Secondary Assessment - EMR

When assessing the abdomen during the rapid physical assessment, which of the following circumstances are you most concerned with?

• Organ injury, internal bleeding, and life-threatening wounds

• Abrasions, organ injury, and bleeding

• Life-threatening puncture wounds, organ injury, and crepitus

• Incontinence

Which of the following methods of evaluation does an EMS professional use during an examination?

• Auscultation, inspection, and palpation

• Inspection, investigation, and sterilization

• Triage, palpation, and tension

You are performing a physical exam on an unconscious patient with multi-system trauma. How should you expose this patient?

• Remove very little clothing

• Completely expose the patient by removing all clothing

• Remove clothing at the injury site only

• Do not remove any clothing. It is unnecessary and the patient will be cold.

What should you be alert for when assessing a patient's neck during the rapid physical assessment?

• Jugular vein distention

• Tracheal tugging

• Larynx swelling or deformity

• Subcutaneous emphysema

• All of the above

During the rapid physical assessment, you auscultate the chest for which of the following?

• Symmetry

• Tenderness

• Deformities and contusions

• Presence, ease, and equality of breathing

You instruct the patient to squeeze your fingers as part of the rapid physical assessment. What are you assessing on the patient?

• Circulation

• Sensation

• Distal pulse

• Motor function

When performing a rapid physical assessment of the head, what are you most concerned with?

• Possible head injuries and airway obstructions

• Level of consciousness

• Abrasions

• Respiratory depth

You are caring for a patient with a poor general impression and a complaint of pain in his pelvis. What type of examination should you perform on this patient?

• Thorough physical exam

• Rapid physical assessment

• Traumatic medical assessment

• Focused physical assessment

Which of the following patients should receive a focused physical assessment?

• Alert patients who have a major injury due to a significant MOI

• All patients

• Nonresponsive patients

• Alert patients who have a minor injury or complaint

Which of the following statements about a rapid physical assessment is most correct?

• It is a quick head-to-toe exam.

• It is a detailed exam of the entire body.

• Typically, the exam is performed during transport.

• The purpose of the exam is to locate all injuries to the body.