEPT:

• car striking object

• passenger striking vehicle

• airbag striking passenger

• internal organs striking solid structures of the body

which of the following is NOT considered appropriate use of air medical services

• the distance to a trauma center is greater than 25 miles

• traffic/road conditions make it unlikely to get the patient to the hospital in a timely manner

• there is a mass-casualty incident

• the closest trauma center is 10 minutes away by ground transport

medium-velocity penetrating injuries may be caused by a:

• knife

• military assault rifle

• handgun

• slingshot

in a motor vehicle collision, as the passenger's head hits the windshield, the brain continues to move forward until it strikes the inside of the skull, resulting in a _______________injury

• compression

• laceration

• lateral

• motion